Egg Blowing The Easy Way

One little perfect hole. That’s all!

When I first wanted to learn how to blow an egg – the dark brown speckled eggs my Black Copper Maran princesses are laying are too gorgeous not to decorate with – I went to the great wide Internet for instructions.  Whoa. On YouTube, there’s lots of people, speaking many different languages, sharing a multitude of strategies on how to blow an egg.  I wasted the better part of a morning (like I frequently do) trying to find the best one.

I tried a needle and aspirater.  Fail.  I tried a drill bit and Dremel.  Overkill, don’t ya think?

Then I ordered a Blas-Fix egg blowing kit on Amazon.  It was $11 including shipping.  And it was, well, ridiculously easy and kinda cool.

When I opened the box, I was totally skeptical.  Two pieces, neither of which looked or felt very substantial.  But I had ten eggs, a camera, and time on my hands.  Ready, set go!

Drilling tool and hand pump with needle. I was, at this point, unconvinced.  I was soon impressed.  Both tools worked perfectly.

Put the tip of the drilling tool on the bottom of the egg.  Twist back and forth.  It takes a bit of pressure to get it going, but once it “grabs” and the hole starts it goes fast and easy.  I blew the egg dust away from the hole while I was drilling.

Finding the bottom of the egg was the hardest part!

Take a large needle (I found one from some failed craft project I started) and jab it up an down to break up the yolk inside.

I jabbed about 15 seconds – scrambling the egg inside is important.

Turn the egg hole-side down over a bowl.  Insert needle into egg.  Put your finger over the hole on the top of the pump.  Press pump over and over until all the egg is out.

Pump slowly. With confidence.

What to do with all those egg innards?  Scramble with a fork, add bit of salt, scramble some more.  Freeze.  They’ll need to defrost in the refrigerator, so take them out of the freezer the day before you make french toast for the family.

Liquid gold.

Now to clean out the egg.  Fill up the blower with water through the hole in the top.

Nice scratch on the thumb. I obviously will never be a hand model.

Squeeze the water into the egg.

Shake, shake, shake!

Blow the water out. I did this process a few times until the water out of the egg ran clear.

Dry, hole side down.

They seemed to stop dripping water after about two hours.

Voilà!

Pretty, aren’t they?

Out of the ten eggs I started with, only one broke.  Perfect little holes on every one!

And what did I do with those beautiful eggs?  Still working on that.  Check back – I’ll post the final product when I’m done!

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