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Evening Standard
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Saskia Kemsley

REVEALED: Best omelette maker | Rare Historical Photos

If we cast our minds back to early childhood, most of us will recall our very first lesson in cooking. When it comes to Western food in particular, that first lesson likely involved a carton of eggs in the kitchen.

Doe-eyed, we’d watch our instructor demonstrate how to crack eggs properly, and how exactly to slide out the slippery pieces of shell that inevitably made their way into the mixing bowl.

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