Kakitamajiru - Egg Drop Recipe: 59 Photos
Japanese Egg Drop Soup (Kakitamajiru) pictures
FAQ
Egg drop soup is a popular takeout staple at Chinese restaurants made with wispy beaten eggs in chicken broth. It's normally seasoned with soy sauce, sesame oil, and white pepper, thickened with a cornstarch slurry, and garnished with chopped green onions.
Wrap the egg in bubble wrap and tape it securely. The air pockets in the bubble wrap provide a cushion for the egg, preventing it from cracking on impact.
Instead of a single egg, we give teams of high schoolers a bucket of water balloons. Student teams are given materials to build a protective structure for a water balloon. An iPhone or Android phone with slow-motion mode (high frame rate) is set near the ground to capture the impact.
Egg drop soup (or at least its progenitors) originated in China among Imperial Cantonese courts. Miso soup, meanwhile, comes from Japan, likely rising to prominence during the Kamakura period of 1185-1330 (even if miso itself is probably originally from China).
Orient the egg so that it lands on the strongest part of the shell. The arch structure at either end of the egg is stronger than its sides. Pressure is distributed down (or up) the arches so that less pressure acts on any one point. Orienting the arch downwards will increase the egg's survival.