Prevent Dirty Drips With the Rotating Bowl Maneuver
No matter how committed you are to the idea of ” clean while cooking, ” you will create at least a little mess every time you cook. It’s inevitable, but the goal is to minimize the amount of clutter you need to clean up after cooking, and every little preventative measure helps.
This little trick from TikTok user Andrew Gatta is one such tiny measure:
As you can see from the video: it’s all about the wrist. When you pour something from a bowl (or mixing cup) into the pan and then turn it in the direction it came from, the liquid that was collecting on the edge of the bowl and on its lip spills overboard, forming a rough mass. trace from the bowl to the rack. To prevent the beaten egg (or any other liquid, messy substance) from dripping onto the edge of the bowl after you’ve poured it out, simply keep turning, making a 360-degree rotation in the direction you originally tilted the bowl. Residual liquid will drain back into the bowl you were going to wash anyway.
I tried it with the scrambled eggs I had for lunch and it worked really well. There was one tiny droplet to the side of the bowl, but it was so tiny it just dried out before it even got onto my countertop. The rotating bowl maneuver (that’s its official name now) has prevented a truly tiny mess, but it’s a really tiny mess that you don’t really need to clean up. I think it goes well with doughs, some of which (ahem, brownie dough) are obviously runny.