Little tip on separating egg whites: My mom always used an extra, small bowl. You break the egg, the white goes into the one small bowl, yolk into the other. If you didn't screw it up, pour the egg whites from the small bowl into the big bowl. Then do it again until you're done. This way, if you screw up, you only lose one egg, not the whole bunch, because all the egg whites except the one you're working on are in the separate bigger bowl. I do it her way and it has saved me a number of eggs and considerable morale.