I was watching the Barefoot Contessa this evening and caught the episode where Ina makes a ton of different cocktails. It was a nice little episode, but I caught something strange. She rimmed one of the cocktails by dipping the glass into a beaten egg white. She never explains why she does this. I'm used to glasses being rimmed in lemon juice and then dipped into sugar. Am I in the minority? Does everyone do this? I don't think I can bring myself to crack a whole egg open to merely rim a glass. Please find a moment of your time to maybe explain to me the reasoning behind this egg white thing. I beg you.
If you want to see the recipes from this show, one of which is Linguini with Shrimp that looks delicious, feel free to click here.