Beat the eggs until light.

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Add the eggs and continue to beat, scraping down the bowl as needed, for another 2 minutes, or until the mixture is light, smooth and creamy.

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Rather than bake the mixture into the yolky cake you remember from seat 12B of that morning flight to Cincinnati, he cooked the eggs for ten seconds, beat them a little, and put them back for ten seconds, repeating this exercise 30 times halfway from New York to Aspen until the dish met his standards.

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