Past tense of whisk; to move quickly and lightly, or to beat eggs or cream rapidly with a special utensil.
From Old Norse 'visk' meaning 'to sweep' or 'to whisk.' It originally referred to a brushing motion and later came to mean rapid beating, especially in cooking.
The whisk tool perfectly matches the word—both the verb and the noun describe fast, sweeping motions, and whisks were designed to create friction that incorporates air into eggs and cream! Chefs whisking eggs are literally using the same motion that Scandinavian people used for sweeping over a thousand years ago.
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