Want to make meringues - help please

antoniab, Jun 28, 11:33am
I have taken a cup out of the freezer that I had been adding egg whites to when a recipe just called for the yolk. Unfortunatly I dont know how many whites are in the cup - Im guessing about 7 but not entirely sure. Could I still make meringues? How could I tell how much caster sugar to add? Thanks for any help :)

unknowndisorder, Jun 28, 12:24pm
http://wiki. answers.com/Q/What_is_the_cup_measurement_of_egg
_whites will give you a rough answer, and take it from there :)

antoniab, Jun 28, 12:46pm
Fantastic, thanks, guess I have around 8 egg whites then :)

pickles7, Jun 28, 12:50pm
meringues...
beat 4 egg whites stiff, ... slowly add 4 100 grams of castor sugar, beat well... ... . . fold in, ... . . 1 tsp corn flour, 1 tsp lemon juice, 100 grams of castor sugar... . . pipe onto baking paper... . . bake 2 hours @ 100 % c ... turn the oven off and leave them in the oven, while it cools.

pickles7, Jun 28, 2:54pm
Meringue Nests
This recipe makes nice meringue nests as well. pipe the base in a tight circle then pipe another circle on the top of the edge.
The 4 100 grams is ; 4 lots of 100 grams each.

antoniab, Jun 28, 4:07pm
Wow really thats a lot of sugar - have never made meringue before. Will have to do it tomorrow as I dont have that much sugar or any corn flour lol

sabbah1, Jun 28, 4:51pm
just keep in mind, apparently they won't turn out all that well if it raining... weird, but the time I tried making them when it was raining they did turn out badly - something to do with the dampness I guess.

antoniab, Jun 28, 5:05pm
Interesting thanks, will chuck the dehumidifier on a few hours beforehand? Got to make them as they are out of the freezer now.

unknowndisorder, Jun 28, 7:10pm
I kept finding recipes with about 1/2C sugar per egg white, which I thought extreme. Wasn't sure if you had a recipe or not lol :)

Pickles, your posts always make me smile and wonder if you speak sing-song. I just see your music notes and start reading it sing-song hehehe

antoniab, Sep 13, 9:11pm
Lol nope no recipe - havent got that far yet :)