Can I leave eggs out of the refrigerator overnight and still use them for merange?
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- 3+ months ago by AuntLori
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- egg, leave, refrigerator, eggs
Answers (3)
A fresh egg will sink. After about five days it develops a bubble and will float. The only way to check whether an egg has gone bad is to break it into a bowl and sniff it. A washed egg at room temperature will keep for over six months, an unwashed egg will keep for almost a year.
That word is spelled meringue.
The other respondents obviously know nothing about meringue (except the correct spelling), the information you require is whether the egg will be usable for a meringue after leaving the egg out for a single night.
Laughably this is not possible (but you got two answers that suggest it is!), here is the information you really want;
After separating, bring egg whites to room temperature to ensure volume when beating (as warmer eggs whip faster than cold eggs). Egg whites right out of the refrigerator will not whip well. The ideal temperature to whip a common meringue is room temperature,
Ideally the eggs should be refrigerated when they are cracked open and separated and then left to warm, but the eggs will still be fine to use.
Hope this answer serves you better than these others!