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Default Classic vs Not So Classic Banana Pudding

On Tue 07 Oct 2008 06:16:25p, Gloria P told us...

> Goomba wrote:
>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>
>>>> Family and friends dinner this Thursday and I'd like to prepare most
>>>> ahead of time. Yet I dislike the way meringue weeps when held in the
>>>> fridge. Any solutions??
>>>
>>> You can prepare and bake the meringue separately on lightly greased
>>> parchment paper. Store it lightly covered at room temperature, then
>>> transfer to the pudding just before serving.
>>>

>> Get out!??! I can!? THIS is news to me. I think I might try this. What
>> the hell do I have to lose if it doesn't work? Four lousy egg whites.
>> THANK YOU!!!
>> (I'm not a huge meringue fan, yet find whipped cream too sweet on it,
>> and prefer the finished look the meringue provides the dessert)

>
>
> That sounds good except for the "transfer to the pudding" part.
> Will it stick to the parchment or slide off easily?
>
> gloria p
>


If you lightly grease the entire sheet of parchment, as I suggested, it
slides off readily. I've never had one break.

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