09-13-2014, 05:05 PM
DP wrote:
Eustace, do you actually have a copper spoon?
Funny that you should mention that...
No, I don't, but Mom had a selection of spoons and a large Copper bowl dedicated solely to whipping egg whites. (Mom made spectacular meringues, with a hole forming naturally in the center during baking, in which to stuff a strawberry and enough whipped cream, which was whipped up in a second glass bowl, usually by me.)
Although she used Copper utensils by tradition, it turns out that there is real chemistry behind it. It has to do with Copper Ions stabilizing protein bonds on the surface of the bubbles.
When she wasn't whipping up egg whites, I was allowed to play with the shiny things, as long as I used plenty of hot water and only a brass scrubbing pad to clean them with afterwards.
Eustace