meringues

[Kazzarooney]

Can I use a hand held blender to whisk up egg whites? cheers guys

[puddicat]

Dont think it would work,havent you a whisk??

[Mr Veritas]

You certainly can,but it will take you an AWFULLY long time,,and you may be exhausted by the end of it! LOL

[Kazzarooney]

Only a hand held break your arm one! not electric. Thanks puddicat

[Naomicorlett]

Might sound strange but we used to whip egg whites in a very shallow dish with a fork. Took ages but it did work eventually.

[puddicat]

The whisk would work then with some effort!!!

[ermintrude35]

on the instruction manual of most blenders it tells you it's unsuitable for whisking egg whites and whipping cream, thats why I bought one with a whisk attachment. By hand it's going to be hard going! ask your neighbour if you can borrow theirs, just tell them your in the middle of filming " come dine with me" - that usually works!

[heathfield]

Don't forget that people were making meringues long before electric whisks were invented.