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The Science Behind Whipping Egg Whites in Copper Bowls Plant Cell Diagram, Copper Bowls, Periodic Table Poster, Biology Worksheet, Science Homework, Chemistry Projects, Egg White Protein, Clean Stainless Steel, Food Chemistry

Most of us get away with making meringues and egg white foams in clean, stainless steel bowls, yet chefs insist copper is better, and have done so for hundreds of years. Is there a scientific reason behind using copper bowls to whip egg whites? As you beat those whites, the whipping action of your whisk forces the tangled and tightly clumped proteins in the egg whites to unfold and loosen up from each other.

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