SC - Yolks vs whites

[Philip W. Troy]

LYN M PARKINSON wrote:
> 
> Adamantius,
> 
> >> (certainly things like the white bisket bread found in Elinor
> Fettiplace, which is essentially meringue, and quitperiod, no matter what
> you may have read).<<
> 
> Are you saying that these meringues are out of period?  Elinor's date is
> 1604.  The French didn't 'invent'
> meringues until much later, but what's wrong with Elinor? Give or take a
> year.  These are favorites of mine.
> 
> Allison

No, we agree. Many people use Massialot as the first source for
meringue, going by that name, and are therefore off by about 150 years
or more. Fettiplace's white bisket bread is great stuff, and is only
marginally heavier, but much more stable, than true meringue.

Adamantius