Weep no more, really. Don’t let your meringue weep and mess up carefully-crafted lemon meringue pies or tarts. When a meringue sheds a layer of water and doesn’t adhere to the filling it’s on, that’s what we call weeping.

It all comes down to choosing the right kind of meringue, and this is where things get nationalistic. Does French, Swiss or Italian meringue sit atop lemon curd best? Which weeps least?

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Get out your kitchen torch, ready to make the winning meringue from our weep-off test.”

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