It's truly my pleasure, Dorothy! I'm impatient too. I either let my eggs sit on the counter overnight before cracking them the next day (which makes it a little harder to separate. It's doable, but go slow) or I just put the eggs in a bowl and fill it with lukewarm water and wait 10 minutes before cracking them. Works like a charm! I too have had some pie tops shrink on me. I've recently started making 1 1/2 times or double batches of meringue to really pile on and go over the edges to be safe — it's never a bad thing to have a little extra meringue! Annabelle@KAF

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