What does it mean to beat eggs to the “ribbon” stage?
Ivy G. Usually the eggs are beaten with sugar until they form that stage. Basically this means that when you are beating the eggs and sugar together and for a while, they turn a lighter color and when you stop beating and lift the eggs up, they fall back onto themselves in thin strands which look a little bit like ribbons. This usually means that the sugar has been sufficiently dissolved into the eggs and enough air has been beaten in.
