Tuesday, March 02, 2010

A Pie for My Guy

We went to church in town on Sunday evening. They always have desserts. James had a piece of pie; lemon meringue. He likes lemon meringue.
I said, "If you want me to make one, just say so."
He said, "So."
"Tell me when," I said.
"When," said he.

This afternoon I gathered my pie making supplies and put on my cook's cap. I cooked up a beautiful pie. It came out of the oven looking like a winner; golden crust, lightly browned meringue. A prize winning pie? Maybe.

Sadly, an hour or so later, the meringue had shrunk and pulled away from the sides of the crust. (This always happens.) I looked up "shrinking meringue" and found that not enough sugar will cause the topping to shrink. Next time I will try adding an extra tablespoonful or two of sugar. The good news is, it tastes yummy either way.

7 comments:

  1. It looks delicious, shrinking meringue and all!

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  2. Martha, could you give me your recipe? Alan really likes it, too, but I have not had good fortune with lemon meringue pie.

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  3. It is very nice that appearance doesn't generally change the taste.

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  4. It looks tasty and ... you really looked up "shrinking Meringue"?

    ya made me giggle today. Thanks

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  5. Yes, I really looked it up. :)

    And I got quite the giggle out of Tattler's report on Papa's blog yesterday too. Just ask Josiah about his adventure with oysters on the half shell. Oh, not good!

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  6. Kudos, Martha! It looks great either way! Ten-to-one James won't even notice if you don't mention it!

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  7. I always notice shrinking meringue!

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