On Tue, 21 Jan 2014 13:06:08 -0600, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:

>What are the characteristics of a good one?

I wasn't even sure what a pavlova consisted of so, of course, I
googled it.
I now know I won't be making one in the near future.
Even on the rare occasion I'm confronted with lemon meringue pie, if I
can do it without being rude, I will push the meringue to the side. If
I'm served it as a guest, I'll choke it down.
Just one of those hangups one keeps since childhood I guess. And in my
case, childhood was prior to WWII ;-).

Ross.
Southern Ontario, Canada