On Saturday, September 19, 2015 at 4:26:57 PM UTC-10, Doris Night wrote:
> On Sat, 19 Sep 2015 13:15:50 -0700 (PDT), dsi1
> wrote:
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> >On Saturday, September 19, 2015 at 8:53:01 AM UTC-10, Doris Night wrote:
> >> On Wed, 16 Sep 2015 14:29:28 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> >> > wrote:
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> >> >
> >> >"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
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> >> >> Lemon meringue pie is good and most people like it. I have to chuckle
> >> >> about my father in law and his lemon meringue pie problems. He didn't like
> >> >> it. They were at a friend's house for dinner and the wife had made a lemon
> >> >> meringue pie for dessert. He was a good guest and always had what was
> >> >> served and made positive remarks. He raved about the woman's pie, and
> >> >> whenever they ate there she always served lemon meringue pie because he
> >> >> had liked it so much.
> >> >
> >> >Most people like it? I only know one person who does. My mom.
> >>
> >> I don't believe I know one person who *doesn't* like it. It's second
> >> only to coconut cream, in my opinion.
> >>
> >> Doris
> >
> >I'll try some lemon meringue pie whenever I can because I don't get a chance too often. Most of the time, it's a disappointment - too sweet, not tart enough, or gummy. The last time had some was a couple of weeks ago. It was too sweet and I left half on a plate. I'm ever hopeful that a good one will come my way. Perhaps it'll happen soon.
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> I think the problem people have with lemon meringue pies is the fact
> that a good many of them are not home-made. You can buy some truly
> horrid frozen ones around here.
>
> My lemon pies that I make from scratch are extremely good.
>
> Doris

It's an easy pie to make. Just make the filling and beat the meringue. The times that I made it, I was surprised at how easy it was. I won't make it myself because it's kinda boring work. My MO is that once I learn how to make something, I lose interesting in making it. `