"Bruce" > wrote in message
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> On Sun, 20 Sep 2015 09:55:19 +0100, "Ophelia" >
> wrote:
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>>"Bruce" > wrote in message
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>>> On Sat, 19 Sep 2015 22:26:49 -0400, Doris Night
>>> > wrote:
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>>>>On Sat, 19 Sep 2015 13:15:50 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 >
>>>>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>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:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> >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.
>>>>
>>>>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.
>>>
>>> I have never made a bad one myself.
>>
>>Have you ever made any? ;-)
>
> No

LOL how well do I know thee, let me count the ways ..... <g>


>>We are not lovers of very sweet stuff.
>
> What if you take a standard recipe and reduce the sugar by 75%?

I'm not sure it would work, but anyway, himself isn't too enamoured with
meringue ...


>>I mostly make savoury things but I do make apple pies, usually sweetened
>>with
>>a little maple syrup and I add a few sultanas and chopped nuts.
>
> That sounds nice.

Well, they are very popular around these 'ere part <g> We are down in N.
Yorks at present and a woman has just brought me a load of windfall apples
.... so I guess they are a bit too popular ...


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