On Sunday, September 20, 2015 at 10:36:19 AM UTC-10, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Sep 2015 14:40:21 +0100, "Ophelia" >
> wrote:
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> >"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:
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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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> >>>>>>> >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
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> >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 ...
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> I also don't care for the meringue part, I scrape it off and eat the
> lemon part, I don't care for pie crust either. I much prefer lemon
> cake... my mom would make this one:
> http://www.food.com/recipe/jello-lemo n-pudding-cake-72685

There's no need to scrape meringue off a pie. The lemon filling part is slicker than ball bearings on teflon. Getting meringue to stay in place on a lemon meringue pie can be a problem. This is why it's important to spread the meringue all the way on to the crust. The structure of the LMP is that the whipped egg white is anchored solely on the edges. Please feel free to ask me any questions concerning these pies.