After looking around on Facebook on March 14, I realized it was "Pi Day". My niece, KT RAMZ, once mentioned that she went on a field trip to Village Inn on Pi Day when she was in high school....funny how different people 'celebrate' the day: math jokes, eating pie..... I mentioned it to Carolyn and she immediately suggested making a pie. Thankfully I had a pie crust in the freezer and lemons...so lemon meringue it would be. Now, just take a look back at this blog and surely you'll find a post somewhere of me making a lemon meringue pie with my dad - it's something we do every time I go home. Lemon meringue pie is one of my dad's favorite desserts. I remember making my first lemon pie and having to call my mom for advice...it really is a two person job - and really rather a pain in the neck! But it tastes really good....so we continue to make them.
SO! Carolyn is going to make her first lemon meringue pie and I immediately turned into my mother: 'you have to mix the hot mixture into the eggs - not the other way - or you'll have scrambled eggs'. 'You have to work quickly' ....'do it like this'....oy. Now I know (again) why my mother kicked us out of the kitchen when she was baking - and also why she didn't make lemon pies very often! Carolyn also learned the value of reading the entire recipe before starting.... well, no matter how much I yelled reminded her of how to do things and she rolled her eyes, the pie turned out wonderfully and I wished that my dad was here to help. He is really good at making the meringue.
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Try to explain 'you don't SPREAD meringue'.... |
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Before.... nice stiff peaks on that meringue |
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Done! |
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That is a beautiful pie (pi). |
I also baked a bunch of zucchini bread that day and when that many egg shells and lemons go down the garbage disposal...well....we're bound to have a clogged sink. Carolyn learned to make a pie; Elyse learned how to use a plunger.
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This is Elyse's art work for the day. |
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