Post by grannyg on Oct 17, 2015 1:38:24 GMT
It is funny how a recipe post can bring back memories....there was a vintage meringue recipe posted, similar to some of mine, and I remember my grand....she was so funny....getting in trouble for riding my goats like horses to eating all the strawberries in the patch....
I decided I would make my son-in-law a Lemon Meringue Pie for Father's Day. Sadly, he is one who hates chocolate ! The phone rang, and my grand daughter Katie said, "Granny, Daddy said you put calf slobbers on that pie you sent us !" I wasn't quite sure what he had told her, so I thought about it for a minute. "Yep, Papa Benny went down and got calf slobbers off Hombre (the big Longhorn Steer), put it in a bucket, and I whipped it up and put it on that pie." "EWWWWWWW"......"I am not going to eat it !" Her daddy got on the phone and said she ate all of it but the meringue. I am still laughing at that child !
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Meringue
3-4 egg whites
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/3-1/2 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon Cream of Tartar
1 TBSP Corn Starch
1 teaspoon vanilla
Whip the egg whites until they are frothy and double in size. Sprinkle in
the mixture of sugar mixed with the cream of tartar,corn starch and salt.
Whip until the egg whites are stiff and all the sugar is dissolved..Slowly
add the vanilla. Put on top of your favorite cream pie and bake at
400 degrees for 10-12 minutes, or till light brown.
Weepless Meringue
1 TBSP Corn Starch
2 teaspoons cold water
Make a paste
Add to:
1/2 cup boiling water
Cook over low heat until clear and thickened. Cool.
Add this to your beaten egg white mixture.
( 3 egg whites,dash of salt, 6 TBSP sugar)
Put on your pies and bake at 350 degrees for about 15 ininutes.