On Sun, 20 Sep 2015 14:40:21 +0100, "Ophelia" >
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>"Bruce" > wrote in message
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>> On Sun, 20 Sep 2015 09:55:19 +0100, "Ophelia" >
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>>>"Bruce" > wrote in message
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>>>> On Sat, 19 Sep 2015 22:26:49 -0400, Doris Night
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>>>>>On Sat, 19 Sep 2015 13:15:50 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 >
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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.
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>>>>>>> I don't believe I know one person who *doesn't* like it. It's second
>>>>>>> only to coconut cream, in my opinion.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Doris
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>>>>>>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.
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>>>>>My lemon pies that I make from scratch are extremely good.
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>>>> I have never made a bad one myself.
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>>>Have you ever made any? ;-)
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>> No
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>LOL how well do I know thee, let me count the ways ..... <g>
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>>>We are not lovers of very sweet stuff.
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>> What if you take a standard recipe and reduce the sugar by 75%?
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>I'm not sure it would work, but anyway, himself isn't too enamoured with
>meringue ...

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