On Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:43:21 +0000 (UTC), in rec.food.cooking, Peter-Lucas
wrote:

> Dan Abel > wrote in
> :
>
>> In article >,
>> "Giusi" > wrote:
>>
>>> "Peter-Lucas" ha scritto nel messaggio > "Pandora"
>>> >
>>> >> You have speak of this pie and I thinck I would like it very much
>>> >> because I like lemon and I like meringue. Have you got a good recipe
>>> >> and a pic of it? TIA
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Pandora, this one is *fantastic*.
>>> > Very simple recipe, no weird ingredients, and very easy to make.
>>
>> Sorry, Peter. The reviews below the recipe are not all good. At least
>> one person tossed it without eating. Another salvaged some of it.
>> Others said they would never use this recipe again.

As predicted. A typical Lucas response. Never ending and complete with the
prerequisite name calling.


>
> 3 bad reviews out of 11 and you'll never make it because of that???!!!
>
> Someone is *always* going to complain....even when something tastes good.
>
> Look at their comments.......
>
> "This took almost twice as long to cook, and 10 degrees hotter too. This
> was VERY time consuming, and not worth the time OR ingredients. The end
> product looked nothing like the photo. The whole thing ended up getting
> discarded, and i am thoroughly disappointed in the end result, andwill NOT
> make this again. As for the mess factor, i am absolutely appalled! I had
> to do 2 lots of dishes, not to mention the numerous wipe-downs of the
> bench - im not even a messy cook!"
>
> This tells me several things. The idiots oven is stuffed, the idiot wants
> a LM pie *now* and can't wait for it, the idiot is dissapointed hers
> didn't look like the picture, the idiot doesn't know how to organise
> itself in the kitchen, hence the "*2* lots of dishes and numerous wipe
> downs"!!
>
> and........
>
> "Unfortunately the center wasn't properly set after 40 minutes of baking.
> It had a skin so I hoped that would be enough, but after an hour of
> sitting in the fridge it hadn't set any further. I continued with the
> recipe regardless, but when I cut up the cake liquid spread everywhere!
> The parts of the custard that had set tasted lovely, and the individual
> serves looked fine, but having so much spill into the bottom of the pan
> was disappointing"
>
> Once again, oven and fridge temps are stuffed. Anyone with half a brain
> would be able to tell if something is set, or not.
>
> But apart from that, it looked lovely and tasted fine!!!!
>
> and...
>
> "I would not use this recipe ever again. The base needed liquid (milk or
> water) to keep it together. It crumbled and never stuck which did not
> allow me to complete it. I had to throw it out. However on the plus side
> when I tasted the base mixture it was nice, and the filling seemed nice
> too, however that also was thrown out. After taking litterally half a day
> to attempt this I gave up!!"
>
> What can I say!! "It tasted nice, but I threw it out"!!
>
> What a frikken moron!! It can't cook, is all.
>
> And every other comment said it was tasty, easy, and all you needed was
> some time management.
>
> Like I said, some morons are *always* going to complain.... even if it's
> about their own stupidity.
>
>> I've never made a
>> lemon meringue pie, I don't think I've even made *any* pie (my wife is
>> the baker), but I'm not sure this is a good recipe for the first time.
>
> You could always go to the supermarket and get one of those packet mix
> Lemon Meringues..... that's safe, and easy.
>
> As for a first time LM Pie...... there is no beginner recipe.
>
> *I* had never made a LM pie before I tried this one.
>
> I did it first time, and have done it several times since. They have *all*
> been (almost) perfect, but none have ever looked *exactly* like it does in
> the picture.