Day 55

What's on the menu:



Nothing on the menu tonight. We had dinner at the in-laws. A lot of out of town folks came to visit father-in-law in hospital with cancer.



I made a blueberry pie ( recipe on Day 51), potato salad ( recipe on Day 8)
and a Best ever lemon pie

Best ever lemon pie

1 baked pie shell
1-1/4 cup sugar
6 TB cornstarch
2 cups water
1/3 cup lemon juice
3 eggs, separated
3 TB butter
1-1/2 tsp lemon extract
2 tsp vinegar

Mix sugar and cornstarch together in top of double boiler. Add the 2 cups of water. Combine egg yolks with juice and beat. Add to rest of mixture.
Cook until thick over boiling water for 25 minutes. This does away with starchy taste.
Take off heat and add butter, vinegar and lemon extract. Stir thoroughly. Pour into pie crust.

Never-fail meringue

1 TB cornstarch
2 TB cold water
1/2 cup boiling water
3 egg whites
6 TB sugar
1 tsp vanilla
pinch of salt

Blend cornstarch and cold water in saucepan. Add boiling water and cook, stirring until clear and thickened. Let stand until completely cold.
With electric beater at high speed, beat egg whites until foamy. Gradually add sugar and beat until stiff, but not dry. Turn mixer to low speed and add salt and vanilla. Gradually beat in cold cornstarch mixture.
Turn mixer again to high speed and beat well. Spread over pie. Bake at 350 degrees until brown.