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FAMILY RECIPE

LEMON PIE
(Ruth Sanford)
>Mix together:
1/4 c. sugar
4 rounded Tbsp. flour
>Mix together:
1 3/4 c. water
Juice and grated rind of 2 lemons
>Gradually add dry ingredients to liquid in sauce pan; bring to boil and cook until thick, stirring constantly
>2 egg yolks, beaten (save whites for merengue); add small amount of pie filling to egg yolks and mix well, then add it all back into pie filling
>Cook slowly another 2 minutes, stirring
>Remove from heat and stir in 1 Tbsp. butter; cool; pour into cooled baked pie shell
>Whip egg whites until stiff peaks form, adding in 1/4 c. sugar and 1/2 tsp. cream of tartar while whipping; add to top of pie
>Put in 400-425 oven a few minutes, until nicely browned

Saturday, April 10, 2010

Went hiking today, and this was the toilet facility. ~Kim

Sunday, March 21, 2010

Officially spring in Texas!?

This is what we woke up to today... it's beautiful... but supposed to warm up to 65 tomorrow. Crazy!

Monday, March 8, 2010

My creative dad

Look at what Dad made for his grandkitty - a custom, and I mean custom, cat tower/scratching post. It's complete with a house (fireplace and skylight included), a barn with farm animals, and a putting green. In the first picture is a tube on the left. Balls go down a hole in the top platform, down the tube, and come out at the bottom. Book will always get a hole in one! And notice the coloring in "Book" - the black on the ends just as Book's coloring is. Book has entrance into the barn from the other side, as well. Also on display on the house is the 8# mounted rat's head that Book caught - a true man's castle! :) Book and I are very appreciate to Dad for all of the labor involved in constructing this one-of-a-kind masterpiece. ~Kim