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In reply to the discussion: What was/is one of your favorite dishes made by a relative? [View all]csziggy
(34,136 posts)From the crust made with Crisco shortening, flaky and light, to the zest of the key limes. She'd zest them, then squeeze the juice from them, mix with the egg yolks and milk with a pinch of zest. Then she'd beat the egg whites with another pinch or two of zest, just enough sugar. The pies (she always made two since she only made them for holiday meals) would then be baked until the meringue was barely golden. They were my favorite!
She used the same crust to make mincemeat pies, but used bottle mincement - and the best part, according to my teetotaler great aunt, was the hard sauce. Mom never told her that the hard sauce really was hard - hard sauce was rum and powdered sugar. LOL!
Cornish pasties by the way of Michigan's Upper Peninsula were also made with the same crust. My father's mother taught Mom how to make those since Dad loved them. Her pasties only had stew beef, carrots, onions, and potatoes. No turnips in hers, those Dad would talk about having them in the pasties he ate in college.