We're on snow day #2 here…
Some of us might be going a little stir-crazy.
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On Christmas Day, we watched one episode of American Horror Story: Asylum and 6 episodes of Once Upon a Time. In September-ish, we watched the first season of American Horror Story and I'd not so patiently been waiting for season 2 to come onto Netflix. It took forever. Eventually I forgot about it and we moved onto Once Upon a Time. Then, we finished season 2 of Once Upon a Time and were left hanging: season 3 is on now and most certainly not on Netflix. We weren't going to pay for Hulu Plus (nonsense), and ABC.com only had the last 5 of 11 episodes.
While at my parents' house, my brother's girlfriend was kind enough to show me that Comcast OnDemand had the last 6 episodes for free. 6 is greater than 5, right?
So Scott and I watched the 6 most recent episodes on Christmas night, staying up until midnight to finish them. I'm still not sure what happened in the first 5, but it was easy enough to piece together.
Now I'm all caught up just in time for a mid-season break. See you in March, Hook. I'll miss you.
As for Asylum, I pouted through the entire episode. After a month of mystical fairy tales, that show is kind of boring.
Good news though! Downton is back! Scott is almost as excited as I am. (Not really.)
This pie has nothing to do with anything, except that I made it on Christmas Day. It was very good.
Lemon-Lime Meringue Pie
1/2 cup fresh lemon and lime juice (2 lemons, 1 lime)
1 t. vanilla
1 T. cornstarch
1 T. cornmeal (This would be good. We didn't have any.)
1 1/2 cups sugar
4 eggs, room temperature
5 T. butter, melted
1/4 t. salt
2 T. milk (I used evaporated milk. You can use cream or whatever you have on hand.)
1 unbaked pie crust
In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the lemon juice, vanilla, cornstarch, cornmeal, sugar, eggs, butter, salt, and 2 T. cream.
Once it is all very well combined, pour into the unbaked pie shell.
I cover the edges with a pie crust shield (to prevent over-browning) for the entire baking time.
Bake at 375* for 40 minutes. You can check with a toothpick in the center, but it will most likely continue bubbling once you take it out, so it may not be set up yet.
After you remove it from the oven, set it aside and work on the topping…
Meringue:
4 egg whites
4 tablespoons of sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
Attach the whisk to your electric mixer. Whisk until soft peaks form. Add the sugar, and whisk until stiff peaks form and the meringue is shiny-looking (scientific, I know…should've taken some pictures). Add the vanilla and whisk to combine. Top the baked pie immediately and broil until lightly browned. (The whisking process should take no longer than 10 minutes.)
