Did you know know that Aug. 15 was National Lemon Meringue Pie Day?
Well, neither did I, but Marilyn came home from Piggly Wiggly with a pie with about 3 inches of meringue on top. “It was on sale,” she said with a big smile on her face, “and I had a coupon!” She loves sales and coupons, and she loves lemon meringue pie. What a great day!
So, then I went looking for some quirky stuff about lemon pie because a friend challenged me to write a column about lemon pie. I found out that Aug. 15 was also National Failures Day. I suppose that could mean that the meringue on a lemon pie fell, right?
I also found out that there’s a novel, published in 2011, titled “Lemon Meringue Pie,” by Keith Watson, but I couldn’t find out why the book was given that title from the brief blurb that was given on Amazon.com.
Another book I found was called “Lemon Meringue Pie Murder” by Joanne Fluke. Again, no clue for the choice of title. What’s up with that?