Lemon Meringue...Die.

So this is what a lemon meringue pie should look like.

Mine looked nothing like this!

We have a lemon tree at home, and it went into production overload and made like fifty lemons. I've always wanted to make a lemon meringue pie and finally after persuading Mum I had the go-ahead.

The pastry went fine, apart from the fact that I had a lapse in concentration and forgot it was in the oven, so it was brown instead of golden.
No matter, no matter, I told myself, progressing onto the lemon custard.

The custard turned out ok, it was really easy to do and I was quite proud of it. The real problem, however, came with the meringue.

I enlisted the help of my sister, who has sufficiently more meringue-constructing experience than myself. She was whisking the eggs and I was finishing the custard, and then we poured the meringue on top and put it in the oven.
Then five minutes later she asks me 'Did you put sugar in the meringue?'
And I, thinking she was joking, replied 'No. Did you?'
To which she said 'No'.

So when I took my pie out of the oven, it had a mound of cooked eggwhite sitting on top. Disappointing, but fun, and I sure am going to make another one of these again.
It took up most of my day but boy, was it worth it!