a day in the life of a latvian mom

Yesterday I had what felt like a brilliant idea: bake a meringue lemon pie (First day of school). 🍋🥧 I’d made one before, and it was just the right balance of tart and sweet. But, of course, that recipe was written down somewhere on paper, and since I didn’t post it online (like I usually do with my better recipes), it disappeared into the abyss of lost notes.

So, I went hunting on the internet. Found one. Baked it. Tasted it. And… oh my. It was so sweet I think I actually broke my body! The sugar hit me like a truck. At one point, I even thought about drinking apple cider vinegar just to get that taste out of my mouth. I think John, you would be dead after this slice of pie! Jānis and Nelle loved it!

Needless to say, I didn’t sleep well at all. I’m still in some kind of sugar coma today. 😅

Here’s my real question: Does meringue really require 1/4 cup of sugar per egg? Who eats that much sugar on top of an already sweet pie? It was way too much! I think next time I’ll cut it in half—or maybe go back to my missing, much nicer recipe… where are you!?

Lesson learned: post your recipes online, so they don’t vanish into thin air and force you into questionable internet baking experiments!

Ilze