Comments on: Lemon Meringue Pie With Cookie Crumb Crust

By: Christy Jordan

Christy Jordan — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:21:46 +0000

Hey Judy!
All you have to do is click the “print recipe” button beneath each recipe.
It’s really very simple but easy to overlook I’m so sorry you don’t think me very friendly or neighborly. I spend 40+ hours a week on SouthernPlate but there are a lot of websites and facebook pages that copy and paste content into their site and place themselves as the author, of the stories, recipes, and photos. This has been really hurting the traffic of food bloggers and brought us to the point that we won’t be able to afford to offer these blogs to people if we don’t try to protect our content. While the site is free to you, it costs me over three times what my mortgage is per month to keep it going,so I rely on traffic coming to my site to help cover costs and when people steal my content, they also steal my traffic. Plus, it’s simply wrong.
However, as I said, there are really simple options for printing the recipe. I promise I’m being neighborly, but as with most things, the bad guys make it harder for the good folks. If people continue to frequent the sites that steal content from food bloggers, eventually the well will run dry.
I appreciate you taking time to let me know of your disappointment and I hope I’ve explained it a little bit.
Have a blessed day!
Gratefully
Christy

By: Judy Sirks

Judy Sirks — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:51:32 +0000

Not able to copy recipe photos and only some content since you have a protected copyright to print or do electronically copy. Other sites I have gone to, Pinterest etc does not do that. Once it copied the whole page including the ads and wouldn’t let me delete them. I didn’t see the copyright until after going thru all of that since it was at the bottom of your page. Just not a friendly thing for your viewers since that is why they look at your site. You have some great
recipe and I appreciate the how to photos but not worth the hassle to get info for a recipe here.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:49:40 +0000

And I accidentally put all 3 yolks in!!! Hope it’s ok…

By: Melissa

Melissa — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:23:10 +0000

Yesterday was my daughters 11th birthday and she requested tacos and lemon ice box pie!! Fixing to go whip this baby up!! Thanks for simplicity, the other recipe I looked at required jello which I don’t have on hand.

By: LaNita Cook

LaNita Cook — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 18:22:59 +0000

For the ppl needing to know that the lemon juice cooks the egg yolks, not the 15 minutes you put the pie into the oven. The reason for cooking it in the hot oven for 15 minutes is to make the meringue brown. Love this pie.

By: Christy Jordan

Christy Jordan — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 02:42:24 +0000

Hey Felix!
The pie you see photographed here was made exactly by this recipe, as was the one photographed in my first book. The trick is to let it get gooood and cold before cutting. I hope this helps!

By: Felix

Felix — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 23:11:24 +0000

BTW – is it supposed to run? I have seen other recipes that add cornstarch. Should I do that? I love the flavor and don’t need to change that. I should mention I use Meyers Lemons and do add about a Tbs of zest. Any help would be appreciated.

By: Felix

Felix — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 23:07:58 +0000

Help!!! I love this pie but I am having a liquid problem. Everything looks great until I cut into it. It oozes liquid after you cut it. It’s clear and very lemony. I love the taste, but because I would like to photograph a cut pie, the liquid kind of takes away from the photo . Can you provide any suggestions?

By: Becky

Becky — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 17:09:45 +0000

Christy, I made this for one of our family Christmas gatherings. It was a first for me making meringue as my mom or grandmother usually makes lemon meringue pie. I am pleased to say it went in less than 5 minutes! I was shocked at how easy the meringue was to make. I have always been intimidated by meringue. My husband has me making another one today just for him!

By: Anna

Anna — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 01:32:06 +0000

Me and my family fell in love with this resipe only thing I did different was add more lemon 1/2 cup we like lemons but thank you very much simple and great