A quick and sweet lemoney treat!

Living in the south the summer months can become almost unbearably hot. Some days the idea of cooking anything at all is dreadful because of how hot it gets during the cooking. A person has to eat though so as a reward to myself I occasionally cook up desert to eat following my supper. One that I made recently was a lemon meringue pie. It was so tasty and quick that I decided to share it here.

 Ingredients for Filling:

1 baked 8 inch pastry shell cooled or 8 inch crumb crust (I used the crumb crust)

1can sweetened condensed milk

1/2 cup lemon juice

2 egg yolks (keep the whites you will use them later)

In a medium sized bowl, combine all the ingredients above blending in the egg yolks last. Once mixed well pour it into your cooled crust.

Ingredients for Mernigue:

2 egg whites

1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar

1/4 cup of sugar

In a small bowl, beat egg whites with cream of tartar until soft peaks form. Gradually beat in sugar until stiff peaks form when beater is raised. Spread over filling and seal to the edge of the crust.

 

Bake in oven at 325 Fahrenheit 12 to 15 minutes or until meringue is golden brown.

Place in the fridge for a little bit to let it cool and set up. After it has cooled down serve and enjoy this tasty treat!

A furry surprise

Sorry it has been so long since my last post. I got caught up in a mix of life, unexpected furry surprises and a small vacation. In the realm of furry surprises one night when I was outside calling for my kitty I heard a strange unknown meow and out of the darkness came a thin little golden yellow and white kitty cat. Needless to say I was a bit surprised and exasperated by this. I had wanted a kitty to come but it was definitely not this one. After a little more patience thought my kitty actually arrived and after stopping a near cat fight I got her inside thinking nothing further on the strange cat. I had just chalked it all up to a case of funny happenstance and thought nothing of it. It wasn't until the next day my dad mentioned seeing the cat and that it had a nasty head wound that I became curious.

This is Henry and his nasty head wound. Here he is actually pretty happy because he has a full belly of cat food.

The head wound after he knocked off some of that huge scab. He loves to rub it off on my leg. It was not pleasant.

     

The cat was truly a strange case. I had thought it a stray the night before it seemed I was wrong. He was very peoplefriendly ,almost to the point of being a hazard with his constant rubbing, and his front claws were lacking any points almost as if they had been trimmed. It was the large wound atop his head though that was the most concerning. It was obvious that during his tom catting about he had gotten the bad end of a fight earning himself a nasty bite right next to his left ear. Concerned I started to contact people seeking advice on how best to treat him. With much food bribery and hydrogen peroxide we managed to get the wound healed. Unfortunately that just meant he would creep around at night looking for a new girlfriend and be back everyday wanting attention and food.

Fundamentally he is not a bad cat and under different circumstances I might even keep him but the problem he faced was seniority. We have one cat already. My sweet Kitty (yes Kitty is her name she wouldn't answer to anything but that) who is 13 years old is dead set in her belief that our household should be a single cat household. It is bad enough that I have had to keep her pinned up to prevent her from attacking him and doing further injury to him. Knowing this was not far to my cat I set to asking around the neighborhood to see if anyone was missing or cat or would like to have one. Sadly the answer to both questions was no. 

After determining that no one was gone to step forward and claim him I decided the least I could do was to do something to prevent him from creating even more kitties in the same situation as him. I know some people might think spaying and neutering is cruel and unfair to the animal but after volunteering at the Humane Society Spay and Neuter clinic I believe it is one of the most humane things you can do. If you do not believe me go to a animal shelter (one that isn't a no kill) and look at all the dogs and cats. Shelters constantly get an influx of strays because of irresponsible owners who fail to consider the cost that animals may have to pay.

Making himself at home

It has now been less then a week since Henry (that is the name he liked beside kitty and I named him that only as a joke on Henry the VIII who had so many wives) was neutered and had his rabies shot. He seems to be hanging around a little longer into the evening but otherwise their is no drastic change in his character yet. It is my hope by having paid for his surgery that I will be able to more easily find him a forever home. I only hope that anyone that reads this will understand how important it is for owners to spay and neuter their pets.

Pre-neuter but as you can see his head looks much better