shower baby

i made a some lemon meringue pie to clear stock, again.
the crust is completely wholemeal, for no other reason than that i have too much of it. the lemon curd calls for three eggs, but one of them had two yolks! this time i strained the curd to remove all the zest. the meringue was nice and fluffy.
but the curd didn't set during the baking. i think the first time i made it the curd set nicely because i was timid and cooked the curd very long. this might be a mistake, but if i made the pie again, i'll cook the curd longer again so that it can set during baking.

then i made apple pie with jinquan yesterday. it's a recipe from the art and soul of baking by cindy mushet.
granny smith apples. i never took note of what apples i used, except i only used red apples, and not fuji apples. but recipes have called for specifically granny smith apples, and jinquan pointed to these green ones.
i think this photo is cute. it looks like a cooked egg, but it's just a raw egg yolk in a pool of milk.
i'm eating too much pie. but there's really nothing else much i can do now.