I think this may have been mum’s recipe:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_foods_named_after_people#C

Yesterday, I wrote about food (one of my favourite subjects) and a dish named Parsnips Molly Parkin (parsnips, cream, cheese, tomatoes, seasoning and sugar) and I began to wonder what other people had dishes and recipes named after them. It didn’t take me to think of a few – even before I looked any up – and the first is my absolute favourite salad, simple though it is, Caesar Salad. There are so many variations of this, but the first one I remember having which – for me – set the bar, was the one they make in Pizza express in Street, Somerset. I’m sure some people will say it’s not authentic or blah-blah-blah, but I just like it (chicken, brown anchovies, Cos lettuce, croutons, Gran Milano cheese, free-range egg, Caesar dressing, dough sticks)

Back to dishes named after people – Molly Parkin (painter, journalist, writer) and Caesar ( salad created  July 4, 1924,  Caesar Cardini at Caesar’s, Tijuana, Mexico) I looked up on Wikipedia and was amazed at the many, many dishes and other food items there were. Do look  them up if you’re interested, the list includes some of my favourites, Scandinavian princess cakes, Battenburg cake, Bramley apples, Charlotte Russe, Kung Po chicken and of course, Melba toast!

In our family (and maybe most families) we have recipes named after people –  Dad’s marmalade,  Mum’s lemon meringue pie and also her light as a feather pastry,  Aunty Beryl’s midnight soup, my mother-in-law’s cheese fluff (which I’ve never mastered) and any of many desserts made by Aunty Audrey. 

I think this may have been mum’s recipe, so maybe I should change its name to:

Mum’s Lemon Meringue Pie

• 4 oz.  shortcrust  pastry
• 2 eggs, separated
• 8 oz. caster sugar
• 1 lemon, juice and zest
• ¼ pint boiling water
• 1 oz. cornflour

1. Line a 17 inch pie dish with pastry and bake blind at 190ºC, 375ºF, Gas Mark 5.
2. put egg yolks, 4 oz. sugar, lemon juice and zest, boiling water in a pan, and blend stirring like fury
3. mix cornflour with a little cold water, add to the lemon mixture, bring to the boil and pour into the baked flan case
4. Whisk egg whites stiffly and gradually beat in remaining sugar; spread evenly over the lemon filling, and bake at 150ºC, 300ºF, Gas Mark 2, for about 25 minutes until crisp and pale golden brown

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