Maybe it's not the season for this, but this Lemon Meringue Ice Cream pie is always a winner: [link]

(I always make it with a gingersnap crumb crust.)

rm, the person I accompanied to the ER who tested positive for H1N1 influenza never had a fever - never got above 98.4 - which is a smidge high for that person but not even a whole degree higher than usual. So I'm not taking fever as a must-have for influenza any more.

I have this weird low body temp (like my normal is around 95), so if I am at 98 or 99 I feel horribly feverish. The doctors discount it, but my nurse co-workers tell me if I feel feverish and my temp is 99, I probably am. This came up while I was trying to get antibiotics for my tooth.

Maybe it's not the season for this, but this Lemon Meringue Ice Cream pie is always a winner

That looks amazing! Maybe I'll try it.

One of the cool things I leaned at Old Sturbridge Village is that seasonal foods were partly a result of when certain foods were available, as well as the lack of refrigeration. So you'd have egg custard pies in the summer, because the hens are laying up a storm, but later in the winter, you'd have more cakes because the hens slack off in the cold.

(Also, once the weather was reliably cold and the grass wasn't growing, that was the time that you slaughtered your beef cattle, so you didn't have to feed them over the winter, and the large amount of meat could be kept on ice, or smoked or salted, et cetera.)

Well done, Askye!! That's very impressive.

I am pro pie of whatever type. Mmm pie. I am partial to a savory pie, though. Do you have a pork pie hat to accessorize the serving of actual pork pie? Because then you obviously have to do that.

Not everyone has a normal temperature response. In particular elderly people very often just don't get a fever because that 'natural' response breaks down.

That is awesome, askye!!! Wonderful to be appreciated.

Do you have a pork pie hat to accessorize the serving of actual pork pie?

I only wish I did!

At least I know it's good at room temperature, which seems likely at a work event.

Thanks for all the gold stars, guys!

They also said my sales at that point were about half the store sales.

Dang, girl, that's awesome! Congrats!

Jesse, I hope your shoulder gets fixed easily and soon.

My life is getting too boring. I need to do something to brighten it up. Saturday a friend of mine is having ehr 40th birthday party and she's in Richmond, so that'll be a little road trip. I like short road trips. I should think about doing that more often.

I was employee of the month for Jan!

Skye, that's fantastic! Way to go!

Hil and I saw Neil Gaiman tonight -- he spoke for about 2 hours, and I could have listened to him for 2 more, easily. So great.