Lemon Chiffon Pie and the Church Barbecue

There is nothing like a church barbecue, especially if you are Episcopal and there is wine and beer involved!  We had our annual get together yesterday at Folly Beach and a good time was had by all despite the fact that it was in the 90's.  There is a die hard group that puts this together every year and I thank God for them, they happen to be great people too which makes it even better!  Michael and I didn't get out there as early as we planned but still way ahead of the rest and were able to enjoy time with some of our dearest friends.

Our friends Lee, Betsy, Missy and Ted!

The worlds most delicious Tomato Pie!  Perhaps I will track down the cook and have her blog about it!

My Mothers Lemon Chiffon Pie (yes you can have the recipe)

And Bear just because he needed his picture taken!



So when I was a kid my mom used to make this dessert once in a while and I absolutely adore it!  Its not hard to make you just need to have time, a lot of people to serve it to and it does not work outdoors if it is really really hot out (learned that one yesterday).

Lemon Chiffon Pie

2 boxes lemon Jello
2 cans evaporated milk
1 package sugar wafers
1 tablespoon sugar

Make the jello substituting the juice of one lemon for the equal amount of cold water, put in the fridge until just starting to set.  While making the jello, put the evaporated milk in the freezer, you want it just ready to freeze up. 

When these two things happen put the milk in the bowl and whip until it comes to soft peaks, stir in the sugar and than add the jello mixing well.

Crumble the sugar wafers in the bottom of a 9 x 12 deep toss away aluminum pan.  Pour mixture over it and set in the fridge until set. I crumbled up more sugar wafers on the top of it.

Two things I discovered when making this recipe.  The sugar wafer packages are not as big as before and I used 1 and a half packages and...oddly enough I think the evaporated milk containers are larger hence the fact that you need to make sure you have a LARGE mixing bowl and a deep dish for it to go in!  I suspect it would work well with just about any flavor of jello and you could add fruit to it (ours was all gone so none for me).