I was right there with you until the last paragraph. Then I got lost. But really good point! Let's all make the pi better.

BTW whats the joke on the way you spell pie (pi)? 

In further response to Mr. Spleen, Superman is willing to jump in front of things that can kill him.  I was never fond of the "Death of Superman" storyline, but Superman was willing to die before letting Doomsday destroy the world.  Nor has Superman ever run from any magical villians or even those bearing kryptonite.  Superman and Batman have both had to put forth much effort.  Batman has to work hard to get his abilities, and Superman has to work hard to keep his abilities is check.  Superman is all about restraint.  And yes they were both orphans, but Superman was adopted, Batman wasn't...

Ahem...And just how many times have I said that?  All I remember saying about orphans is that they should work the coal mines.

I really don't appreciated being misquoted.

Great blog Ben, BTW.

Yes! But who has the cooler uniform!

It sure isn't the orphans! 

Susie would no doubt join the anti-meringue harangue, but she would also include whipped cream or any of its imitators. When I used to like pie, I definitely did like a good, nicely browned meringue on a real lemon meringue pie.

But say, BLB, what experience do you have with calf slobbers anyway? I missed the Bob on the farm stories. Is there a part of your life story I am totally ignorant of?

MMMM-mmm, gotta love that CRISPED FOAM!!

 You know what goes good with lemon pie?  Cream cheese.  As in Lemon Cream Cheese pie from Marie Callendar's.  That is heaven on a plate!!!

C A, I've lived in Bakersfield my whole life and moved to a different house every year until highschool, so I had opportunity to come across a calf or two. Back in the day there were farm animals all over town. Of course it would have been cool to live on a farm (I think), being able to have cow pi fights and the like, but they were around.

And Kimi, you shouid enjoy a nice meringue sometime, it's not terrible it's, to me, a texture thing. And like broccoli, I am told, it is an acquired taste. 

I apparantly acquired it very early.  I have always loved the meringue.  Even now I am willing to eat mine, my mother's, and often my wife's.  And those cookies are good, too.

On the other hand, I don't know about the cow pi fights.  I know what's in a cow pi... 

I too knew the source of the pile left by a cow. Some who tossed them with reckless abandon in the grandparents's old pasture think that I did that too, but I always knew the difference between a dirt clod and the debris from cow digestion, and always discriminated in what I handled.

I could almost go for a lemon meringue pie. But then I'm mighty hungry. 

I guess no one told you, Asa, that meringue is a highly controversial topic. I say you post a blog about cream pies next. I see that's where this might be heading.

I would like to add my name to the list of meringue haters. But as for broccoli, I could eat is as a meal. Chad makes the best pan-roasted broccoli you'll ever taste. And it doesn't at all look like calf slobber. 

I was thinking of green vegetables, but that is already going on here anyway. 

Yes I too enjoy broccoli, with just a dab of mayonnaise.  Yet another white food that I like... 

I, in fact, do like a lot of veggies. Not peas, but peas & carrots, squash, green beans, thanks Allie, lettuce, tomato, potatoes, bell peppers nad hot peppers,celery and several more. I generally have problems with veggies that smell as though they came from another room in the house, if you know what I mean.

and I feel about pie the same way! 

Everyone likes Grandma's green beans.  Squash is my favorite. 

On the other hand, I'm not sure hot peppers can really be called a veggie. :) 

Whew, Michael JS, you been nailed. The truth will out, now and then. Sure can hear that Mrs. Babb tone and see that grin.

There are vegetables I don't much like, "bitter melon" qualifies, as per Mr. Spleen's definition, and yet in the right cirucumstances, it is much better than the alternative. Bitter melon with bad rice is better than bad rice without bitter melon. It's great to live in a place where I can choose with meringue or without and still be pretty sure I'll have more than enough to eat.

"Bitter melon with bad rice is better than bad rice without bitter melon."

All I can say to that is yuck and I'm sorry. 

Thanks Joe, I was confused.  Now you have cleared everything up for me.  I gotta admit I love those peanuts the same way.

Now for Chad:  I was just having fun.  Pi is extremely important to any good pie.  (I have been told that one of the qualifications for pie is to make it round...)  Besides what fun is e without the pi?  Otherwise I was just chuckling because of the hat on my profile page and the math aspect of it, including the mispronunciation of it. (Ask Dad about that) On top of the whole relationship of Pi to pie, Pi never ends, and I wish pie never ended.

Have I run that into the ground yet?  If not I could always write a new blog about it... 

Chad just read Beju's explanation and he says,

 "Good enough, I suppose."

lol 

Now, at 50 comments this blog has died. It lived a long and full blog life. Although the comments were hardly on topic, it was highly amusing and great fun.

 We will miss you blog.

When you say dead, do you mean dead as a doornail?  Or maybe just dead tired?  I was thinking of writing a new one.  I doubt it will be this popular, but you never know.

I do feel compelled to point out that sometimes there is a specific right answer.  Although I will agree that Lemon Meringue Pi or Superman v. Batman is a matter of taste.   As Christians we must be aware of the difference between Truth and tradition, and we always should prefer the taste of the former to the taste of the latter.