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Because I could never resist the impulse to add a couple drops of blue food coloring and some small swimming figures sculpted out of marzipan.

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acelightning

Tiny gummy fish, or fish-shaped sprinkles :-)
Apparently the main "lemony" taste comes from adding citric acid to the pie filling. I'd at least throw in a drop or two of lemon oil. But I do like browning the meringue with one's creme brulee torch. (I actually have a creme brulee torch. But every time I get some heavy cream for making creme brulee, my husband asks me to make panna cotta instead.)

From:

minoanmiss

Emmy put in lemon extract as well, though it seems she didn't like the lack of complexity compared to actual lemon.

How about bruleeing panna cotta?

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acelightning

Panna cotta has gelatin in it, which would scorch and taste nasty. (Panna cotta is just heavy cream Jello. Dead simple to make, and impressively delicious.)

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lavendertook

Ahahaha! It would be cool if you could find a little blow up pan to put it in, but a blue plastic pan would do. So many stories you could tell with the little marzipan figures all summer long. Put a little figure at the bottom of the pan and then write in jelly pen on the top, Gatsby? Where are yooooou? Or little people playing and a big marzipan shark coming straight for them. Fluffy creme ice bergs.

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mific

I'd love to see your aquatic pie! Not so much to taste it though, as the gelatine wouldn't be fun.

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sabotabby

Well now I want you to!

I could never do it because it involves gelatin. I'm sure you could use something else as a stabilizer but it already seems pretty delicate.

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peoriapeoriawhereart

I'm wondering about agar or grass jelly. (I've not worked with grass jelly, just see it in cans at the store.) My agar usage was not human food, but, again, readily available at groceries.

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amaebi

Resistance is inappropriate in this context.

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peoriapeoriawhereart

Once we know how the marzipan does in the filling, we may have solved the Jump the Shark as a dessert question. Wilton assuredly made a motorcycle and rider figure.

From:

minoanmiss

giggles helplessly

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cjsmith

This is the meeting of food and fun that my inner 8 year old loves to see! ♥

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stranger

That sounds like a reason *to* make it.

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peoriapeoriawhereart

They do make plastic 1950s swim capped figures, so there's the king cake option for adventurous adults. Might want to double check if the brûlée iron is being used with someone about the insulation rating of the meringue.

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brooksmoses

If the iron isn't drying out the bottom of the meringue, you can tell it's not getting it hot. :)

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peoriapeoriawhereart

I'm very cautious when it comes to plastic in food, since some will be food rated only within specific tolerances.

Which is why you don't microwave in a cool whip container.