A Yummy Mistake

Speaking of distractions, the other day I was busy in the kitchen baking a lemon pie for Father’s Day. ( Lemon pie is the Dessert of Choice around here.) As I was reading the directions, I was also listening to an audiobook from the library – trying to focus on two things at once. Not a good thing, most of the time. We all do know that multi-tasking is actually less efficient than once believed, right?
So, there I was dropping eggs into the pan of lemon mixture heating up on the stovetop, intently gleaning information from the CD. Then I realized I had forgotten to separate the egg yolks from the egg whites! Too late. I decided it couldn’t do much harm, so I continued on. I’d have to  separate 4 more eggs in order to make egg white topping, which was unfortunate. Four lonely egg yolks with no apparent purpose in life now sit in a prep bowl in my fridge.
I continued preparing the pie filling, filled the baked pie crusts, added the peaked, fluffy egg white topping, and browned it in the oven. It sat for most of the day.
Supper was served. Full bellies rested. Dessert was served.
Everyone raved and said it was one of the best lemon pies I’ve baked.  Extra good. Could it be that the egg yolks made the difference? Who knew?
I think I may repeat that same mistake next time!