“Go on. Try it.” Exhaling, I press my fork against the meringue. It breaks apart just as it should.
Crispy meringue after a ten-minute bake. Did the author, and any beta or proofreaders, or ARC readers, if any such existed, even bother to read past the first ten minutes in the oven? Someone obviously read the ingredients and prep, but that's like following a recipe to the point where it says lower heat and simmer for X amount of time, and just calling it done as soon as the high heat period is done. (From an old comic book, said of a wild-caught and novice-prepped and roasted turkey served up to friends: "What did I stuff it with? It wasn't empty")
