Lemon Meringue Bread Pudding

This was a speciality of Mane Smith Leonard, my friend Sandy’s mother. She had adapted it from an early Joy of Cooking (Bobbs Merrill, 1943), though it disappeared from later editions. I liked Mrs. Leonard a lot - she had a great sense of humour and always chatted with Sandy’s schoolmates as though they were her own friends. This sweet and tangy pudding al