Comments on: Key Lime Pie is Not Green http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/03/19/key-lime-pie-is-not-green/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:21:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on Key Lime Pie is Not Green by: Michelle http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/03/19/key-lime-pie-is-not-green/#comment-56572 Sat, 17 May 2008 14:04:28 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/03/19/key-lime-pie-is-not-green/#comment-56572 I am of the mindset that however you make your key lime pie is fine--as long as you don't use food coloring, gelatin, or Cool-Whip. Growing up in Louisiana, I never saw a yellow pie until I was an adult. I also never ate one until adulthood because the radioactive ones of my youth looked so scary. I personally prefer pastry--not because of trying to be more or less authentic--but because I have a huge aversion to graham cracker anything. I can be a little strange when it comes to food, so eating a pie that tastes like the filling was dropped into a sandbox and baked is just not my thing. The same goes for cheesecake. So I'm the weirdo scraping off the graham cracker crust while people look at me like I've just soiled myself. So the fighting about who is doing it "right" is just insane (hinting to one of your commenting guests). You make your pie however your family and dinner guests (and you) like it. I am of the mindset that however you make your key lime pie is fine–as long as you don’t use food coloring, gelatin, or Cool-Whip. Growing up in Louisiana, I never saw a yellow pie until I was an adult. I also never ate one until adulthood because the radioactive ones of my youth looked so scary.

I personally prefer pastry–not because of trying to be more or less authentic–but because I have a huge aversion to graham cracker anything. I can be a little strange when it comes to food, so eating a pie that tastes like the filling was dropped into a sandbox and baked is just not my thing. The same goes for cheesecake. So I’m the weirdo scraping off the graham cracker crust while people look at me like I’ve just soiled myself.

So the fighting about who is doing it “right” is just insane (hinting to one of your commenting guests). You make your pie however your family and dinner guests (and you) like it.

]]> Comment on Key Lime Pie is Not Green by: Wafa http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/03/19/key-lime-pie-is-not-green/#comment-56042 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:46:48 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/03/19/key-lime-pie-is-not-green/#comment-56042 Barbara, I'm so delighted to have found your recipe for an authentic "Key Lime Pie" I was in Key West less then a month ago and had tasted a piece, and it was good, it was yellow in color and no meringue on top. I'm looking forward to trying your recipe, it sounds delicious! Thank you for sharing, Wafa Barbara,

I’m so delighted to have found your recipe for an authentic “Key Lime Pie”
I was in Key West less then a month ago and had tasted a piece, and it was good, it was yellow in color and no meringue on top. I’m looking forward to trying your recipe, it sounds delicious!

Thank you for sharing,
Wafa

]]> Comment on Key Lime Pie is Not Green by: Cassie Carter Hernadnez http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/03/19/key-lime-pie-is-not-green/#comment-45419 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 22:04:29 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/03/19/key-lime-pie-is-not-green/#comment-45419 Can anyone tell me where I can buy Key Limes? I was born in Key West and lived in the keys for 20 years. I surely miss the tree we had in our backyard!! On occasion I've seen mexican KL in Publix, they are close but not "keys" Key Limes. :-) Can anyone tell me where I can buy Key Limes? I was born in Key West and lived in the keys for 20 years. I surely miss the tree we had in our backyard!!
On occasion I’ve seen mexican KL in Publix, they are close but not “keys” Key Limes. :-)

]]> Comment on Key Lime Pie is Not Green by: Nevets http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/03/19/key-lime-pie-is-not-green/#comment-37743 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:57:16 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/03/19/key-lime-pie-is-not-green/#comment-37743 Barbara - Some years back I had a great holiday in the Keys, and being a big key lime pie fan, one of the highlights of the trip was my "key lime crawl"...I tried as many as possible and boy, some were really good. I will try your recipe...it sounds really good and easy. Oh and yeah, no meringue on mine, thanks. Barbara - Some years back I had a great holiday in the Keys, and being a big key lime pie fan, one of the highlights of the trip was my “key lime crawl”…I tried as many as possible and boy, some were really good. I will try your recipe…it sounds really good and easy. Oh and yeah, no meringue on mine, thanks.

]]> Comment on Key Lime Pie is Not Green by: Key lime pie at Kosmonaut Blog http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/03/19/key-lime-pie-is-not-green/#comment-19530 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 22:00:45 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/03/19/key-lime-pie-is-not-green/#comment-19530 [...] This guy tells it how it is - “Key Lime Pie is Not Green. Unless, of course, you are one of those infidels who puts green food coloring in it. In which case, I am not speaking to you.” He also writes about the history of key lime pie and why it’s made with condensed milk; before the Overseas Highway was built, people in the Keys did not have access to fresh milk. I did not know this, and that makes sense. Key lime pie has been around for a long time, since possibly before the 1900’s - the first permanent European settlers to South Florida and the Keys arrived in the 1800’s. A very interesting read. [...] […] This guy tells it how it is - “Key Lime Pie is Not Green. Unless, of course, you are one of those infidels who puts green food coloring in it. In which case, I am not speaking to you.” He also writes about the history of key lime pie and why it’s made with condensed milk; before the Overseas Highway was built, people in the Keys did not have access to fresh milk. I did not know this, and that makes sense. Key lime pie has been around for a long time, since possibly before the 1900’s - the first permanent European settlers to South Florida and the Keys arrived in the 1800’s. A very interesting read. […]

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