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From: ariels@orca.UUCP (Ariel Shattan)
Newsgroups: net.cooks
Subject: Re: KEY LIME PIE RECIPE
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Date: Tue, 27-Aug-85 01:23:11 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug 27 01:23:11 1985
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> Key Lime Pie
> 
> 3 egg yolks
> 1 cup sugar (divided)
> 1 pkg. (3 ounces) lime-flavor gelatin
>   Juice of 2 limes
> 3 drops of green food coloring
> 1 cup heavy cream
>   Baked 9" pie shell
> 4 egg whites
> l/4 tsp. cream of tartar
> 
> In top of double boiler, mix egg yolks, 1/2 cup sugar, gelatin, lime juice,
> and food coloring.  Stir in l cup warm water and put over simmering water.
> Cook, stirring, until very slightly thickened.  Set top part of double 
> boiler in bowl of ice and water and stir until thickened.  Whip cream until
> stiff and foold into mixture.  Pour into pie shell and chill l l/2 hours or
> until set.  Beat egg whites until frothy, then add cream of tartar and beat
> until ALMOST stiff.  Pile lightly on pie, spreading to cover filling.  Bake
> in preheated 425 degree oven for 5 minutes or until golden brown.  Chill
> 2 to 3 hours before serving.
> 
> ENJOY!

I'm sorry, Holly, this AIN'T Key Lime Pie!  It looks like a lovely
lime pie, but as any conch'll tell you, Key Lime Pie needs the
juice of Key Limes (grown in the Florida Keys), and a true Key Lime
Pie is YELLOW, not green (as Key Lime juice is yellow, not green).

I had a recipe for Key Lime Pie once, off a bottle of Key Lime juice
purchased on Key West.  This pie had no gelatin in it, nor any food
coloring.  Unfortunately, I no longer have the juice nor the bottle,
so I cannot post a *real* Key Lime Pie recipe. All I remember is
that it looked like a lemon meringue pie and tasted *heavenly*.

Ariel (there ain't no such thing as a green Key Lime Pie) Shattan
..!tektronix!orca!ariels

p.s.  A conch is a native of Key West.