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certain brand name (omitted to maintain the neutrality of this site and to keep from getting tromped on for commercialization) of key lime juice is actually pretty good. I bought two pounds of key limes once and did not get enough juice to make one daggoned pie. And they were very expensive. certain brand name is $2.25 a bottle and that makes half a dozen very acceptable pies. BTW, the recipe is drop dead easy:
1/4 cup of certain brand name key lime juice
3 egg yolks
1 15 oz. can of sweetened condensed milk
mix the above and pour into graham cracker crust pie shell.
Bake at 350 for 15 minutes to set the custard, which is what the mixture really is.
Garnish with paper-thin slices of limes arranged to your individual taste and serve cold, with a glass of Chateau Yquem, preferably 2003 vintage. (a mere $125 for a half bottle will get that for you at retail, but be prepared to pay $250 to $300 for a half bottle at a good restaurant.)
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And you take the 3 egg whites and whip them up into meringue for the pie, right?
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Canned sweetened condensed milk is also an abomination. I think all of this stuff is set out plainly in Leviticus. To make it yourself (as God intended) follow these simple instructions:
4 cups whole milk
2 cups white sugar
1 vanilla bean
Combine the milk, sugar and vanilla bean (split and scraped) in a heavy saucepan over medium-low heat, stirring until the sugar is completely dissolved. Increase heat until the mixture begins to actively simmer and cook for about an hour, stirring from time to time, as it may stick to the bottom of the pan. The mixture will be done when it has thickened, reduced by about half, turned a light tan colour and registers about 225F on an immersed thermometer. Strain and chill; keep refrigerated.
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The recipe for poppy seed strudel I follow also has you reduce a couple of four cups of milk by about half over a very low flame, stirring constantly, which is the principle reason I hardly ever make it.
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Quote:
Canned sweetened condensed milk is also an abomination. I think all of this stuff is set out plainly in Leviticus.
 As I said to one of my neighbors recently, Oh, you are so Old Testament!
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but key lime pie was 'invented' post US civil war, when borden, (the first company to make canned milk) got a contract to help supply food goods to south (and part of the 'rebuilding of the south' the southeners agreed, sweetened condenced milk was a abomination, and in their efforts to reduce the sweetness, they added lime juice and 'created' key lime pie.
(improvements in technology resulted in evaporated milk a few years later)
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