[crazycatlady]

What other kind is there? The only other thing Ive seen called key like pie is kind of a lime flavored cheesecake.
I’m from up north though.

[crazycatlady]

To recap: Ive tried both the sweetened condensed versions and cream cheese versions and prefer the former. Key limes are definitely different. A bottle of Nelly and Joes isnt that expensive when you consider the mileage you get out if it.

Has anybody read Queen of the Underworld by Gail Godwin? A character insists on going to the Woolworth lunch counter in Miami because of the key lime pie. It’s set in the fifties, no more Woolworth lunch counters, or Woolworth’s, for that matter.

[Hoodat]

My wife who is a Florida native is well known for her key lime snobbery. When we were dating, she set out one day to make me an authentic key lime pie. It took the entire afternoon to make, and it required lots and lots and lots of stirring. I don't know what all ingredients she put in it, but condensed milk was not one of them. If you are interested, freepmail me and I will send you the recipe.

Having said that, Costco does make a good key lime pie. But they make a much better NY Cheesecake. They also have a chocolate cake whose decadence reaches the lower limits of ostentatious culinary turpitude.