Confessions of a Grandma

The Florida experience would not be complete without a Key Lime Pie for dessert at least once in our winter stay. Actually, the first year we spent the winter here we sampled that confection more like once a week.  We felt compelled to try every bakery and determine the best available. Key limes are not something you generally see in the typical grocery store, although I have seen bottled Key lime juice.  They are very small and yellow when ripe.  A real Key Lime Pie is also a pale yellow.  It is horrible to add green food coloring to make it look like the typical green limes that we cut into wedges to drop into a gin and tonic. I have read recipes that call for the ingredients to be mixed and then just left to thicken, letting the acid in the limes "cook" the eggs.  I guess that is the original and most authentic way. I also guess that lemon juice "cooks" the egg in Caesar salad dressing, and fresh made is absolutely delicious. However, when you start to t...