Hello Dennis! On Thursday, June 02, 2005, 8:27 AM, you wrote:
> Quoting Natasha V Pearce ... : >> MB> ... Key Lime pie. Wish I could have shared with you, if you >> MB> like that kind of stuff. :) >> Like it? !! Suffice to say, you've made me totally impatient for my >> next US assignment. :) Quoting Dennis: > Heathens! Of course anyone with a modicum of culinary understanding > would know that the only true key lime pies can be found in the > Florida keys. The eponymous key limes (Citrus aurantifolia Swingle), > while not specific to the Florida keys, are prized for culinary use. > You'd be hard pressed to find key limes growing elsewhere in the US. > However, what most don't know is the main key lime industry is in > Mexico (where they are called Mexican Limes). The juice is then > shipped back to the Florida Keys. Nevertheless, some is shipped to the Red Lobster restaurant in Nashville, Tennessee, also! > So, to make a real key lime pie, you must use Key or Mexican limes, > not <yuck> regular limes. Most restaurants in the US sell > counterfeit key lime pie, made with _other_ limes. Not so The Red Lobster! Come on down and try! Additionally, key limes are for sale in our local supermarkets. So, if I were not so lazy, I could prepare an adequate Key Lime Pie in my own kitchen! Provided you didn't yell at me the way some people yell at the RitLabs cooks on this list. :gdr: <grinning, ducking & running> > Dennis (born and raised in Florida) -- Best regards, Mary (born and raised in Texas, scarcely a 100 miles from Mexico) The Bat 3.5.25 on Windows XP 5.1 2600 Service Pack 2 ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 3.5.25 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
