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Default Key Lime pie recipe in my blog

Kajikit wrote:
> Meringue's too sickly sweet for me... not to mention having the
> difficulty of stopping it from weeping sugar and sliding off the pie.
> When mama used to make lemon meringue pie (which is identical to key
> lime pie except for the fruit) I'd scrape the meringue off the top
> and just eat the filling.
>


Add a little cream of tartar to the meringue and reduce the amount of
sugar in the recipe. You do not have to add sugar at all.


BTW, when I grew up, I did not eat meringue either.


Becca