Key Lime or Lemon Icebox pie???? Which do you prefer if either?

[Shell Beau]

I am going with the lemon.

[Left Is Write]

1. I like both, but neither is my favorite. I'd rather have a good fruit pie with freshly whipped cream

[Shell Beau]

2. I'd rather have chocolate pie, but if I had to choose between the tart

pies, I'd go with the lemon.

[Left Is Write]

3. I don't know which I would choose. I guess it would depend on my mood -

they're both good.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

4. uhmmmmm

both :shrug:

the lemon is lighter, maybe. I like the Key Lime, too.

I ate a whole Key Lime Pie last week :blush:

[MissHoneychurch]

5. Next time share with me

Key Lime is my favorite ... just ask AirmensMom :D

[Tuesday Afternoon]

9. when I come to visiti you in your new Condo (!) I will bring you one

:D :hug: :loveya: :hi:

[MissHoneychurch]

11. Just bring the key limes

I will make the pie myself :D

[Callalily]

6. Oh key lime - hands down.

Here's a pic of the best key lime pie I've ever had.

[yellowdogintexas]

7. I so agree. Best I ever had was at Mangrove Mama's in the Lower Keys

(Last key before you cross to Key West) Great funky restaurant and incredible Key Lime Pie.

[Shell Beau]

13. Now THAT is a good lookin' piece of pie!

:9

[Kali]

16. what is the reddish sauce?

[Shell Beau]

17. My mind was going raspberry but strawberry would be good too.

I was wondering what it was as well.

[LostinVA]

8. Key lime, if it's made with real key limes

Haruka just asked,"What the hell is an icebox pie"????? I had to explain to her (I lived in NC for 17 years, so I love icebox pies!).

[Shell Beau]

14. Is it a southern thing? Well, I'll be damned. I didn't even know that.

I guess "icebox" should have given it away. My dad still will call the fridge the icebox from time to time.

[crim son]

10. I like them both but lime is my favorite flavor,

followed closely by lemon. How about you make both and send me the key lime one?

[Shell Beau]

15. I've never made either so you'd be the experimental taster.

But, hey, it can't be that hard can it? :rofl:

[Orsino]

12. Never had the lemon icebox...

...but the best Key Lime is the nectar of the gods.

[RushIsRot]

18. Lemon Icebox Pie is my all-time favorite! Next is Mincemeat Pie.

Ummm, PIE!

I'm gonna have to learn how to make them.

[Shell Beau]

20. For some reason, I feel like they would be hard to make.

Not sure why I feel that way. I haven't even looked at a recipe to see what it involves.


I probably wouldn't be good at lemon meringue though. I suck at meringue. I made a good meringue once and only once. I can't seem to understand what a "stiff peak" for the meringue is.

[RushIsRot]

22. My mother who died in 1969 made the best lemon icebox pies.

I have found a reasonable substitute in Edward's Lemon Meringue Pies. Not perfect, but tasty.

[Connonym]

19. how come nobody has posted a recipe for the lemon icebox pie?!!

[Shell Beau]

21. I have only had other people's. I know you probably need something

lemon-y! :shrug:


Oh, and some sort of pie crust. Preferbly graham cracker-ish.

[grasswire]

25. it's usually a variation on the Eagle Brand recipe

....which is Eagle Brand sweetened condensed milk, lemon juice and zest, an egg yolk, stirred together and put in a graham cracker or baked and cooled pastry shell, then refrigerated.

Some recent variations add cool whip to the filling, and some use lemonade instead of juice, etc.

[sakabatou]

23. I like lemon pies

Key lime is just too sour.

[grasswire]

24. coconut cream, or coconut custard?

I just took a coconut custard pie from the oven an hour ago. It's very good. It was a test pie. I bake for my family member's espresso cafe, and I often test recipes at home with the teenage track star to clean it up. Ha!

I am curious whether people like coconut cream better than coconut custard.

[sohndrsmith]

26. my father made the most exquisite lemon meringue pie known to man...

but that I made an exception for because... frankly... citrus and pie as a combo have never really made sense to me...pie is a curious enough creature unto itself, but I don't get the citrus angle... unless my dad made it. Then, we're talking heaven. He was the best cook I've ever met or ever will meet and I miss that... was a drag in high school because the last thing I wanted to do was gain weight... and here I have a dad making exquisite dinners every bloody night.

I ran track. : )