# Key lime pie? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 15, 2021, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/key-lime-pie/940057 "2021-04-15T09:12:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/key-lime-pie/940057/21 "2021-04-15T15:09:36Z")
More likely that the part of the brain that processes taste has been scrambled, so he really is experiencing the taste. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/key-lime-pie/940057/22 "2021-04-15T15:10:42Z")
I find that answer to be perfectly cromulent. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/key-lime-pie/940057/23 "2021-04-15T20:08:21Z")
When I shuffle off this mortal coil and find myself being poked by demons with pitchforks, I’m going to whine, “I was told there would be pie!” ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/key-lime-pie/940057/24 "2021-04-17T03:10:49Z")
> [@janis\_and\_c0](#): > > I’m so disappointed this thread isn’t actually about key lime pie… > [@Limmin](#): > > Me too. Actually I am not wanting to read further, so as to avoid any negative associations with one of my favorite foods. This is why we need better, descriptive thread titles. By the way, I love the Key Lime Pie recipe on the back of the Key Lime Juice bottle. Just the juice and evaporated milk in a graham cracker crust. (Need a quick dessert for dinner or a pot luck? Yummmm…) ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/key-lime-pie/940057/25 "2021-04-17T05:24:46Z")
Neither one of those drugs is administered orally. Quite possible no effects. ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/key-lime-pie/940057/26 "2021-04-17T08:13:06Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Just the juice and evaporated milk in a graham cracker crust. So easy. Just need to buy key lime juice. And a graham cracker crust. Want key lime pie. Might just try making it with normal limes. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/key-lime-pie/940057/27 "2021-04-19T23:18:58Z")
I have read, somewhere, Key Lime trees were developed in the Florida Keys. The trees remain somewhat rare, and anywhere outside of Florida, Key Lime Pie is made with some other kind of limes. True? Maybe. That’s not a big deal, and any lime pie is a wonderful thing. I’d be leery of a quick lime pie recipe, though. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2021, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/key-lime-pie/940057/28 "2021-04-20T04:09:31Z")
I dunno, but the tree in my backyard came with a tag that said, “Key Lime”. The fruit is bigger and a lighter green than the limes I buy for my Mexican beer. Sweeter too. ---
**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2021, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/key-lime-pie/940057/29 "2021-04-21T16:34:00Z")
Doesn’t that make them lemons? ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/key-lime-pie/940057/30 "2021-04-22T02:09:53Z")
Probably not. Citrus is immensely complicated, and “yellow = lemon” is simplified to the point of being often wrong. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/key-lime-pie/940057.md?page=1)