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Holy awesome! Key Lime dream ice cream!

Key Lime Dream Ice Cream
I used to curl my lip at my dad's dedication to Key Lime pie. As a kid, it was just too much for me. But once I went to Key West, and had the classic, perfectly made pie myself, I was hooked.

Now I need to try the new ice cream recipe over at The Kitchn -- Key Lime Dream Ice Cream! (Part of the recipe is currently cut off, hopefully it will be fixed soon.) The only complaint I have is that it just says "lime juice" in the ingredients. But at least the submitter says: "If you're lucky enough to find them (unlike me..), substitute key limes for the Persian limes. Cook's Illustrated says the taste is the same between the two, so don't fret about calling it key lime..."

Eh, I'll still fret. The amount of non-Key Lime recipes out there that use the title drive me nuts. If its a good recipe, it doesn't lose its magic to take out the "key." Heck, called it "Persian Lime Dream," if you can't find Key Limes. We don't call sweet potato or yam dishes just "potato." We don't label something "mandarin orange" and then put regular oranges in. So why is everyone so intent on using the "Key Lime" label without using the actual fruit?

Okay, rant over. Now it's time to drool over the thought of how tasty this will be...

Filed Under: Ingredients
Tags: comfort food, dessert, ice cream, IceCream, key lime, key lime dream ice cream, KeyLime, KeyLimeDreamIceCream, limes, persian limes, PersianLimes

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Allison

8-29-2008 @1:45AM Allison said... Key limes don't taste the same as Perian limes. I've seen people substitute lemon juice for keylimes, too. I cringe at seeing products labeled "KEY LIME flavored PIE !" Just so wrong.
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Sarah G.

9-05-2008 @8:36AM Sarah G. said... I have to make key lime pie for a wedding shower in a few weeks, and I do not have access to key limes in the town I live in. I am going to Dallas next week and will look for them there, but I'm convinced the flavor just wouldn't be the same without actual key limes.

I definitely am not going the lemon juice route!

Thanks for sharing the link.
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