The key to key lime pie is key lime. The end….
Seriously though, the key to authentic key lime pie is truly the key lime. Floridians take their key lime pie seriously.
In 2006 both the Florida House and Senate passed legislation stating that key lime pie be deemed the "Official Pie of the State of Florida."
And in 1965, State Rep. Bernie Papy Jr. introduced legislation calling for a $100 fine to be levied against anyone advertising key lime pie not made with key limes. That bill did not pass but every Floridian has ingrained deep into their Southern soul that substituting standard lime juice in a key lime pie is a cardinal sin.
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