Lime Pie
No, not KEY Lime Pie, just Lime Pie. Our overpriced - crappy produce selection - always out of the lean meat and good bread - Safeway doesn't have KEY limes...just limes so that's what I used gah damnit.
And guess what?! I got to use my citrus lime squeezer for the first time since receiving it as a wedding gift over a year ago. AND I FELT SO FUCKING COOL. Man if I could just make a living squeezing limes all day. So anyway, yeah the pie sucked. This is why I don't cook and although I thoroughly enjoy baking, I rarely do it. Because RECIPES LIE, they all. fucking. lie. Maybe they are more "guidelines" and a real baker would know how to properly adjust the "guidelines" to have it turn out as something they would actually feel comfortable serving to guests. It's a good thing I had to taste test it.
And can someone tell me how the hell to use one of these? Maybe the problem is that I didn't have the stylish version that would have coordinated with my squeezer ever so fashionably (because that is what this is all about). It seemed like an easy enough tool, I understand the concept. So why, please tell me WHY when the prep time for the entire pie is 40 minutes it took me almost 40 minutes to zest 2 frigin' limes! And I barely got the 1 1/2 teaspoons of zest needed.
But what I really want to know is how come the recipe that makes a 9 -inch pie ONLY FILLED MY PIE CRUST UP HALF WAY???? Since I was still going to attempt to serve it to others instead of hogging it all to myself I tried to fix such a disaster buy filling in the remaining 1 1/2 inches of empty pie crust with the homemade whipped topping. It's supposed to just be a dollop you put on each slice after you cut it and are about to serve it but here I am putting a nice frothy 2 inch layer over my entire pie trying to mask my flaw. It still sucked! And I guess my lack of skill is making it hard for me to see the advantage of making something homemade when the pre-made, store bought version is much better (i.e. Cool Whip!).
I will say though there was a nice, zesty, lime flavor to it, much better than the too-sugary faux versions. But I still wouldn't serve this monstrosity. I'm not quite sure what went wrong...Anne, please help. Or how about you just make me one next time?
And guess what?! I got to use my citrus lime squeezer for the first time since receiving it as a wedding gift over a year ago. AND I FELT SO FUCKING COOL. Man if I could just make a living squeezing limes all day. So anyway, yeah the pie sucked. This is why I don't cook and although I thoroughly enjoy baking, I rarely do it. Because RECIPES LIE, they all. fucking. lie. Maybe they are more "guidelines" and a real baker would know how to properly adjust the "guidelines" to have it turn out as something they would actually feel comfortable serving to guests. It's a good thing I had to taste test it.
And can someone tell me how the hell to use one of these? Maybe the problem is that I didn't have the stylish version that would have coordinated with my squeezer ever so fashionably (because that is what this is all about). It seemed like an easy enough tool, I understand the concept. So why, please tell me WHY when the prep time for the entire pie is 40 minutes it took me almost 40 minutes to zest 2 frigin' limes! And I barely got the 1 1/2 teaspoons of zest needed.
But what I really want to know is how come the recipe that makes a 9 -inch pie ONLY FILLED MY PIE CRUST UP HALF WAY???? Since I was still going to attempt to serve it to others instead of hogging it all to myself I tried to fix such a disaster buy filling in the remaining 1 1/2 inches of empty pie crust with the homemade whipped topping. It's supposed to just be a dollop you put on each slice after you cut it and are about to serve it but here I am putting a nice frothy 2 inch layer over my entire pie trying to mask my flaw. It still sucked! And I guess my lack of skill is making it hard for me to see the advantage of making something homemade when the pre-made, store bought version is much better (i.e. Cool Whip!).
I will say though there was a nice, zesty, lime flavor to it, much better than the too-sugary faux versions. But I still wouldn't serve this monstrosity. I'm not quite sure what went wrong...Anne, please help. Or how about you just make me one next time?
posted by Mama C-ta at
9:04 AM
3 Comments:
microplane - it rocks. my husband said so...i don't enter the kitchen...but i do know that zesting shouldn't be that hard.
Sorry your pie didn't turn out.:0( I'm sure next time will be better. That sounds like something that would happen to me!
Oooh, microplane now that's what I need! Thanks for the tip!
And fine, no more Cool Whip for me :( At least THAT part was easy to make!
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