Above and beyond savory applications, it can also be used to make toasted meringue for sweet treats like key lime pie. The ...

from pretzels to coconut to light-as-air meringue. When choosing your pie crust, it’s important to ask yourself if it will taste good cold, especially if it’s a chilled pie like coconut cream or key ...

It is thought this pie was invented in the late 19th century by sponge fishermen in the Key ... lime juice to sweetened condensed milk. This made it set, then they topped it with meringue.

The only variation comes via the topping: whipped cream or meringue -- that is, except at the Blond Giraffe Key Lime Pie Factory. They base their pie on a flaky cornmeal crust, use Nellie & Joe's ...