Editing Key lime pie (section)

==History==
[[File:Slice of key lime pie, July 2007.jpg|thumb|Key lime pie]]
Key lime pie is probably derived from the "Magic Lemon [[Cream Pie]]" published in a promotional brochure by [[Borden (company)|Borden]], a producer of condensed milk, in 1931.<ref name="parks">{{cite book |first = Stella |last = Parks |title = BraveTart: Iconic American Desserts |year = 2017 |isbn = 978-0393634273 |pages = 171–173 |publisher = W. W. Norton & Company }}</ref> The recipe is attributed to Borden's fictional spokesperson, [[Jane Ellison (Borden)|Jane Ellison]], and includes condensed milk, lemon juice and rind, and egg yolks. It is covered with meringue, baked, and served cold.<ref name="ellison">"Jane Ellison", ''New magic in the kitchen: quick, easy recipes made with sweetened condensed milk'', [http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/cdm/ref/collection/HENP/id/9415 p. 27]</ref> According to the pastry chef [[Stella Parks]], users of the recipe altered it with local ingredients; she describes it as "a stunning reminder of how deeply America's traditions are shaped by advertising".<ref name="parks"/> In the 1980s, food writer [[John Egerton (journalist)|John Egerton]] dated the presence of key lime pie in the [[Florida Keys]] to at least the 1890s, a dating author [[Jean Anderson (cookbook author)|Jean Anderson]] characterized as credible due to nature of refrigeration standards of the time.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Anderson |first=Jean |author-link=Jean Anderson (cookbook author) |title=The American Century Cookbook |publisher=[[Crown Publishing Group|Clarkson Potter]] |year=1997 |isbn=0-517-70576-1 |location=New York |pages=377}}</ref>

A "Tropical Lime Chiffon Pie", using condensed milk and egg yolks, is documented in a 1933 [[Miami]] newspaper article.<ref name="mh33">{{cite news |title = Tropical Lime Chiffon Pie |work = Miami Herald |date = April 15, 1933 |page = 14}} Quoted in {{cite news |first = David |last = Sloan |title = Lustful Urges and the Original Key Lime Pie Crust |work = Keys Weekly |url = https://keysweekly.com/42/lustful-urges-and-the-original-key-lime-pie-crust/ |date = June 6, 2019 }}</ref> An "icebox lime pie", was mentioned as a specialty of the Florida Keys in 1935.<ref>''Highway Traveler''{{full citation needed|date=August 2020}}</ref>{{Full citation needed|date=June 2020}} and a recipe under the name "Key Lime Pie" was published in 1940.<ref>June Brown, Buffalo, New York{{full citation needed|date=August 2020}}</ref>{{Full citation needed|date=June 2020}}

No earlier solid sources are known, despite appeals to the public.<ref>{{cite news |first = Elizabeth |last = Sherman |title = In Florida, Debate Over Origins of Key Lime Pie Strikes a Nerve |work = Food & Wine |url = https://www.foodandwine.com/news/key-lime-pie-origins-debate-stella-parks-bravetart |date = July 31, 2018 }}</ref><ref name="mh18">{{cite news |first = Gwen |last = Filosa |title = We all know Key lime pie was invented in the Keys, right? Seems not everyone agrees |work = Miami Herald |url = https://www.miamiherald.com/living/food-drink/article215758680.html |date = July 31, 2018 |orig-year = updated August 6, 2018 }}</ref> A 1927 Key West Women's Club cookbook does not mention the recipe.<ref>{{cite news |first = Coralie |last = Carlson |title = Tart and creamy, key lime pies delight the Florida Keys |work = Glasgow Daily Times |archive-url = https://archive.today/20120427075545/http://glasgowdailytimes.com/food/x211911403/Tart-and-creamy-key-lime-pies-delight-the-Florida-Keys#selection-983.0-983.55 |url = http://glasgowdailytimes.com/food/x211911403/Tart-and-creamy-key-lime-pies-delight-the-Florida-Keys#selection-983.0-983.55 |archive-date = April 27, 2012 |date = June 11, 2008 }}</ref> A 1926 restaurant menu includes "lime pie", but it is unclear what it was. Various accounts claim that it was known earlier, but none were recorded before 1933.<ref>{{cite news |first = David |last = Sloan |title = Once and for All: Key Lime Pie's New York City Origin Story Disproved |work = Keys Weekly |url = https://keysweekly.com/42/once-and-for-all-key-lime-pies-new-york-city-origin-story-disproved/ |date = October 4, 2019 }}</ref><ref name="mh18"/> A widely reported story claims that [[William Curry (millionaire)|William Curry]]'s cook Aunt Sally invented it in the late 19th century. But there is no evidence for this, and the oldest version of this story dates to only 1995, in promotional materials for a Bed and Breakfast in Curry's former house.<ref name="parks"/>

[[File:KeyLimePiePic1.png|thumb|Key lime pie in Naples, FL]]

It was in the 1950s that Key lime pie was promoted as Florida's "most famous treat" and in 1987 as "the greatest of all regional American desserts."<ref name="parks"/>