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May. 21st, 2006 08:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ruSo I ventured forth and baked a pie today. A key lime pie, to be exact. Things I've learned during this little culinary escapade are that I need more practice separating eggs, that making lime zest is hard work, and that juicing limes is even harder. Thank goodness I didn't go with my original plan to use actual key limes. I'd be ripping my hair out by the end. Furthermore, the recipe said that you could get a half a cup of juice out of four limes, but I came up short. I guess if I decide to try this recipe again, I'll use five limes. It's finished, topped with cool whip, and is chilling in the fridge now, and I'm wondering how it's going to turn out. I used a bit more zest than the recipe called for to try and compensate for the juice shortage, so I don't know how that affected the texture. Perhaps my dad (a key lime pie lover) can give me more feedback when he tries it.
If this recipe doesn't work, I'll go looking for another. I'd like to find a good key lime pie recipe to experiment with. I got a wild idea the other day to try making a key lime pie with a dark chocolate layer. I have no idea if it'll work or not, but I think it could be tasty. I had a key lime truffle the other day that was totally delicious, so I've been wondering if it would be possible to replicate the effect in full pie form. Either way though, I'm very proud of the fact that I managed to make the pie all by myself, from start to finish without any help, save for second opinions from Mum about whether or not the pie was ready to come out of the oven. And my hands now really smell of limes.
I also made a pitcher of iced tea and got some more books, so I've been a busy Ru today. ^_^
On the subject of books, I'm debating whether or not to try doing the 50 book challenge or not. It might be a little late to try, seeing as mid-year is coming upon us, and I dunno if I could get 50 books read by the end of the year. Or maybe it's just reading 50 books over a one-year period. Either way, I'm debating whether to try it or not. I have more time for reading now, and I have a huge backlog of books waiting to be read, so maybe that would help motivate me even more to read. I guess I'll have to ponder that.
If this recipe doesn't work, I'll go looking for another. I'd like to find a good key lime pie recipe to experiment with. I got a wild idea the other day to try making a key lime pie with a dark chocolate layer. I have no idea if it'll work or not, but I think it could be tasty. I had a key lime truffle the other day that was totally delicious, so I've been wondering if it would be possible to replicate the effect in full pie form. Either way though, I'm very proud of the fact that I managed to make the pie all by myself, from start to finish without any help, save for second opinions from Mum about whether or not the pie was ready to come out of the oven. And my hands now really smell of limes.
I also made a pitcher of iced tea and got some more books, so I've been a busy Ru today. ^_^
On the subject of books, I'm debating whether or not to try doing the 50 book challenge or not. It might be a little late to try, seeing as mid-year is coming upon us, and I dunno if I could get 50 books read by the end of the year. Or maybe it's just reading 50 books over a one-year period. Either way, I'm debating whether to try it or not. I have more time for reading now, and I have a huge backlog of books waiting to be read, so maybe that would help motivate me even more to read. I guess I'll have to ponder that.