Wednesday, August 29, 2018
Words
Flicking about the other day, I came across a recipe for Key Lime Pie and wondered "why Key Lime?". So I looked it up and apparently key lime is simply a particularly flavoursome variety of lime which is indigenous to the Florida Keys. And that started me on "Keys". I must confess that I had always thought that "key" was probably an Americanisation of "quay", but apparently not so - the similarity in pronunciation is just coincidental. The word derives from the Spanish cuyo meaning a small island. So, shall I make a key lime pie?....
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