CULTURETECHLENSAtlantic Beach pie
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Combined Graph record U-01081 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-W-0681. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
Our State magazine: chef Bill Smith of Crook's Corner recreated the coastal North Carolina lemon pie for a 2011 Southern Foodways Alliance symposium dinner; the recipe uses a crust of 1.5 sleeves of saltine crackers, lemon (or lime) juice, sweetened condensed milk, and egg yolks, topped with whipped cream and coarse sea salt. Stored lemon, saltine crust, and North Carolina origin established.
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Our State magazine: chef Bill Smith of Crook's Corner recreated the coastal North Carolina lemon pie for a 2011 Southern Foodways Alliance symposium dinner; the recipe uses a crust of 1.5 sleeves of saltine crackers, lemon (or lime) juice, sweetened condensed milk, and egg yolks, topped with whipped cream and coarse sea salt. Stored lemon, saltine crust, and North Carolina origin established.
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- Work type: dish
- Category: desserts
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- https://www.ourstate.com/atlantic-beach-pie/ (verification source · master store)
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Our State magazine: chef Bill Smith of Crook's Corner recreated the coastal North Carolina lemon pie for a 2011 Southern Foodways Alliance symposium dinner; the recipe uses a crust of 1.5 sleeves of saltine crackers, lemon (or lime) juice, sweetened condensed milk, and egg yolks, topped with whipped cream and coarse sea salt. Stored lemon, saltine crust, and North Carolina origin established.
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