The whole reason it was made with sweetened condensed milk is because refrigeration was unavailable in the Keys…so no cream. Floridians argue over what to use for crust, how many eggs, and whether or not to bake the filling for safety, but most of us agree that whipped cream is to be scraped off and ignored (or dropped in your after dinner coffee)
Meringue can be browned with a blow torch…and only takes a few minutes in the oven.
I have yet to hear of a single case of any food related illness from key lime pie…and I wouldnt expect any scientific finding to affect this recipe…its been around since the late 1800s
