On Sat, 10 Jan 2009 18:30:20 -0600, Damsel in dis Dress wrote:

> On Sat, 10 Jan 2009 17:45:02 -0500, The Cook >
> wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 10 Jan 2009 14:19:09 -0700, Gloria P >
>>wrote:
>>
>>>Damsel in dis Dress wrote:
>>>> I don't believe you can buy these in package mixes anymore.
>>>
>>>Didn't the original recipe call for a package or "can" of fudge frosting
>>>along with a packaged cake mix? I don't think I ever made the cake,
>>>but the recipe was in the magazines for years.
>>>
>>>If not, it won't be the first time i have remembered wrongly.
>>
>>You are correct. It was a package of powdered frosting mix. Here is
>>the recipe.
>
> I haven't seen powdered frosting mix in many moons. Shame, because
> those were actually edible. The stuff in plastic "cans" tastes like
> something you'd use to strip paint or something.
>
> Carol

i think paint stripper is the wrong simile here - it usually refers to
coffee or an alcoholic beverage. the approved comparator for sludgy solids
is 'library paste,' which i'm not sure even exists any more.

your pal,
blake