On Sun, 11 Jan 2009 17:12:38 +0000, blake murphy wrote:

> 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.

Is 'library paste' similar to Perkins Paste?

http://remogeneralstore.com/pages/it...=130%&plu=1081

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perkins_Paste