maxine wrote:

>> iffu wrote:
>>> This was a family recipe of my Mums, she used shortening ... it's the
>>> way it was done in the 50's and 60's
>>
>> I've heard of families who cut three inches off the end of their standing
>> rib roast every year prior to cooking it. :-)
>
> Are they all Jewish? That's how I heard the joke.

That's a different joke than the one I had in mind, but if you
mix-and-match, they're pretty funny.

Bob