"Cheri" wrote in message news
"dsi1" > wrote in message
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> On Wednesday, June 21, 2017 at 10:49:10 PM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>> "dsi1" wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>> On Wednesday, June 21, 2017 at 12:43:32 PM UTC-10, Boron Elgar wrote:
>> > On Wed, 21 Jun 2017 08:51:18 -0400, jmcquown >
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > >On 6/18/2017 10:11 AM, Cheri wrote:
>> > >> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
>> > >> news >> > >>>
>> > >>> "Cheri" > wrote in message
>> > >>> news >> > >>>
>> > >>>>> I'd doubt that recipe... I've never seen
>> > >>>>> a recipe that indicates "2 Each Large Eggs"...WTF is an Each
>> > >>>>> egg???
>> > >>>>> Without a photo of the cake I don't believe it was ever baked. I
>> > >>>>> studied that recipe, it's a definite FAKE.
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>>
>> > >>>> No, the recipe is not FAKE, I actually used this recipe this
>> > >>>> afternoon and made cupcakes, they are very good even without
>> > >>>> icing,
>> > >>>> and anyone with a brain would know that the recipe means 2 eggs,
>> > >>>> just
>> > >>>> like anyone (even you) would know that it's yellow cake and not
>> > >>>> *cale* too, but I'm surprised you didn't attack the typo either.
>> > >>>> At
>> > >>>> any rate I like the recipe a lot, and if you haven't tried it
>> > >>>> don't
>> > >>>> knock it with nonsense.
>> > >>>
>> > >>> I have not made this recipe but I have made yellow cake from
>> > >>> scratch
>> > >>> and have seen many recipes. Most call for only the yolks of the
>> > >>> eggs.
>> > >>> I remember one calling for 12 yolks! Perhaps it is written that way
>> > >>> so
>> > >>> that the reader will know to use the whole egg as opposed to just
>> > >>> the
>> > >>> yolk?
>> > >>
>> > >> That could very well be, I have old handwritten recipes where things
>> > >> are
>> > >> misspelled and directions are often something like the way the eggs
>> > >> were
>> > >> written in this one.
>> > >>
>> > >> Cheri
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >Older recipes are often amusing. One that sticks in my mind is a
>> > >recipe
>> > >my grandmother jotted down. It calls for "butter - the size of a
>> > >walnut".
>> > >
>> > >Jill
>> >
>> > That was not uncommon, actually, and was considered about the same or
>> > maybe a bit less in size as a "knob" of butter.
>>
>>
>> Wouldn't that depend on how large your knob was?
>>
>> ==
>>
>> *cough*
>>
>>
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>
> In this country, a knob is something that's attached to doors and drawers.
> That's pretty much it. And yes, I do speak for most Americans - but only
> 50% of r.f.c.ers.

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It depends on the usage, and the slang is known and used a lot by most
Americans.

Cheri

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I am saying nowt!



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