"dsi1" wrote in message
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On Friday, June 23, 2017 at 9:24:15 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> "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
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> > 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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> Oh yes, we have knobs on doors and drawers too!
>
>
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The Brits have an awesome set of swear words. Yanks are like babes in the
woods in that department.

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