On Tue, 9 Jan 2018 03:45:02 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Tuesday, January 9, 2018 at 6:02:29 AM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
>> On Sun, 7 Jan 2018 16:55:01 -0800, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >I had salmon cakes when I was growing up. Nasty things. Cakes like that are
>> >not croquettes. The ones that I made had more of a rounded shape.
>>
>> I don't know what salmon cakes are. Cake sounds like a sweet. Anyway,
>> salmon patties are great. Mackerel patties are even better.
>
>In this context, cake = patty. Like a cake of soap,
>the word "cake" can refer to any flattish mass.

Ok, then I can't see what could possibly be nasty about them.