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On Tuesday, May 8, 2018 at 1:55:31 PM UTC-5, Jill McQuown wrote:
>
> On 5/8/2018 1:14 PM, wrote:
> >>

> > I have but have never eaten one. In the book "To Kill a Mockingbird"
> > I *think* it's the neighbor across the street, Miss Maudie, who makes
> > a killer Lane Cake that everyone wishes she would share her recipe.
> > Ain't gonna happen; she jealously guarded her recipe.

>
> Ah well. I read the book (Harper Lee) and love the movie but never paid
> much attention to Lane Cake Miss Maudie baked.
>

When I read it I thought "what in sam hill is a Lane Cake?" That was a
hundred years ago and of course there was no internet and I didn't have
access to cook books; I was stumped.
>
> >> It may have been a little stroll down Memory Lane but I think we
> >> all just fell for click bait.
> >>

> > Yep.
> >

> Nothing wrong with a little food related nostalgia. I just wouldn't
> count on it being completely accurate information.
>
> Jill
>

Yes, sometimes they are fun. I do take issue with those that seem to
run to a hundred pages and want you to click, click, click.