Phred wrote:
> In article >, "jmcquown"
> > wrote:
>> Phred wrote:
>>> G'day Jill,
>>>
>>> Glad to hear you're okay.
>>>
>> I thank you, my cat thanks you, my bird thanks you.
>
> How come you can have a cat AND a bird? BIG bird? :-)
>
Small bird, about the size of a rainbow lorikeet The cat pays no
attention to the bird. I had parakeets first; then the cat. A
squirt-bottle does wonders for teaching a cat to stay away from the bird
cage.

> Being in a food group, I presume you mean the last in this list:
>
> <quoting from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munchkin >
> As a result of the popularity of the 1939 film, The Wizard of Oz, the
> term "munchkin" has entered the English language as a reference to
> small children, dwarves, small bits of fried dough, ...
> </quoting>
>
> Here's quite a selection of them to surround you. ;-)
> <http://home.comcast.net/~osoono/ethnic-doughs.htm>
>
> [Not all of them seem to have recipes, but there are several in the
> "Fritter - Worldwide" link on the page.]
>
> Cheers, Phred.

Fritters sound good! Here in the southern U.S. we like to make corn
fritters, or just plain dough fritters (often made with cornmeal rather than
flour).

Jill