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#15925 01/24/01 06:02 PM
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No sooner do people start talking about rambutans than I expect durians should enter the conversation... Since this thread is already at 10 pages, and those are worth *SO* much conversation, I'm inclined to start a new thread...


#15926 01/24/01 06:31 PM
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What are AP cakes?

I was hoping you would ask. They're sort of like coffee cake, without the crumb topping. My mom, and most other people I know, bake them in round pans and top them with some granulated sugar. They are a little dry and crumbly, which ensures that most people eat them with milk or coffee.

By the way, I have no idea what the AP stands for...even my ultra-Dutchy relations can't enlighten me on that one.


#15927 01/25/01 01:01 AM
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Durians are usually served in a small bottle: durians vial.



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The accepted way here of eating them is to hold them in a fist with the thumb turned inward and the nail pressing about half way up the fruit. The rind then cracks and a twist will pull it off. Pop the fleshy part in your mouth and then discreetly remove the stone. If the rambutan is properly ripe the flesh comes off the stone very easily. If it isn't it sticks to the stone and you lose half of it.

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I have had this many times growing up in Wisconsin, and it is my husband's favorite dish also. My husband made this when he had to cook as a child, and my sons also learned with this. He called it "Hamburger Glop", my father called it "Shit on a Shingle" served over toast not potatoes and then came "Hamburger Helper" in a box----WOW Same basic idea---and still on the market ---Someone became rich creating this instant form of a "quick skillet dinner"

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"Hamburger Helper" in a box----WOW Same basic idea---and still on the market -

Dear bikermom, Yes, I tried that but it wasn't the same ... and the additives don't agree with my sensitive stomach!
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You are so right WOW. I think it is amazing how many stupid things can be created and people are making money of these. And WOW if I ever did use this "HH", I would need 5 boxes for a meal---one box for each growing boy/man. Actually I create my own and my family calls it "Clean out the Fridge Stuff" Using whatever is not green, unless it should be green.


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#15932 01/25/01 05:35 PM
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Growing up in Wisconsin, we always drank "soda". Whether, it was Coke, Pepsi, etc or a generic brand. Always soda and Pop was what my Aunt called her father and some of my friends called their Grandfather. Now I live in Southern Ohio for the past 20 years and it is always pop. I say it too now, but 20 years ago on a hot day, I walked into the local small town drug store and ordered a soda. The clerk asked" what flavor---Strawberry, vanilla or chocolate??" WOW was I confused, but I think so was she---in the end---the Universal word Coke was understood!!! And when I hear the word "soda", my heart skips a beat---I look around for a Northerner or a Wisconsinite visiting Ohio.

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#15933 01/26/01 02:32 AM
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Supposedly, and I do have this from an excellent source (my Auzzie Uncle..), there was a competitor to Marmite called Pawont.


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In reply to:

Supposedly, and I do have this from an excellent source (my Auzzie Uncle..


This probably belongs in the regional pronunciation thread, but Aussie seems very hard for non-anzacs to get right. If spelled properly, Aussie, the assumption seems to be to pronounce it as a double "s" as in toss. If pronounced properly, it seems that it will be spelled incorrectly, with a double "z."


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