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#191149 05/18/10 06:02 PM
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As I read this week's topic I could not help but think of the book that my 90 year old mother just published, Tom Piperson's Pig. The title refers to the nursery rhyme:

Tom, Tom, the piper's son
Stole a pig and away he run.


While we often think of this 'pig' as a live animal, literary evidence indicates it was most likely a gingerbread cookie. Her book focuses on recipes for which the name says nothing about what the food is or even what course it might fill. It contains many examples of "Who's What": Dutchman's Breeches, Janssen's Temptation, and Tilton's Glory are among them.

Prof Anne #191152 05/18/10 10:25 PM
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Learned something here. Thanks, and Welcome.


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Prof Anne #191154 05/19/10 03:24 AM
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Welcome, Anne. Normally, promotions and advertisements are frowned on here, but as far as I am concerned this is an exception. It is language-related, and...it sounds intriguing as all get-out! Published at 89?? Go Mom! cool

Edit: I thought Dutchman's Breeches was a flower.

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>Dutchman's Breeches, Janssen's Temptation, and Tilton's Glory

those all sound like flowers!
-joe (Bob's yeruncle) friday

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Dutchman's Breeches are also a kind of doughnut. Janssen's Temptation is a dish of potatoes and anchovies - and has a definitely interesting story behind it. Tilton's Glory is another potato dish, this one with onions.

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Dutchmans Breeches is my neighbour's plant, creeping through our wired fence. Our name for them is Broken Hearts. ( drama! )
I think we only have the pink ones.
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But.. a kind of doughnut sounds nice. Your recipes sound glorious anyway. Hmmm...Janssen's temptation. (Swedish?) You know who they were? Janssen and Tilton? Can't think of any Who's What recipe I know of.

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I have that plant in my yard in various places.
I received it from my grandmother back in the 1950's.
We call it "Bleeding Heart", and so it is known in
various nurseries where one buys plants.


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LukeJavan8 #191165 05/19/10 09:58 PM
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That's pretty serious too. But as they hang on since the 50's
it doesn't seem to bother them much.

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Serious, true.
My grandmother had an immense yard, full of flowers, and I've
inherited the love. Serious.


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LukeJavan8 #191190 05/21/10 12:34 AM
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So, Prof Anne. Quick question. Did you ever get an answer? Who is What?

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