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Katie77:
We call the multi coloured sprinkles......hundreds and thousands (dont know why)
A favourite food at kid's birthday parties here, is bread and butter cut in triangles, sprinkled with hundreds and thousands.......the kids love em and they look pretty on the party table.
Aloysius J. Gleek:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on April 27, 2009, 11:57:41 am ---An 18th century American recipe for a frosted wedding cake calls for nonpareils as decoration. By the early 19th century, colored nonpareils seem to have been available in the U.S. The popular cookbook author Eliza Leslie suggests the use of red and green nonpareils for decorating a Queen cake, but strongly suggests white nonpareils are most suitable for pink icing on a pound cake in her 1828 Seventy-five Receipts for Pastries, Cakes and Sweetmeats [3].
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I love the old-fashioned use for the name Receipts for 'receipes.' (And look--'i before e except' you-know-what!)
--- Quote from: serious crayons on April 27, 2009, 11:57:41 am ---In 1844, Eleanor Parkinson, of a well-known Philadelphia family of professional confectioners, first published her book The Complete Confectioner[4], in which she described how to make nonpareils following her comfit-making procedure. It was not for the faint-hearted, as it involved multiple hot pots, hot syrup, a steady hand, and a good deal of patience.
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Eleanor Parkinson (and Eliza Leslie), we salute you!
--- Quote from: serious crayons on April 27, 2009, 11:57:41 am ---"Hundreds and thousands"?!
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BritSpeak! (StrineSpeak too, it seems!)
--- Quote from: CellarDweller on April 27, 2009, 07:14:44 pm ---
You are correct. Nonpareils look like this.
and these are "sprinkles" or "jimmies".
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Jeff and Chuck, you are absolutely correct, but look--
This is a photo from a British site--the title says "Pink Cupcake With Hundreds And Thousands"
Hmmm. Is that a cupcake, or is it--(blush)--
Oops! Suddenly this thread is getting a little bit--
Main Entry: 1randy
Pronunciation: \ˈran-dē\
Function: adjective
Etymology: probably from obsolete rand to rant
Date: 1698
1: chiefly Scottish : having a coarse manner
2: lustful, lecherous
— randi·ness noun
;D
Front-Ranger:
I am partial to silver dragees, meself.
Imagine the very idea of restricting sales of dragees!!
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/12/23/MNGS03SUEM1.DTL
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on April 27, 2009, 09:18:15 pm ---I am partial to silver dragees, meself.
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You must have tough teeth!
;D
CellarDweller:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on April 27, 2009, 09:18:15 pm ---I am partial to silver dragees, meself.
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--- Quote from: serious crayons on April 27, 2009, 09:22:20 pm ---You must have tough teeth!
;D
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Ummm...you're NOT supposed to eat those.
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