On Wed, 07 Apr 2004 16:02:33 -0400, "Bob (this one)" wrote: Chung "As though Chung is God. The question was where does *Chung* find...

On Fri, 09 Apr 2004 21:07:11 -0400, "Bob (this one)" wrote: As opposed to ANYTHING that could substantiate Chung's typically error-filled...

Can anyone remember eating or seeing anywhere a raspberry flavoured fruit gum? I know I have and I thought they were made by Rowntree and each time I buy a...

Anybody... Pastorio -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Chocolate processing: A request for information Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 09:13:27 -0400 From:...

A book written and set in England in the 1930s mentions someone ordering an orange and adorning it with sugar. Later she spoons juice out of it. One other...

I want to know the origin of the cookie, and more particulcarly of the name itself: Snickerdoodle. I already know that, according to...

I've started a place on my website for keeping track of the earliest published recipes for American foods, just started mind you, with fudge, strawberry...

TMO wrote: ...and then there were the servants of 18th century littoral New England on several occasions revolting against the practice of being fed on...

Hi, I'm doing a report/project for school, and it requires that I make find informmationon food from Ancient Greece. I also need a report with it(about the...

I like bacon but I can never cook it without shredding it as it glues itself to the pan, no matter how much oil or butter I put in first. It sticks within...

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Is it true that Coca-Cola originally had cocaine in it? And how does the shape of the original bottle hint at that? Thanks for the help!

I think there must be many good recipes for worms, since our ancestors ate worms and worms are very healthy ?

The passing of an era... http://tinyurl.com/259hy -- Bob Kanyak's Doghouse http://kanyak.com

I've been working in the British Library today. There's a very nice temporary (small) exhibition of cookery/food books - Hannah Glasse etc - there. . I found...

Well, in Germany it appeared about 1970, under the name "Reis-Fit". But the company who presented it doesn't claim to have invented it. So who was the...

This is a wonder all over the world. Some people even think it is an animal !! Very traditional.

I'm enjoying Inea BUSHNAQ's book, Arab Folktales, published by Pantheon Books, 1986. On p.47, she describes bread being cooked in the following manner by a...

Karen Hess makes the link between jannock, bannock, journey cake and johnny cake (with its numerous spellings). Has anyone looked into this? Is...

Bob, was it you put up the reference to the website on hygiene? If so it provided some of the most fascinating reading I've had for years. I love to see my...

Has anyone explored the history of the Croissant? I find it difficult to believe the frequently told story about the Viennese bakers celebrating the defeat of...

Still, "candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker." Always loved Ogden Nash. How about: Celery, raw Develops the jaw, But celery, stewed, Is more quietly...

Here's my short list of rules for this NG, which I will try to follow: 1) criticizing posters' ideas, logic, facts, etc., is completely appropriate, but ad...

When did the Chartreuse Monks develop their ''elixor for long life''and what does it comprise of?

Like so many other foods, oysters are supposedly aphrodesiacs (I've tried them, and they did work for me, but perhaps some of you have different...