Melba's Jammin' wrote:

> In article .net>,
> Blinky the Shark > wrote:
>
>> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>>
>> > Gotta make some for delivery Thursday morning and I don't want to be
>> > doing them that morning as I did last year (what the hell was I
>> > thinking?). Will they still be tasting tan delicioso if I make them
>> > tomorrow afternoon? They'll be nekkid and devoid of any sugary stuff on
>> > top.
>>
>> Anyone have any other names for those? I remember my mom and grandmother
>> making them when I was a lad in the 1950s, but I'm pretty sure we didn't
>> use that name and not being able to remember what we've called them all
>> this time has bugged me for years.
>
> Might you be confusing them with krumkake? That's a Scandinavian thang
> that requires a rich batter and a special iron, too. These are not
> those.
>
> How about timbales? A timbale case is made in the same way but *might*
> use a different batter -- IdaKnow about that. Timbales are
> deeper/taller and not with all the connections on the inside that make
> the design ‹ more like a cupcake paper. They hold creamed chicken for
> Ladies' Bridge Luncheons. '-)

I'm familiar with both, but I *think* only from other attempts to come up
with an answer. They were definitly of the variety that uses irons that
make the product look like a snowflake or the petals on a flower or
whatever; i.e. not the ones made on conical irons.

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