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Default Made a new Christmas Candy this year: Eggnog Truffles!

On Dec 9, 11:34*am, John Kuthe > wrote:
> On Dec 9, 12:33*pm, merryb > wrote:
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> > > "John Kuthe" > wrote in message

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> > > And I was a baker/donut maker in my previous life! Bet I made more
> > > donuts than you! 6 nights a week for 8 years solid!

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> > > ;-)

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> > > John Kuthe...

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> > Sorry, I don't do doughnuts...I worked in a bakery that made them, but
> > I didn't have anything to do with them. That grease smell just sinks
> > into everything!

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> S'OK, I made enough donuts for the both of us! And then some. I did a
> quick back the envelope calculation once and estimated that I made a
> quarter of a million long johns each year! And long john were not our
> best seller, they were just easy to count!
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> John Kuthe...


What is a long john? Can't say I ever heard of those...