"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
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> On 12/5/2013 1:41 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>> On Thursday, December 5, 2013 7:27:05 AM UTC-10, Nancy Young wrote:
>>> On 12/4/2013 10:53 PM, tert in seattle wrote:
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>>>> ... cupcake frosting has reached literally ridiculous heights, where
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>>>> the amount of frosting by any measure (height/weight/volume/tackiness)
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>>>> is more than twice the amount of cake.
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>>> (puzzled) You say that like it's a bad thing.
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>> Kids dig frosting. Old folks, not so much. Too bad, they could use a
> > big shot of sugar and fat. 🍥🍰😝
>
> I don't know, it's been my experience that older people start
> going for the sweet stuff. Even my mother, she never got the
> point of frosting, saying Wouldn't that make it sweet? has
> developed a liking for cakes and pies in the past few years.
>
> Me, I like cake well enough, but when no one is looking? I eat
> the cake part first and save the frosting for last. Good thing
> I don't get cake or cupcakes very often.
>
> nancy

My mother loves the frosting. My nephew hates the stuff. He's an adult but
never liked it. He gives her his frosting. I used to like some frosting.
Never the Crisco stuff. And rarely the cake.