"Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
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> In article . com>,
> "nancree" > wrote:
>
>> Raw Apple cake looks delicious, Barb--I'm going to try it tomorrow.
>>
>> I've always wanted to ask__ Who is the "Melba", in your lead "Melba's
>> Jammin'?
>>
>
> When the Gedney folks first started making my jam recipe for commercial
> distribution, it was called Peach Melba (as I'd named it for the Fair.)
> When I adopted a nickname instead of using my real name in the headers I
> established Melba's Jammin'. I think Tammy McNiff said there's a Bob
> Marley song with the words "we be jammin'."
> WeBeJammin'. And IBeMelba. And I'd never answer to it if called by
> that name.
> --
> -Barb, <http://www.jamlady.eboard.com> Updated 9-26-05

http://www.bartleby.com/61/52/M0205200.html
"...Dame Nellie Melba. This famous opera singer of the late 19th and early
20th century, who took her last name from her native city of Melbourne,
inspired others to honor her by naming things such as "soaps and sauces,
ribbons and ruffles" after her.

"Pêche Melba was said to have been created by Escoffier for an 1892 party
honoring the singer at the Savoy Hotel in London, although neither Escoffier
nor Melba agreed with this version of events. Peach Melba is first recorded
in English in 1905 (in the form Pêches à la Melba) and Melba toast in 1925."

Dee Dee