In article >, "Dee Randall"
> wrote:

> "Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
> ...
> > 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."

Peach Melba: Peach with raspberry sauce.
And then there's the Melba Highway.
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-Barb, <http://www.jamlady.eboard.com> Updated 9-26-05