In article >,
jay > wrote:

> On Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:47:29 -0600, Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>
> > I posted an inquiry here late in December asking if anyone knew why the
> > recipe called for them ? what purpose did they serve. I also called
> > Lynn Rosetto Kasper of National Public Radio's "The Splendid Table"
> > program and asked her. FWIW, our conversation about it will be part of
> > this weekend's broadcast. It's available as a podcast, too. The Q&A
> > part of her show is in the second half of the hour.
> >
> > Woo-hoo!
>
> When is this on?

I know when it's on in MN; I have no clue when (or IF) it's carried on
the public radio station where you are. If you want it as a podcast,
you can subscribe to The Splendid Table podcast here. They used to do
only the Q&A, now you can get the entire show.
http://americanpublicmedia.publicradio.org/podcasts/

> I would like to hear it. It seems that the crumbs would
> offer the slightest bit of thickening.

It's an interesting answer she provides. :-0)

> We make lemon chess pie and the recipe calls for a couple tablespoons
> of cornmeal. The texture to the "tooth/teeth" is wrong without the
> cornmeal. Baking is such a mystery.

>
> jay

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