PeterL2 wrote on Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:46:34 GMT:

>> "James Silverton" > wrote in
>> :
>>
>>> Rhonda wrote on Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:08:26 GMT:
>>>
>>>>> On Sep 17, 9:36 am, "James Silverton"
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>>>> I haven't tried that recipe but it looks quite good.
>>>>>> However, 15 ml of turmeric sounds like a lot and I can't
>>>>>> see what effect the green and red peppercorns will have.
>>>>>> Incidentally, what's a "lamington"?
>>>>>>
>>>>> Tumeric is available in powder *in most countries* and so
>>>>> that recipe sure sounds weird.
>>>>>> --
>>>>>>
>>>> Turmeric is available in powder form in Australia (where
>>>> the OP is) as well and was undoubtedly used in powder form
>>>> in the recipe. 15ml is a volume measurement (3 teaspoons,
>>>> or a US tablespoon) which is a very common way to measure
>>>> powdered spices. Would you think the recipe was weird if it
>>>> said 3 teaspoons of turmeric?
>>>
>>> I'm aware what 15 ml of turmeric would be like and I could
>>> measure it by eye within a ml or so. It wasn't the units but
>>> the quantity that I was wondering about. No-one's told me
>>> what a "lamington" is yet :-)
>>>
>> Sorry James - it looks like I cut an attribution. I wasn't
>> replying to you, but to Manda who said that the recipe
>> sounded weird because turmeric was available as a powder in
>> most countries.
>>
>> PeterL posted a link to google results on lamingtons,

> Which is also **very** easy to do oneself...........

> One wonders why more people don't do it themselves??

> http://tinyurl.com/mea7su

> Lamingtons...... an Aussie delight.

> I like 'em all. Pink, brown, with cream, or without.

Sounds a bit like the individual sponge cakes coated in rapberry jam and
then coconut that I used to like growing up in Scotland. I've forgotten
what they were called. Incidentally, coconut and raspberry is one of
those remarkably good flavor combinations from different parts of the
world, like orange-chocolate or even sweetened chocolate :-)

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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not