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Posted: Jan 8, 2013 - 6:20pm
JrzyTmata wrote: because the original recipe is a pound of each ingredient: butter, flour, eggs, sugar. it made a very large cake. Nothing wrong with that.

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Posted: Jan 8, 2013 - 6:11pm
Zep wrote: A pound of flour and sugar? Holy crap! Isn't that like eight cups!!?!?! And a pound of eggs? That's like two dozen.... it's not that bad 3 1/4 cups flour 2 cups sugar 7 large eggs

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Posted: Jan 8, 2013 - 6:10pm
Zep wrote: A pound of flour and sugar? Holy crap! Isn't that like eight cups!!?!?! And a pound of eggs? That's like two dozen.... And you hain't neeven done the math on the butter yet It makes a very nice, dense cake.

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Posted: Jan 8, 2013 - 6:08pm
JrzyTmata wrote: because the original recipe is a pound of each ingredient: butter, flour, eggs, sugar. it made a very large cake. A pound of flour and sugar? Holy crap! Isn't that like eight cups!!?!?! And a pound of eggs? That's like two dozen....

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Posted: Jan 8, 2013 - 5:59pm
edieraye wrote: HERB ALPERT & THE TIJUANA BRASS (which is what I am listening to right this minute as I sit down to dinner a glass of champagne) Nice. When I was a kid I used to like to watch them perform live at the LA County Fair.

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Posted: Jan 8, 2013 - 5:57pm
JrzyTmata wrote: because the original recipe is a pound of each ingredient: butter, flour, eggs, sugar. it made a very large cake. gawd i love the old days!

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Posted: Jan 8, 2013 - 5:42pm
GeneP59 wrote: Why do they still call it pound cake when it's now only 10.5 oz.? because the original recipe is a pound of each ingredient: butter, flour, eggs, sugar. it made a very large cake.

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Posted: Jan 8, 2013 - 5:41pm
HERB ALPERT & THE TIJUANA BRASS (which is what I am listening to right this minute as I sit down to dinner a glass of champagne)

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Posted: Jan 8, 2013 - 5:33pm
GeneP59 wrote: Why do they still call it pound cake when it's now only 10.5 oz.? Because I can pound 10.5 ounces of cake into my sinuses with a claw hammer is why.

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Posted: Jan 8, 2013 - 5:33pm
GeneP59 wrote: Why do they still call it pound cake when it's now only 10.5 oz.? Because you gain a pound when you eat it.

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Posted: Jan 8, 2013 - 5:32pm
Why do they still call it pound cake when it's now only 10.5 oz.?

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Posted: Jan 8, 2013 - 5:26pm
ptooey wrote: ScottFromWyoming wrote: I always wondered why some people call it KD or Kraft Dinner. As nearly always, blame Canada. It's just not as good as it was in the 70's when we were broke and you could buy it @ 4 for a dollar.

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Posted: Jan 8, 2013 - 5:09pm
ScottFromWyoming wrote: I always wondered why some people call it KD or Kraft Dinner. As nearly always, blame Canada.

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Posted: Jan 8, 2013 - 2:23pm
ScottFromWyoming wrote: I always wondered why some people call it KD or Kraft Dinner. Also, it's kind of interesting that they settled on a random-ish 7¼ oz way back when and it's still 7¼ oz. Probably something to do with wanting to make the box a particular size.

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Posted: Jan 8, 2013 - 2:21pm
Proclivities wrote: The music choices are wide open. I always wondered why some people call it KD or Kraft Dinner. Also, it's kind of interesting that they settled on a random-ish 7¼ oz way back when and it's still 7¼ oz.

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Posted: Jan 8, 2013 - 1:31pm
oldslabsides wrote: I'm glad they explained what it was for. Yes, that was very thoughtful of them. The asparagus and tomato sides look interesting; I'm surprised Kraft doesn't try to market it that way anymore.

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Posted: Jan 8, 2013 - 1:26pm
Proclivities wrote: The music choices are wide open. I'm glad they explained what it was for.

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