I am the one who used the word Ovaltine.


IT'S EDS FAULT!!!!

Ed
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Re: Re: American foods
By: Ed Vance to Nightfox on Sat Jun 29 2024 05:52 pm

I am the one who used the word Ovaltine.

It would help to quote the part of the message you're responding to, to make it easier to follow the conversation.

Nightfox
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AKAcastor wrote to Poindexter Fortran <=-

I don't know which channels or content this is most common on, but at least in some cases they will also SPEED UP the playback slightly also.
With the audio pitch-corrected, running the video a few % faster is "hardly noticeable". They're shameless!

I didn't know that! I suppose if you look at the big picture, that's a
LOT of advertising revenue...


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Ed Vance wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

Lots of words I see in BBS messages and Wikipedia and some other sites
I visit have words that I have no idea what they mean.

As much as I LOVE paper books, reading on Kindle is great for aging
vision, and having an on-demand dictionary is handy. Especially when
reading period literature, like some Sherlock Holmes mysteries I've
been reading.



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k9zw wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

challenges (like if it calls for 2-cents of butter or a penny packet of yeast, when was it written as depending on when that amount will vary a lot. Some are easier, like if a recipe calls for "eine pfund" it is either 500 grams (half a kilo) or 450 grams (the old true "pound").
Most of the time that 10% difference won't matter, but if you are doing something that reacts with other ingredients it might.

I have hand-written recipes that are all measured in currency or
pinches. I needed to remember that she was 4'10" and her pinches were
smaller than mine!




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Quoting Poindexter Fortran to K9zw <=-

I have hand-written recipes that are all measured in currency or
pinches. I needed to remember that she was 4'10" and her pinches were smaller than mine!

Laugh. Before my grandmother passed away my mother made her make the
treats we all loved and she measured how much was a pinch, handful, smidgeon etc. So there's always two versions of the recipe when you get one that
was Granny's. The one she wrote, and mom's translation following it.

Shawn

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Laugh. Before my grandmother passed away my mother made her make the treats we all loved and she measured how much was a pinch, handful, smidgeon etc. So there's always two versions of the recipe when you
get one that was Granny's. The one she wrote, and mom's translation following it.

I think we haad a few like that. Lost to time now unfortunately. But we had non-recipes.... it had to look and feel like this when it was ready to bake.. no hard or fast recipe... mostly things like scones.

Spec


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Quoting Spectre to Tiny <=-

I think we haad a few like that. Lost to time now unfortunately. But

It happens.

we had non-recipes.... it had to look and feel like this when it was
ready to bake.. no hard or fast recipe... mostly things like scones.

Yes that's what Mom made her bake in front of her. LOL

Shawn

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