Wednesday 3 March 2010

still laughing

Oh, boy!

Dear Ganieda commented on TSC's pancakes, calling it a pikelete. So I googled it and found a food forum. Came across the following quote... It is exactly what I think every time I try to talk recipes with Ganeida...

Well I hate show my ignorance here but I aint never heard of a pikelete. Is that some kind of furrin food maybe? And if they are mixing the imitation maple into the mix doubt the Rotty would eat it too vigorously. Maple needs to come from Log Cabin or Griffins pankcake/waffle syrup judiciously applied at the last miniute and slightly after the cow butter. In Americka nobody messes with that metric stuff cept for drug dealers and school teachers. I fondly recall in Physics 101 the teacher say all you need to know about metrics is a fly weighs about a gram and a fly's turd weighs about a milligram. That tidbit has really come in handy over the years in trying to figger out whut the furriners is talking about. ... Next time give it out in teaspoons and pounds and stuff like that if you dont dont mind. Thanks. You aint a bloomin limey by any chance are ya


from here: http://www.forumextractor.com/post/1205298.html

7 comments:

kimba said...

The word is pikelet. Wikipedia says it's a british regional word.

Ganeida said...

lol. I cain't spell nun neither. Um, I'm a pre~decimal gal myself so I don't do the gram thing either. My kids are bi~lingual...:P

Wil said...

Just last week, during a Chile earthquake coverage, a *CNN* reporter heard the water level in the ocean had dropped "nine meters." He asked -- on air, mind you -- "What's that in English?"

I was embarrassed for CNN.

Jeanne said...

I've been trying to get hold of a popcorn recipe. Nice American caramel popcorn. Only I've never heard of corn syrup. Maples syrup, yes, but not corn syrup. Do you tap the kernels then with little iddy biddy syrup taps?

Ganeida says I can get it in Coles, but I have to go to Melbourne to get to a Coles.

American recipes and Australian recipes. Not the same at all, are they? Hee Hee. Furrin food indeed.

MamaOlive said...

I've never made good old American caramel popcorn - I've done popcorn balls 2 or 3 times; my recipe not only has corn syrup, but also sweetened condensed milk, which I have to assume isn't a trans-culture type ingredient. What I'd delight to make myself is chocolate covered popcorn. Oooo, yum!

Maybe this link will help you -
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080717062239AAyRrn2

Jeanne said...

We made pikelets today - just for you and Ganeida. I'll post pics on my blog soon...

Ganeida said...

lol I don't actually like pikelets....Pancakes now...maple syrup, cream, icecream, walnuts ~ which is why I am getting so fat. *sigh* Why are all the good things bad for me?