LL-L "Delectables" 2006.03.09 (04) [E]

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09 March 2006 * Volume 04
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From: Karl Schulte <kschulte01 at alamosapcs.com>
Subject: LL-L "Delectables" 2006.03.08 (06) [E]

Very nice, and sounds familiar. However my Nana always squished
(squeezed very hard) the dough into iron cup forms with fluted sides
(like paper cup cake holders, but iron) to about1/8 to 1/4 inch (about 3
to 6 mm) thickness. The result looked like English tart (the food, not
the woman of easy virtue!!) crusts. We put either nothing in them or
perhaps heavy whipped cream. I wonder if they are just a little bit
fattening?

Karl Schulte

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From: Ben J. Bloomgren <Ben.Bloomgren at asu.edu>
Subject: LL-L "Delectables" 2006.03.08 (06) [E]

- way past my bedtime here, so its not a good time to
talk about sand-cakes, but I have baked (and
consumed!) a lot of them:

Lone and all, those sound really good! From whence comes the name sand cake?
Does it look like a lump of sand after you bake the fluffy mixture. Am I
missing something? Is there a different etymology to the word sand?
Ben

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Delectables

Karl:

> However my Nana always squished
> (squeezed very hard) the dough into iron cup forms with fluted sides
> (like paper cup cake holders, but iron) to about1/8 to 1/4 inch (about 3
> to 6 mm) thickness. The result looked like English tart (the food, not
> the woman of easy virtue!!) crusts.

I'm pretty sure you're talking about Norwegian (plural) _sandkaker_ here, 
which are *cookies* of sorts ("biscuits" for our non-American friends).  I'm 
not sure about our Lone's Danish (singular) _sandkage_ (and I hope she's 
awake by now), but I was talking about *cake*.  I suppose the difference is 
shape here.

Ben, not to detract from Lone's possible answer, but I need to draw your 
attention to my description of these baked goods, assuming that you missed 
it:

> "Sand cakes" are delicious, especially with coffee or tea, not to mention 
> a
> dollop of whipped or half-whipped cream.  The basic concept is that it's a
> type of pound cake without any liquid ingredients, which gives it the
> desired "sandy" or rather powdery consistency.  (This is why you need some
> liquid *with* it, or else it can be a "kha-kha-kha" experience, especially
> if you start talking after just taking a bite, which causes a major dust
> storm in your windpipe and lungs.)

"Without any liquid ingredients" except eggs.

The "kha-kha-kha" is something along the lines of a cat coughing up a hair 
ball.  ;-)  The more polite version is a suppressed little cough.

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron 

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