Hummingbird Cake (1972); (Summer) Hummer

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HUMMINGBIRD CAKE

HUMMING BIRD CAKE--119 Google hits
HUMMINGBIRD CAKE--1,540 Google hits

   "Hummingbird Cake" is not in John Mariani's ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN FOOD
AND DRINK (1999).  It's widely mentioned that it was featured in the February
1978 SOUTHERN LIVING, but that wasn't the first citation.


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From: <A HREF="http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&q=author:liloladylu%40aol.com+">LilOLadyLu</A> (<A HREF="mailto:liloladylu%40aol.com">liloladylu at aol.com</A>)
Subject: Hummingbird Cake
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Date: 2000-10-04 14:32:28 PST

The Hummingbird Cake appeared in Southern Living Magazine in February,
1978,and in the 1990 annual cookbook for their Silver Jubilee, this cake was votedby
the readers as their all-time favorite recipe , and most requested recipe
from Southern Living.

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From: <A HREF="http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&q=author:capnhuck%40charleston.quik.com+">Mike Clark</A> (<A HREF="mailto:capnhuck%40charleston.quik.com">capnhuck at charleston.quik.com</A>)
Subject: Re: HELP Hummingbird Cake from OZ
Newsgroups: <A HREF="http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&group=rec.food.baking">rec.food.baking</A>
Date: 1998/03/23

Hi Wendy. I can help you out with the "Hummingbird Cake".  I do not think
this cake is Australian.  I am a Southerner and this cake has been a favorite in
most Southern homes for many generations.  It is also known as a"Granny Cake"
because everyone's Southern Granny used to make it for special days and as a
"Dr. Bird Cake". Do not ask about the latter, because Ihaven't a clue. The
Hummingbird Cake and the Dr. Bird Cake use cinnamon and cream cheese frosting.
The Granny cake has nutmeg and cloves instead of the cinnamon, pecans are in the
cake batter and no frosting is used: just dust the cake with powered sugar
over a paper doily.

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It is called a Doctor Bird cake in Jamaica, because there in Jamaica, humming
birds are called Dr. Birds.


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   1 March 1972, EDWARDSVILLE INTELLIGENCER (Edwardsville, Illinois), pg. 10,
col. 2:
Humming Bird
CAKE...$2.85
Miss Hulling's
9th and Olive   11th and Locust

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   3 March 1974, COSHOCTON TRIBUNE (Coshocton, Ohio), pg.5, col. 4:
   ...granny cake with whipped topping;...

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(SUMMER) HUMMER

   John Mariani mentions this drink, and it's just possible that he's right
and it's from Detroit.  I have more database work to do on this and the
previous item.  Ancestry.com has no newspaper from Detroit.
   The first citation below is an August question to "master bartender" Dale
DeGroff--who doesn't explain the source.


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http://www.kingcocktail.com/Ask-king-Aug02.htm
> How do you make a summer Hummer? Could you please tell me how to make this.
> Thank-you so much. Connie.Hi Connie, I make a Hummer...and i don't think
> there is any difference between a Hummer and what some may call a Summer
> Hummer...: In a blender combine: a handfull of cracked ice 1 ounce dark rum 1ounce
> Kahlua 1 scoop vanilla ice cream 2 ounces of milk and blend If you like a
> sweeter drink just add a bit of coffee or choocolate syrup. Cheers Dale


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http://www.freep.com/news/mich/booze28_20000428.htm
The drinker city: Detroiters are credited with inventing three drinks: The
Hummer (ice cream, rum and Kahlua); the Bullshot (vodka, bouillon, ice cubes, a
wedge of lemon and a dash of a special concoction of Worcestershire, Tabasco,
Angostura bitters and celery salt), and Cold Duck, a combination of dry
California burgundy and New York State champagne.By Bill McGraw