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Skriven 2010-12-28 07:07:02 av Dave Drum (1:18/200.0)
     Kommentar till en text av Nancy Backus
Ärende: Wierd Names
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-=> Nancy Backus wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 NB>> Are there places there that are open on Christmas?  Most here shuts
 NB>> up tight as a drum...  ;)

 DD> Titus A. Drum was a great-uncle of mine whose father had a wicked
 DD> sense of humour. I actually met Uncle Titus. There was a story that he
 DD> also had a brother named Phyphan (or Fifan, no one ever spelled it for
 DD> me). But, that brother died on the Spanish-American war ... from a
 DD> fever, not from any misguided heroic act.

 DD> I dunno how my Grandfather wound up with as prosaic a name as Hugh -
 DD> except that he was 12th out of 14 chirrun and it is possible that
 DD> Great-grandfather had lost his sense of humour by then.

 NB> Maybe by then he'd merely run out of workable puns...  or did your
 NB> grandfather have a middle name that would have made things more
 NB> humorous?  My niece and her husband named their just-born daughter

Naaaahhhh, Granddad's middle moniker was Albert. Of course he was no slouch in
the using uncommon names department (for boy children, anyway) as his sons were
named Leland, Lindell, Carroll, Vail and Eldon. Girls got more mundane
appellations like Mary Louise, Geraldine, Ruth, and Mildred.
 
 NB> Elinor Claire... the thinking being that she could be called E. Claire
 NB> (after her grandmother that uses her* middle name, E. Tait, and Elinor
 NB> both for her and for my mother who is also Elinor).  So far, however,
 NB> they are using both names together in full, as that is what the little
 NB> one's (almost) 3-y-o brother calls her...

Kids tend to find their own names, regardless of what their parents intended.
If they are content with their given names then that's a mitzvah. My younger
brother was named Robert (don't call me Bob) Christopher after a well loved
uncle. He never was a Bob or Bobbie and only very occasionally "Rob".

I, OTOH, have never considered myself a David. Davids tend to be waaaaay more
serious than I have ever been. People who call me David tend to make me twitchy
as they are generally cops or other officious types. And if they use both my
given names I know, as when I was a kid, I am in trouble of some sort.  Bv)=

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

      Title: Eclairs Foster
 Categories: Pastry, Desserts, Puddings
      Yield: 12 servings

MMMMM--------------------------SHELLS-------------------------------
      1 c  Shortening
      4 lg Eggs
      1 c  Sifted flour
      1 c  Water

MMMMM--------------------------FILLING-----------------------------
           Basic vanilla pudding

MMMMM--------------------------TOPPING-----------------------------
    1/2 c  Powdered sugar
    1/2 tb Butter
           Whole milk
 
  Mix water and shortening, bring to boil until shortening is
  melted. Add flour to a stiff batter. Add eggs, one at a time
  until well beaten. Shape batter into 2" ovals and space on
  greased cookie sheet.

  Heat oven to 450oF/230oC. Turn down to 400oF/205oC. Place
  on middle rack for 30 minutes. They fall easily. DO NOT OPEN
  OVEN until done, golden brown.

  Cool.

  Cut open top and take out uncooked inside and fill.  

  FILLING: Basic vanilla pudding. Instant is OK

  TOPPING: Mix sugar and butter then add whole milk to
  desired consistency.

  Recipe By: Robert Foster

  From: http://www.recipesource.com

  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives

MMMMM

ENJOY!!!

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