Originally Posted by
Bah Humbug
...For some reason, it really grinds their gears that someone in Ohio is baking a pound cake instead of a 450g cake Get over it.
For some reason, the person telling everyone to get over it has a pretty well worn speech prepared. Almost like he can't get over it.
Speaking of pound cakes.
I learned an amazing thing when we took our scout troop to Barkerville, a Provincial Park gold rush era town that employs re-creation actors. A lady was baking on a old wood stove - yes.. a pound cake! She explained the origin of the name:
1 pound of butter
1 pound of sugar
1 pound of flour
1 pound of eggs
Blew my mind and I went back home and baked pound cakes for a while.
Now... who measures eggs by the pound? (6 btw).