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CAKEby Kathy Wolfe

Angel food, bundt, chiffon, round or pound, this week’s Tidbits definitely takes the cake! Slip on your oven mitts on as we bake up a few delectible facts about these tempting treats. But be warned, your sweet tooth and salivaries may kick in and send you scampering to the nearest bakery!• Ancient Egypt was home to the world’s first

large-scale bakeries, which were the first known to use yeast for making cakes rise before baking them on hot stones. To the ancient Romans, cake basically meant a small bread loaf, since there was no sugar, and honey was a rare commodity.

• Cake-baking underwent a dramatic change in the mid-1800s. Previously, yeast was used as a leavening agent, but yeast was replaced with the introduction of both baking soda and baking powder, which are more effective as raising agents. Temperature-controlled ovens also im-proved both baking quality and techniques.

• Flour is classified by its protein content. The higher the protein, the harder the flour. All-purpose flour has a protein content of 10-11 percent and is a good choice for cookies. Bread flour’s content is much higher at 15 percent, and is not suitable for cakes. Cake flour’s protein measures 7-8 percent, and its low gluten content makes it a perfect choice for delicate cakes.

• Sponge cake uses only eggs, sugar and flour in

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are full-sized, large enough to accommodate rail traffic. Between these two train tunnels is a service tunnel, a smaller tube that is an emergency escape route. Travelers with their own automobiles leave their vehicles parked on enclosed double-decked rail cars that shuttle them through, thus avoiding the problem of accumulating exhaust fumes in the tunnels. Drivers are free to leave their vehicles and ride in the rail passenger cars.

• The Chunnel bridges a distance of 31.4 miles between Folkestone in the United Kingdom and Coquelles, France, near Calais. The tunnel actually runs under water for 23 of those miles. Boring machines worked from both the English side and the French side in a race to the middle, a contest won by the British. The tunnel’s average depth is 148 feet below the seabed, with its deepest point at 250 feet.

• On May 6, 1994, the day of the official dedi-cation ceremony, England’s Queen Elizabeth traveled through the Chunnel on a Eurostar train, while French President Mitterrand

Considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World, the Channel Tunnel, or Chunnel as it is commonly called, links England and France through large tubes bored deep beneath the English Channel. Follow along to learn more about this modern engineering marvel that speeds travelers below the ocean floor through the world’s longest marine subway. • The concept of an undersea tunnel between

England and France was conceived as early as 1802, when a French mining engineer envisioned a passageway lit by oil lamps and serviced by horse-drawn coaches. The proposal included an artificial island midway as a stop for changing horses. Other ideas were presented over the next several decades, but it wasn’t until 1988 that a final plan was approved and the actual excavation began.

• Construction of the massive six-year project took the cooperation of both English and French engineers. More than 15,000 workmen were employed, working from either side toward the middle. Three of those years were devoted to the actual boring of the chalky earth beneath the sea floor. Working almost continuously, the gigantic boring machines could progress an average of 250 feet per day.

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3. HOLIDAYS: When was Father’s Day first celebrated officially?

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season. (Durant’s came in the 2009-10 season.)

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6. Bill Elliott (2001) and Kurt Busch (2002).

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its preparation, with no fat or leavening. The trick to a perfect sponge cake is to beat air into the batter at several stages during preparation.

• Order up tiramisu for dessert, and you’ll receive layers of ladyfingers soaked in espresso liqueur and layered with a custard mixture, topped off with chocolate shavings. Ladyfingers, light sweet sponge cakes about four inches long, have been around since the late 1400s, when they were created to celebrate a visit of the King of France to Italy. They are also used in trifles, a layered dessert that incorporates cake, jam, custard, fruit and whipped cream. The trifle is served in a clear glass bowl so that all the tempting layers are visible.

• Bundt cakes have been around since 1950, when the fluted tubular pan was created by Nordic Ware founder, David Dahlquist. A group of Jewish women in Minneapolis approached Dahlquist, asking him to design a pan based on an old European kugelhopf mold brought from the old country. The name was derived from the German word bund, which translates “gathering of people.” Dalquist added the “t” at the end to make it unique. His original bundt pans had ridges, which gave the cake with the hole in the middle its classic look.

• German chocolate cake actually has nothing to do with Germany or its inhabitants. That rich chocolate layer cake with coconut pecan filling topped with chocolate frosting sprinkled with more coconut goes back to 1852 in Dorchester, Massachussets. Sam German, an Englishman

and employee of the Walter Baker Chocolate Company, developed a milder, sweeter baking chocolate than the bittersweet chocolate commonly used. Originally named German’s Sweet Chocolate Cake in honor of his name, the possesive form (German’s) was eventually dropped to become German chocolate cake, as we know it today.

• Did you ever wonder where the pound cake gets its name? Developed in England during the 1700s, the recipe called for a pound each of butter, eggs, flour and sugar. The name of this concoction might well have been an indicator of how much one might gain from its consumption!

• Smith Island, Maryland, located in Chesapeake Bay, is home to the state’s official cake, aptly named Smith Island Cake. The recipe dates back to the late 1600s and consists of 10 to 12 thin layers of yellow cake sandwiched together with rich chocolate fudge icing.

• A dome-shaped cake filled with mousse and/or custard is known as a bombe, from the French word meaning domed or rounded. The cake is flipped from its dome-shaped mold onto a plate, then covered with a layer of chocolate or meringue.

• What’s full of spices, frequently “re-gifted” and the subject of comedians’ jokes? That’s right, a fruitcake! Although this dense cake dates back to Roman times, its popularity increased greatly in the 1800s, when it became the preferred choice at Christmas gatherings and weddings. Loaded with glazed dried fruit, raisins and nuts, fruitcakes are often soaked in brandy, whiskey or liqueur.

• The first boxed cake mix in the United States appeared around 1930, distributed by a molasses company, O. Duff and Sons. Seven other companies followed suit over the next 15 years. The convenient and easy-to-prepare baking product is now dominated by Betty Crocker and Pillsbury, neither of which hit the grocer’s shelves until the late 1940s.

• When Charles and Diana wed in 1981, they had, count ‘em, 27 wedding cakes. Their official royal wedding cake stood over five feet tall and was prepared by the head baker of the Naval Armed Forces. The entire carefully planned process took over 14 weeks to prepare! Two identical versions of the elaborate, five-tier cakes were made in the event that (horrors!) one might collapse. The ornately festooned bottom layer alone required 12 hours to bake.

• A roulade is what most of us know as a jelly roll, a sponge cake that is filled with buttercream, fruit, lemon curd, whipped cream or ganache, then rolled up. At Christmas, you might see a Buche de Noel, or Yule Log, a roulade filled

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Four high school seniors sufferingfrom “spring fever” skipped theirmorning classes and went to thebeach instead. After lunch, theyreturned to school and told their

teacher that they were late becausethey’d experienced a flat tire whilecarpooling together to the school.

Much to their relief, she smiled.“You missed a test today,” she

continued, “but you can make it upright now. Take seats apart fromone another and then get out apencil and a piece of paper.”

She waited for them to sit down,and then began. “Question One:Which tire on the car was flat?”

1. What’s the properscientific name for themoment that the springseason begins?

2. What flower istraditionally thefirst to bloom asspring

Unscramble this word:

S A L A N U NThis word means: springflowers that last one season

A N N U A L S

“Spring is Nature’s way ofsaying ‘Let’s party!!’”

~ Robin Williams

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Dear Linda: I would be very cautious if I were you. It sounds to me as though you are mak-ing great progress on your DPM. I suggest you stay at least until several of your balances are paid off. At that point, if you still feel like you want to go it alone, be open with your counselor. Call a couple of your creditors, and ask them the consequences if you were to leave the DPM. Then take all of the information under advisement. Now is not the time to become overly confident. *** Dear Mary: How can I remove the grease

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This Florida Doctor Is a Quack Sometimes, I really feel as if I should just give up. In fact, if it were not for the encouraging emails I get from many of my readers telling me to “hang in there” and “keep up the good fight,” I probably would have stopped addressing bogus emails that spread lies and misinformation about Social Security a long time ago. It’s so darn frustrating for a number of reasons. For one thing, as soon as I set the record straight on one little bit of Internet gossip, some more pops up. Also, I know that these titillating tall tales spread far and wide, reaching way more people than my little column does. So even though I’m put-ting up a good fight, I definitely am losing the war to those who revel in repeating ridiculous rumors. And that leads to the third reason I find these exercises so maddening. I know that these rumor-mongers aren’t really interested in knowing the truth. They use the Internet to find far-fetched fairy tales that reinforce their already narrowly held and close-minded views. And then they email those pieces of puffery to like-minded folks who, in turn, email other people -- and pretty soon the whole coun-try starts believing this stupid stuff. The latest one that was passed along to me by many readers was allegedly written by a Florida emergency room doctor. He begins his xenophobic epistle with this little bit of hyperbole: “I live and work in a state overrun with illegals.” He then goes on to discuss all the illegal im-migrants he treats in his emergency room. How he

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Lie: “If immigrants are over 65, they can apply for SSI and Medicaid and get more than (an American) woman who has worked hard all her life and paid taxes and yadda, yadda, yadda...” Truth: The only people who qualify for Sup-plemental Security Income and Medicaid are U.S. citizens. Even immigrants living here legally can’t get SSI. Certainly, illegal immigrants can’t get SSI. (As a reminder to my readers: SSI is a federal wel-fare program that is paid for out of general tax rev-enues but that is managed by the Social Security Ad-ministration. The group that constitutes the highest percentage of SSI recipients is composed of elderly women -- and all of them are U.S. citizens.)

Lie: “The federal government provides a refugee with a total income of $2,470 per month.” Truth: This is absolutely ridiculous. I don’t see how anyone can believe this hogwash. If you think it’s true, go down to a Social Security office, and tell the people there you are a “refugee.” Let me know whether they hand you a check for $2,470 and tell you those checks will keep rolling in every month. To qualify for Social Security benefits, you must work and pay taxes for a minimum of 10 years. And if you worked just that minimal amount of time, you would get a very small benefit -- less than $500 per month.

Lie: “Someone who has paid into Social Se-curity for 40-50 years can only get a monthly maxi-mum of $1,012.” Truth: The maximum Social Security ben-efit currently paid to someone retiring at 66 is about $2,400 per month. And many folks work beyond age

66 and are getting much more than that -- some in the $3,000 to $4,000 per month range. In effect, there is no “maximum” Social Security benefit, because if you wanted to, you could keep working until you are 100 years old and continue to build up the amount of your Social Security check.

Lie: “(A good old-fashioned American wom-an) is only getting $794 per month because she was born in 1924 and there is a Catch-22.” Truth: There is no Catch-22 that deprives people of Social Security money. I’m sure the alleged doctor is referring to something called “the notch.” The notch was a scam perpetrated on seniors about 20 years ago. Misleading mailings were sent out to millions of senior citizens, trying to convince them the government was cheating them out of Social Security money. The whole thing was a swindle designed to get seniors to send in money to bogus groups and organizations. And these rip-off artists raked in hundreds of millions of dollars. To this day, there are many seniors who incorrectly believe they have been cheated out of Social Security money. If this “Florida emergency room doctor” practices medicine as poorly as he understands gov-ernment benefit programs, I sure hope I never need critical care in the Sunshine State.

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● On March 25, 1911, at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in New York’s Lower East Side, a fire quickly engulfs the factory and claims 146 lives, mostly young women. Because management had locked the exit doors, many of the garment workers either expired from asphyxiation or leapt from windows -- a fatal, 10-story fall. The fac-tory’s owners were eventually found guilty on charges of manslaughter.

● On March 20, 1920, Bugatti delivers its first 16-valve car to a customer in Switzer-land. The Bugatti was a symbol of wealth and status, and its cars were equipped with massive racing engines. The renowned American dancer Isadora Duncan was rid-ing in a Bugatti when her trademark long scarf caught in a rear wheel of the vehicle, and she was instantly strangled to death.

● On March 22, 1947, President Harry Truman issues an executive decree estab-lishing a sweeping loyalty investigation of federal employees in every department and agency. The program uncovered only a few employees whose loyalty could be “reason-ably” doubted.

● On March 19, 1952, the one-millionth Jeep is produced. The name “Jeep” is re-portedly derived from the Army’s 1941 re-quest that car manufacturers develop a “General Purpose” vehicle. “G.P.” turned to “Jeep” somewhere along the (battle) line.

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● On March 24, 1989, the worst oil spill in U.S. territory begins when the supertank-er Exxon Valdez runs aground on a reef in Prince William Sound in Alaska. An es-timated 11 million gallons of oil eventually spilled into the water, polluting more than 700 miles of coastline.


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Ornate Card Stands Evoke Rituals From Victorian Era Q: This antique stand was given to my mother in 1959 by her 92-year-old friend. The ornate stand is silver and holds a frosted glass dish. The overall height is approximately 9 inch-es and both pieces are in very good condition. I have no idea what it was used for. I hope you can help to identify it, as well as its vintage and value.

A: You have a silver plated Victorian card stand used for holding visitors’ calling cards. La-dies would leave their personal cards at homes to welcome newcomers or to leave a message. The ornate stands were often scrolled and were usually triple or quadruple plated. Cupids and birds usually adorned the frames. Your stand was made in the late 1800s and would probably be worth $225 to $325.

Q: This mark is on a set of china that belonged to my mother. She received the set as a wedding present in 1937. Some of the pieces also have the words in a triangle “Warranted 22 KT. Gold -- NC. Co.” The dishes are decorated with blue and yellow flowers against a white background and have gold bands. It is a service for 8 and in perfect condition. My mother died over 20 years ago and left no information on the history of the set. I found it in a cabinet after she died and just vaguely remembered her using it when I was a small child. Thank you so much for any information you might be able to give me.

A: Pope Gosser China was located in Coshocton, Ohio, from 1902 to 1958. Through the

years, they used a variety of marks. Many of their patterns can be identified; nevertheless, there are many that remain a mystery. In 1958, due to the high cost of manufacturing and the affordability of imports, the company closed. Similar services for 8 sets are selling in the range of $175 to $275.

Q: What can you tell me about a glass milk bottle I recently found in a building that is being remodeled in Connecticut? It is pint size, clear glass with the following words on the side “It’s McGough’s Country Fresh Milk.”

A: Glass milk bottles are collectible. I found no information on McGough’s Dairy. Most pint size bottles from just about any diary have a value of $5 to $15. Collectors that find bottles from the World War II era with war slogans on the glass are even more collectible. They are in the $125 to $150 range.

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• In 1832, Prince Metternich of Austria was expecting important guests for dinner and gave his head chef the task of creating something new and sumptuous for dessert. The only trouble was that the chef was sick, leaving a 16-year-old apprentice in charge. Young Franz Sacher set to work inventing a chocolate sponge cake cut into three layers, filled with apricot jam and frosted with a rich icing. The dessert became known as Sachertorte and endures today as Vienna’s most famous specialty, with its recipe a carefully guarded secret.

• A 1906 romance novel was the source of the name of the lady Baltimore cake. The story, set in post-Civil War Charleston, mentioned the title character serving the dessert, a creation of tall white cake layers with a filling of chopped nuts and candied fruits, frosted with boiled white icing. The actual recipe was developed by two Baltimore women who opened a tea room after the success of the novel. These days, this cake is a popular one for Southern weddings.

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• Individuals suffering from extreme agora-phobiararelyleavetheirhomes,duetotheirfearofpublicoropenspacesand the inescapablesituationsthatmayoccurthere.Onlyhomeissafe.

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10. MOVIES: What new category was added to the Academy Awards in 2001?

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2. Since 1940, name the only two players to retire with a career batting average better than .335.

3. Who holds the NFL record for most consecutive games with at least one touchdown pass?

4. Name the last Wooden Award winner (top collegiate player) before Kevin Durant to go on to win an NBA season scoring title.

5. Which No. 1 overall draft pick recorded a hat trick the earliest in his NHL career?

6. Name the only two drivers to win from the pole position in NASCAR Cup’s Homestead-Miami Speedway.

7. When was the last time before 2012 that no male U.S. tennis player made the final 16 at the Australian Open?

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tive games in 1969.2. Ted Williams (.344) and Tony

Gwynn (.338).3. Johnny Unitas, 1956-60.4. David Robinson, in the 1993-94

season. (Durant’s came in the 2009-10 season.)

5. In 2011, Edmonton’s Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had three goals in this third NHL game.

6. Bill Elliott (2001) and Kurt Busch (2002).

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1. What was the name of the Alice Cooper band’s debut album, and when was that?

2. Name King Crimson’s first single to chart.

3. What was the original name of the band Supertramp?

4. Who sang “I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)” and when?

5. What is the stage name of Stacey Lynn Swain? What’s her most well-known hit?

6. Which group had a modest hit in 1971 with “Love Is Life” off its epon-ymous debut album?

Answers1. “Pretties for You” (1969).2. “The Court of the Crimson King”

in 1969. It was the group’s first chart song — and the last — in the U.S.

3. Daddy, before renaming them-selves in early 1970. Supertramp’s first two albums didn’t chart, but the 1974 album “Crime of the Century” made it to No. 38 in the U.S.

4. Aretha Franklin, in 1967. The song went to No. 1 on the U.S. R&B chart, followed by chart-toppers “Respect” and “Baby I Love You.”

5. Stacey Q (with Q being the name of her first band). The song “Two of Hearts” off her “Better Than Heaven” album (1986) climbed to No. 3 on the charts.

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