SC - Re: European/USA terminology

[LrdRas at aol.com]

In a message dated 5/17/00 12:55:51 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
allilyn at juno.com writes:

<< The Europeans tend to stir things with an over and under motion, rather
 than the American round and round.  This does get confusing when
 translating: German recipes will tell you to stir under, or over and
 under.  Just stir as you normally do. >>

For what its worth, with eggs the act of stirring over and under instead of 
round and round tends to incorporate air into the mixture which makes the 
resulting product lighter and fluffier when cooked.

Ras