[Sca-cooks] Tin Foil and "Salad Cream"
Elise Fleming
alysk at ix.netcom.com
Mon Nov 29 09:37:01 PST 2004
Greetings! A comment and a question... Bear mentioned the use of tin foil
prior to aluminum foil. I inherited a 9.5 lb ball of wadded/compressed
tinfoil when my parents died. I have no idea of what to do with it other
than to leave it on the display stand where they kept it. Someone had a
lot of time on his/her hands to wad up all that tin!
Question: Exactly what is "salad cream"? I found the reference in Terry
Pratchett's _Thief of Time_ so it exists in the UK. A character in the
book asks "What, what, what is this nonsense of 'salad cream'?" The
footnote says "If you live in a country where the tradition calls for
mayonnaise, just don't ask. Just don't." Okay, so I couldn't resist
asking. It must be a British substitution for mayo. Is it like American
salad dressing? Is it yukky? And, should I look up this taste treat when
I go to England next spring???
Alys Katharine
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