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   cecilia to ianng@austonley.org.uk   
   Re: Robin Roll in 1931   
   17 Aug 21 00:28:36   
   
   From: myths@ic24.net   
      
   On Mon, 16 Aug 2021 08:56:57 +0100, Ian Goddard   
    wrote:   
      
   >On 16/08/2021 01:12, cecilia wrote:   
   >> Looking through the plans for  food and drink of a large (400 invited,   
   >> but only  200 accepted) garden party given by one of my grandmother's   
   >> cousins in 1931, I was puxzzled by references to a "robin roll.".  It   
   >> seems to be a sort of cake, and i20 slices is about 3/4 of a robin   
   >> roll.   
   >>   
   >> Has anyone come across a reference to a robin roll??   
   >>   
   >   
   >Robin *cake* was one of my mother's regular bakes.  It was a sort of   
   >sponge cake but not as light as a Victoria sponge.  A thin one might   
   >well be suitable for making a sort of Swiss roll.  But a Swiss roll   
   >capable of being cut into 160 slices sounds vast.   
      
      
      
   Sorry - my typing is getting worse.  i20 should have been 20 (slices   
   from 3/4 of a robin roll)..   
      
   Thank you for the Information about your mother's cake.   
      
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