Jemima was a great woman....BIG fan of her syrup.

Aunt Jemima?  The syrup?  In the bottle shaped like a large black woman?  I’m not making this up, although it would be pretty impressive if I were.

This odd ‘Aunt J’ and fig newtons with her, I’d say.

“A Fig Newton is a soft cookiefilled with fig jam. A machine invented in 1891 made the mass production of Fig Newtons possible. James Henry Mitchell invented a machine which worked like a funnel within a funnel; the inside funnel supplied jam, while the outside funnel pumped out the dough, this produced A Fig Newton is a soft cookiefilled with fig jam. A machine invented in 1891 made the mass production of Fig Newtons possible. James Henry Mitchell invented a machine which worked like a funnel within a funnel; the inside funnel supplied jam, while the outside funnel pumped out the dough, this produced an endless length of filled cookie, that was then cut into smaller pieces. The Kennedy Biscuit Works used Mitchell’s invention to mass-produce the first Fig Newton Cookies in 1891., that was then cut into smaller pieces. The Kennedy Biscuit Works used Mitchell’s invention to mass-produce the first Fig Newton Cookies in 1891.”

an endless length of filled cookie.  endless. cookie. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

I sense a Christmas package to Australia in the works.

Even I have never had figgy pudding. I think it’s a British thing, like treacle and spotted dick.

I’m still hung up on the image of the endless cookie.  Mmmmmmm.

i just made kimberly’s roasted tomato recipe, would that do instead? (i’m afraid ‘mouse needs to be online to justice to the spotted dick line...)

redundundant, what?  would you believe i actually have a recipe?

actually, spotted dick is not unlike...figgy pudding.....see, i have a recipe…