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D.F. Manno

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May 25, 2013, 3:51:39 PM5/25/13
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In the 1943 sub-warfare film "Destination Tokyo," a crewman develops
appendicitis during a secret mission and has to undergo a makeshift
operation performed by a pharmacist's mate. Prior to the procedure, the
cook promises to cook him anything he wants when he recovers. He asks
for pumpkin pie. The cook replies: "Pumpkin pie it is, with spanked
cream."

What is "spanked cream"? Google only turns up the movie, old
publications that assume the reader knows what it is, and references to
the kind of cream that you don't want on your pie.

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Tim Wright

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May 25, 2013, 4:01:16 PM5/25/13
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My assumption would be that spanked=whipped for the cream as it would
for corporal punishment.

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the color nine.
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Les Albert

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May 25, 2013, 4:04:24 PM5/25/13
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On Sat, 25 May 2013 15:51:39 -0400, "D.F. Manno" <dfm...@mail.com>
wrote:
Wild guess: "spanked cream" refers to cream that has been whipped.
The whipping motion with a whisk is akin to spanking it.

Les

Howard Hail

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May 25, 2013, 4:43:32 PM5/25/13
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It could be cream that has the buttermilk separated from it, as
described in this article from the Christian Science Monitor:

http://www.csmonitor.com/1992/0501/01172.html

I don't think it's the same as whipped cream -- in googlebooks there are
several old jokes about kids confusing whipped cream with spanked cream,
such as Volume 3 of The Medical Pickwick from 1917.

Les Albert

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May 25, 2013, 4:52:44 PM5/25/13
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The question and answer below are from Yahoo Ask in 2009:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090908212221AAI7Z3j

Les



Tim Wright

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May 25, 2013, 5:37:13 PM5/25/13
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If you follow the link mentioned to the recipe you'll find it's for a
drink called "Spank the Irishman". Don't think that's the same thing.
http://www.idrink.com/v.html?id=46671

D.F. Manno

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May 25, 2013, 5:55:43 PM5/25/13
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In article <vv82q8l7vcqe5ngqm...@4ax.com>,
And if you click through to the source for the answer, you find that the
drink is called "Spank the Irishman," not "Spanked Cream."

Once again, Yahoo Answers proves to be useless.

Les Albert

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May 25, 2013, 6:16:41 PM5/25/13
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On Sat, 25 May 2013 17:55:43 -0400, "D.F. Manno" <dfm...@mail.com>
wrote:
Okay, then I revert to my first reply to you:

Les Albert

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May 25, 2013, 6:26:13 PM5/25/13
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On Sat, 25 May 2013 15:16:41 -0700, Les Albert <lalb...@aol.com>
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And see, www.food.com/recipe/multicoloured-spanked-potatoes-33866

The recipe begins with:

Directions:
1. Mash the potatoes thoroughly.
2. Add the butter and cream and beat, whip or spank them until they
are white and fluffy.

Spanked cream is whipped cream.

Les



BillTurlock

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May 25, 2013, 9:31:04 PM5/25/13
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On Sat, 25 May 2013 15:51:39 -0400, "D.F. Manno" <dfm...@mail.com>
wrote:
Depends what your definition of "pie" is.

Sanford Manley

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May 25, 2013, 11:43:10 PM5/25/13
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It's the cream that comes out when I spank my...

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D.F. Manno

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May 26, 2013, 6:49:52 PM5/26/13
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In article <dfe2q8pobshoo6q2q...@4ax.com>,
Les Albert <lalb...@aol.com> wrote:

> And see, www.food.com/recipe/multicoloured-spanked-potatoes-33866
>
> The recipe begins with:
>
> Directions:
> 1. Mash the potatoes thoroughly.
> 2. Add the butter and cream and beat, whip or spank them until they
> are white and fluffy.
>
> Spanked cream is whipped cream.

The phrase "whipped cream" dates back to 1673, according to the OED. (En
francais it's even older: 1629.)

And here are two pages from a 1930s Detroit Free Press cookbook that
refer to "whipped cream:"

<http://www.freep.com/assets/freep/pdf/C4205315514.PDF>

So I disagree that "spanked cream" = "whipped cream."

D.F. Manno

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May 26, 2013, 6:50:45 PM5/26/13
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In article <0ep2q8tmh4c99huoq...@4ax.com>, BillTurlock
wrote:
Well, I wouldn't want it on _my_ pumpkin pie. YMMV.

Les Albert

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May 26, 2013, 6:56:36 PM5/26/13
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On Sun, 26 May 2013 18:49:52 -0400, "D.F. Manno" <dfm...@mail.com>
wrote:
> Les Albert <lalb...@aol.com> wrote:

>> And see, www.food.com/recipe/multicoloured-spanked-potatoes-33866
>> The recipe begins with:
>> Directions:
>> 1. Mash the potatoes thoroughly.
>> 2. Add the butter and cream and beat, whip or spank them until they
>> are white and fluffy.
>> Spanked cream is whipped cream.

>The phrase "whipped cream" dates back to 1673, according to the OED. (En
>francais it's even older: 1629.)
>And here are two pages from a 1930s Detroit Free Press cookbook that
>refer to "whipped cream:"
><http://www.freep.com/assets/freep/pdf/C4205315514.PDF>
>So I disagree that "spanked cream" = "whipped cream."



1. Why do older references to "whipped cream" make you disagree that
"spanked cream" = "whipped cream"?

2. And, what do you consider the difference to be between "beat",
"whip" and "spank" when applied to food, as in the potato recipe cited
above?

Les


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