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Is a "bullet cake" a thing?


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Last August I ate dinner at a place called Ester in Sydney. Dessert was something listed on the menu as "chocolate liquorice bullet cake". It was a normal-looking slice of chocolate cake with 2-3 layers, a dense (but, I think, not flourless) texture, and a wonderful chocolate/liquorice flavor.

 

My question: does "bullet cake" actually mean something here? Googling turns up various gun-themed cakes, which is something completely different.

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1 minute ago, IowaDee said:

The caliber of these answers is amazing.  I'd like to help but I just draw a blank.  

GGGGGRRRRROOOOAAAANNNN

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Oh, dear sweet baby Jesus. It's too much. It's just too much. 

 

My best shot isn't even on the target, so I won't take it.

 

Don't ask. Eat it.

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I read that in the 1880's in Tombstone, an individual serving of booze cost the same as a bullet and bartenders would accept a bullet from poor cowboys for a small glass. That is how it came to be called a shot of whiskey. It is possibly how getting a shot came to be called "buying a round"

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13 hours ago, jmacnaughtan said:

 

I know.  I normally recoil from scraping the bottom of the barrel like this, but I've had a thread like this in my sights for a while.

We need a groan emoji here faster than a speeding bullet. 

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12 hours ago, Norm Matthews said:

I read that in the 1880's in Tombstone, an individual serving of booze cost the same as a bullet and bartenders would accept a bullet from poor cowboys for a small glass. That is how it came to be called a shot of whiskey. It is possibly how getting a shot came to be called "buying a round"

 

 

Amusing tale, bu sadly, a myth. The expression 'shot' meaning a portion of booze was in use 200 years before then. A 'round of drinks' is even earlier.

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On 8/03/2018 at 9:05 AM, Anna N said:

We need a groan emoji here faster than a speeding bullet. 

What do you need an emoji for?  You're a groan woman!

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