To think Hundred and Thousands and Sprinkles...

[RabidAnchovy]

....are the same bloody things, DP informs me I have brought the wrong thing as he wanted 1000s and 1000s on the trifle and I have got sprinkles.

I think he wants to wear the bloody trifle

Ah, but if you look on wikipedia it says that American and Elglish usage is different and Dr Oetker are American and therefore wrong

Dr Oetker are German! It's all the other boxed baking crap that's American. Betty Crocker, Duncan Hines etc.

I wasn't saying I was right, I was just commenting to something mentioned upthread about how we call them in my part of the US. Other regions use different terms, like jimmies, but thought I'd not wander off on too much of a tangent.

However, my comment about the bastard silver balls is not up for debate. 100% true.

Oh yeah

Silver balls are soft now and taste faintly lemony.

The little coloured balls are 100s and thousands. Sprinkes are longer.

Silver balls are soft now

I might reconsider my position.

100's and 1000's = coloured balls
sugar strands = coloured strands
sprinkles = NOT British, American.

I'd use glace cherries though.....yum

I shall show DP this thread

OK-I´m now going to go for 100s &1000s for the "balls" & chocolate vermicelli & coloured vermicelli for the "sticks".

On the grounds that sprinkles is just too twee and I don´t like it

There has been some wheeler dealering in the world of cake decorations I think. A few years ago and I'm sure dr oetker was not the dominant force he is today! My cupboard is awash with his work now!

Molehillmountain -I think you are right. I am wondering who manufactured the hundreds and thousands of my 80s childhood which were definitely tiny sticks

Googling has thus far revealed nothing useful.

Sprinkle-related trivia:

There was a brief hiatus about 5 years ago (by my reckoning) when all the Supercook baking stuff was gradually rebranded as Dr Oetker. I suspect this apparently more up-market name has contributed to the cupcake-bunting culture.

Vermicelli - yy that's what chocolate sprinkles were called when I was younger.

Any Dutch folk around to confirm the existence of that wholesome breakfast recipe - Bread & Butter and Sprinkles?

Dr Oetker and his medicinal cake decorations.

I don't know the difference between 100s and 1000s and sprinkles, but I can tell you both are a complete bastard to clean up off the floor when you drop a whole container full.

I can't comment either, but I know that they turn your finger red when you repeatedly stick your finger into them and lick them off, despite all being different colours.

So that's what happened to Supercook products...Supercook was such an 80's brand!

Was delighted to find that Tate & Lyle still make the little orange & lemon slices which are just right for putting on fairy cakes. I adore them even more than 100's and 1000's.

Silver balls are rank, though...always taste stale to me.

Silver balls are lovely but only on Christmas cakes.

Got to say that I'd be deeply disappointed to receive sprinkles instead of hundreds and thousands. Sprinkles are what you get on suspiciously cheap fairy cakes or nasty hot chocolate drinks at fetes.

Grate some chocolate on it and be done with it.

When I was younger there used to be a boxd cake mix called Rainbow Suprise. Inside there was a little sachet of sprinkles that were really brightly coloured and you could sprinkle them into the cake mix before cooking and they would produce little multi coloured splodges that looked really pretty when you cut the cake.

Wonder if they still do that cake mix?

But yes 100's 1000's are little balls.

"Any Dutch folk around to confirm the existence of that wholesome breakfast recipe - Bread & Butter and Sprinkles?"

Well I´m not Dutch, but many years ago I visited a pen friend there & we had <a class="break-all" href="http://www.google.com/imgres?q=chocolate+vermicelli+on+bread&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=fh2&sa=X&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&biw=1366&bih=664&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=5IW7f0_-z17eWM:&imgrefurl=www.21food.com/products/chocolate-vermicelli-dark-285602.html&docid=PHJ15DAMY6MbOM&imgurl=img.21food.com/20110609/product/1305708689984.jpg&w=640&h=800&ei=smWxT83oEJDwsgbEr8GwBA&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=653&sig=113154146177469131116&page=1&tbnh=155&tbnw=133&start=0&ndsp=20&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0,i:76&tx=81&ty=79" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">this for breakfast.

Now I live in Germany & we sometimes have <a class="break-all" href="http://www.google.com/imgres?q=eszet+schnitten&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=zRN&sa=X&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&biw=1366&bih=664&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=e7IGrozztCREyM:&imgrefurl=www.thechocolatereview.net/2008/06/05/sarotti-eszet-schnitten-vollmilch/&docid=b207J5-wk9NZKM&imgurl=www.thechocolatereview.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/2008-05-14-45958.jpg&w=640&h=480&ei=5GaxT7_sNYHdsgbtwdXCBg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=356&vpy=156&dur=148&hovh=194&hovw=259&tx=95&ty=111&sig=113154146177469131116&page=1&tbnh=147&tbnw=189&start=0&ndsp=17&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0,i:76" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">this

Next Sunday I shall make a pie

Not Dutch but have witnessed Dutch folks eating chocolate sprinkles on bread for brekkie. DH used to live there and has also seen it.

I've had chocolate sprinkles on bread and butter in Holland.

I'm getting hungry now.

Might do DP a sprinkle sandwich for lunch