Re: OT: Worcestershire sauce

Tristan McLeay scripsit:

>         hundreds and thousands
>             plural noun very small, brightly coloured sugary balls, used in
>             decorating cakes, sweets etc.
I judge these to be what we call "dragees" [drA'Zeiz] < French.  They are
quite hard, and the silver and gold ones traditionally used actual
silver and gold leaf.

> (You can also get softer,
> cylindrical ones (abt 5 mm long and very thin), which have more
> muted/pastel colors and are sold under a different name but called the
> 100s&1000s.)
These are definitely "rainbow sprinkles".  They are often served on
soft ice cream cones.  They can also be called "jimmies", though this
name is more often applied to the purely chocolate variety.

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