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How far back can this rhyme be traced? Have Peter and Iona Opie written about this rhyme? -- The Anome 13:57, 15 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Patty Cake Pans

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Taking a cue from the rhyme, a modern shallow muffin tin, often with a rounded bottom, are called "patty cake" pans, but I have no idea when they first appeared. Janko (talk) 11:13, 15 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Mark it With...

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I'm nearly sure that the original version was...

Roll it in flour and mark it with TEA.

When you brush tea on bread it leaves a dark stain after baking, and can be used to write initials onto a loaf to distinguish it from the other ones.

Probably people heard "T" instead of tea., not knowing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DHBoggs (talkcontribs) 19:45, 19 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Baby?

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When I was a toddler, I remember hearing "for baby and me" instead of "for baker and me". There should be more research into these alternative lyrics JayBirdtyper (talk) 02:30, 6 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

“Cartoon equivalent of sex”?

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Is it oversimplifying to say that Who Framed Roger Rabbit? treats "patty cake" as the “cartoon equivalent of sex”? In the movie, when initially spoken of, it sounds like a toon-culture euphemism for sex, until photos humorously show nothing but the literal "patty cake" game. Does this really make it equivalent to sex? Maybe; I don't know. I suppose if a "reliable source" makes this assessment, the article will go with it, contrary considerations be damned. 2601:541:800:2F50:A181:526C:5396:20 (talk) 09:30, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]