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Nonpareils. Nonpareils are a decorative confectionery of tiny balls made with sugar and starch, traditionally an opaque white but now available in many colors. They are also known as hundreds and thousands in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa [1] and the United Kingdom. In the United States, the same confectionery topping would generally be ...
For example, hundreds and thousands is the most popular denotation used in United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa to refer to nonpareils, a type of sprinkles. Another UK variant of the term is vermicelli, especially when said of chocolate sprinkles. [1] [2] This name can be seen borrowed into spoken Egyptian Arabic as ...
Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; ... Hundreds and thousands is an idiomatic expression used to mean "an indefinite but emphatically large number ...
White bread, butter, Hundreds and Thousands, sprinkles. Media: Fairy bread. Fairy bread is sliced white bread spread with butter or margarine and covered with "Hundreds and Thousands", [1] often served at children's parties in Australia and New Zealand. [2][3][4] It is typically cut into triangles. [5]
The Thirteen Problems is a short story collection by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by Collins Crime Club in June 1932 [1] and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in 1933 under the title The Tuesday Club Murders. [2][3] The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6) [1] and the US edition at $2.00. [3]
'Some American manufacturers deem the elongated opaque sprinkles the official sprinkles. In British English, these are sugar strands or hundreds-and-thousands (the latter term is often used to refer to the multi-colored [rather than the chocolate] type and has the singular form "negligible").'
In Australia, "Hundreds and Thousands" are made from grains of sugar, with a colourful coating that makes them spherical, and are therefore non-homogeneous. "Sprinkles" are homogeneous, extruded and non-spherical. 203.45.39.201 ( talk) 01:49, 20 August 2013 (UTC) Reply. [ reply]
A book to accompany the series, A History of the World in 100 Objects by Neil MacGregor, was published by Allen Lane on 28 October 2010. [2] The entire series is also available for download along with an audio version of the book for purchase. The British Museum won the 2011 Art Fund Prize for its role in hosting the project.