Talk:Rum ball

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[edit] Rum balls around the world

There are a variety of rum ball recipes to be found in the United States and a suspect Europe has some too. This article needs to be generalized to show both the variety of ingredients and styles that are found in different locations around the world. --207.136.9.35 22:23, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

I've expanded the content a bit and made things a bit more general, but I'm also an Aussie and so can't speak for European or American versions. Contributions from someone who knows more would help. -dmmaus 09:34, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Canada also has rum balls. My mother's recipe is quite different from the one described here. It has no cake, and is very rich as a result. I hate the cake rum balls, and always thought they were fake. I'm not sure if the Scottish version is different (my family is of Scottish decent), or if my family invented it way back in the day. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.75.125.247 (talk) 15:36, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] History?

I don't have any documentation for this (yet), but the recipes I've seen for rum balls all are remarkably similar to medieval European gingerbread recipes [1]. --Doc 20:15, 8 December 2006 (UTC)