One of my favorite shows to watch on a relaxing Sunday afternoon is The Repair Shop I was watching an episode Sunday afternoon where one of the repairs was a 100 year old watch with a leather band. The leather band could not be repaired and had to be replaced. The lady repairing the band was able to create a window in the new band and put a piece of the old band in the window. It got me thinking though if you have to replace parts to repair something, at what point is it no longer the thing you are repairing but a new thing?

This is a moist and sweet orange cake. I do not know where it originated from, but it was a recipe that my mother had written down probably in the 1960’s

Source: Jean Losey-Mom
Cook: 70 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 cup oleo or butter
• 3 cups of Sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 ½ cup of sour milk*
• 4 cups of flour
• 2 t baking soda
• 2 t orange peel
• 2 cups of raisin (optional)

• 1 cup of orange juice (I ended up using part Orange juice and part Lime Juice)

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  Directions

• Cream the following

• 1 cup oleo or butter

• 2 cups sugar

• 4 eggs

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• Add alternating

• 1 ½ sour milk*

• 4 cups flour

• 2 t baking soda

• mix well and make sure you scrap the bottom of the bowl to mix all the flour in.

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• Stir in

• 2 t orange peel

• 2 c raisins [optional]

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• Instructions:

• Bake in a tube pan (Bundt pan) at 350 to 375 for 70 minutes

• Remove to plate while warm and pour the following mixture over top

• 1 cup sugar

• 1 cup orange juice

• *Sour milk: To make 1 cup sour milk for baking, use 1 T vinegar or lemon juice in 1 cup of milk. Stir and let stand for 5 minutes before using. This will give the right amount of acidity for the recipe.

I was having a case of deja vu while reading The Haunting History of a Huckster’s “Cancer Cure. It is the story of Norman Baker, a man who promoted and sold questionable cures in the 1920s and 1930s. His miracle cures included watermelon seed extracts, corn silk, and clover. He used the radio station that he owned KTNT (Know the Naked Truth), to promote his cure, slander his enemies and denigrate the mainstream medical establishment. Does this story sound familiar to you too?