They’ve all been eaten anyway. The other conscience munchkin in the red suit that usually perches on Nancy’s sinister shoulder got ’em. The temptation was too great even if she wanted to resist. They were devils food muffins.
Concluding Unscientific Postscript
Devils Tower in Wyoming is spelled without the apostrophe… Devils, not Devil’s or Devils’. This apparently started with a general rule of excluding punctuation from government created signage. Anyhow, the usage has spilled over into cookbooks. Most still say “Devil’s Food” but more than a few go with “Devil’s Food.”
They’ve all been eaten anyway. The other conscience munchkin in the red suit that usually perches on Nancy’s sinister shoulder got ’em. The temptation was too great even if she wanted to resist. They were devils food muffins.
Concluding Unscientific Postscript
Devils Tower in Wyoming is spelled without the apostrophe… Devils, not Devil’s or Devils’. This apparently started with a general rule of excluding punctuation from government created signage. Anyhow, the usage has spilled over into cookbooks. Most still say “Devil’s Food” but more than a few go with “Devil’s Food.”