A "Dessert" is a meal course that usually comes after dinner.
Most often Dessert foods are of sweet food but can also be of a
strongly flavored food, such as cheese, like cheese cake. The
world dessert comes from the Old French word "desservir", which
means 'to clear the table'. Often times in the English language
dessert is confused with the word desert(note only one "s"),
which is a baren peice of land normally with sand as soil.
It wasn't until after the 19th-century where the rise of the
middle class, and the mechanization of the sugar industry,
brought the privilege of sweets into the general public and
unreserved it exclusively for the aristocracy, or as rare
holiday treat. This was because sugar became cheaper and more
readily available to the general public. As sugar was widely
spread, so was the development and popularity of desserts.
In today's culture
dessert recipes have become a popular item
for discussion, as they are a winning way to win people over at
the end of any meal. This is partly because if you serve a
mediocre meal, with an excellent dessert, people will remember
you for the dessert and forget about the meal.
Most cultures, have a seperate final distinction between the
main course, and the sweet course. This is not true however in
some cultures such as Chinese, who will mix in sweet and savoury
dishes throughout the entire meal. Dessert is, often times seen
as a separate meal or snack, rather than a course, and can be
eaten some time after the meal by many individuals. Because of
it's wide spread popularity there are even some restaurants that
specialize in desserts.
Some of the most common desserts are: - Biscuits or cookies -
Ice creams - Meringues - Fruit - Cakes - Crumbles - Custards -
Gelatin desserts - Puddings - Pastries - Pies or tarts
About the author:
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Ryan Fyfe is the owner and operator of
Dessert One
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http://www.dessert-1.com, which is the best site on the
internet for all dessert related information.
