What's your Dessert IQ? I'm ashamed to say, I did better on this test than the chocolate one above).

Hey, 2 wrong answers on the chocolate quiz is not bad at all. You did better than I did!

I think I got a 7. For shame, for shame. I got perfect answers on the technical stuff, but screwed up somewhere between the Aztecs and the Swiss.

 
Oh sorry, I mixed you up with Misplaced, who got only 2 wrong answers on the chocolate IQ.

I just had a lousy dinner, and am quite nauseated - it probably went to my head.

 
8/10--it didn't count my revised Black Forest answer, and I have no idea how many

bakers there are in America. Or anywhere for that matter.

 
I'm pretty pleased with myself actually. 7 out of 10! 8o) I don't eat dessert,

don't make desserts and don't know anything about them. I guessed on all of them except the flan one.

 
A dessert fool is

"is a classic British dessert, dating as early back as the 16th century. It is a mixture of sweetened fruit puree and whipped cream. It is usually enjoyed during fresh fruits are in seasons."

Another source says, "the name of this gossamer dessert comes from the French word foulé meaning pressed or crushed, and refers to the combination of crushed fruits and thick cream."

I went to a dinner party once and two of us brought dessert. I made Thomas Keller's chocolate terrine and someone else made a blackberry fool. I was *shocked* to see how many people were RAVING about the fool. "It's so light and airy." Meanwhile, I was stewing and thought to myself, "Well, duh, it's just whipped cream!" Then I tried it myself...and I was hooked too. Go figure!

Make it sometime. You'll be surprised how much people rave about this simple, simple dessert.

http://www.inmamaskitchen.com/British_Food/British_desserts.html

 
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