Do you know your dessert?
A dessert is a meal course which usually follows the dinner. Often dessert foods are of sweet taste but can also be made of a strongly flavored food, e.g. cheese, like cheese cake. The word €dessert€ originates from the Old French "desservir", meaning €to clear the table€. In English language dessert is sometimes confused with the word €desert€, which is a barren piece of land normally with sand.
After the 19th-century with the rise of the middle class and the sugar industry mechanization they brought the bliss of sweets into the general public and unreserved it for the aristocracy, or as rare holiday treat. This was by the reason that sugar became cheaper and more affordable to the plain people. As sugar was widely spread, the popularity of desserts was spreading also.
In today's culture dessert recipes are a popular items for discussion, as they are a good way to win people over at the end of a meal. This is partly because if you serve a ordinary meal, but with an outstanding dessert, guests will remember you because of the dessert and forget about the main course.
With Internet spreading all over the world you can easily learn how to make a dessert on your kitchen even if you are not very skilful chef. You can easily find recourses which share the technique of making any kinds of sweets: from cheesecakes to homemade ice-cream (e.g. KitchenAid Ice Cream Maker Recipes video).
Most cultures understand a clear difference between the sweet course and the main course. This is not quite true in some cultures such as Chinese, where people easily may mix sweet and savory dishes during the entire meal. But with the penetration of Western culture inside the Chinese cultural world the things gradually change. In the restaurants in China one will be proposed the dessert in western understanding of this notion. It could be some fruits (as watermelon, apples, pineapples etc.) or even some pastry.
Dessert is often regarded as a separate meal or snack, rather than a course, and can be eaten after the meal by many people. Because of its widespread popularity one can find even some restaurants that specialize in desserts.
Some of the most common desserts are:
- Ice creams
- Biscuits or cookies
- Meringues
- Cakes
- Fruit
- Crumbles
- Gelatin desserts
- Custards
- Puddings
- Pies or tarts
- Pastries
After the 19th-century with the rise of the middle class and the sugar industry mechanization they brought the bliss of sweets into the general public and unreserved it for the aristocracy, or as rare holiday treat. This was by the reason that sugar became cheaper and more affordable to the plain people. As sugar was widely spread, the popularity of desserts was spreading also.
In today's culture dessert recipes are a popular items for discussion, as they are a good way to win people over at the end of a meal. This is partly because if you serve a ordinary meal, but with an outstanding dessert, guests will remember you because of the dessert and forget about the main course.
With Internet spreading all over the world you can easily learn how to make a dessert on your kitchen even if you are not very skilful chef. You can easily find recourses which share the technique of making any kinds of sweets: from cheesecakes to homemade ice-cream (e.g. KitchenAid Ice Cream Maker Recipes video).
Most cultures understand a clear difference between the sweet course and the main course. This is not quite true in some cultures such as Chinese, where people easily may mix sweet and savory dishes during the entire meal. But with the penetration of Western culture inside the Chinese cultural world the things gradually change. In the restaurants in China one will be proposed the dessert in western understanding of this notion. It could be some fruits (as watermelon, apples, pineapples etc.) or even some pastry.
Dessert is often regarded as a separate meal or snack, rather than a course, and can be eaten after the meal by many people. Because of its widespread popularity one can find even some restaurants that specialize in desserts.
Some of the most common desserts are:
- Ice creams
- Biscuits or cookies
- Meringues
- Cakes
- Fruit
- Crumbles
- Gelatin desserts
- Custards
- Puddings
- Pies or tarts
- Pastries