Food for me isn't just about flavor it's the history it's the culture it's the
tradition and with all of these things it's the emotion and the connections
that we can create and share with each other when eating - especially dessert! So
for this episode I'm going to talk about some classic American desserts that you
should know and most importantly the cultural perspectives behind them how we
Americans think about them and also how you can talk about them when you're
enjoying them with other people so the first set of desserts are what I would
call romantic desserts the ones that you'd share with a special someone now
all of these desserts actually come from friends if you want to have a romantic
moment with a special someone now I would recommend something like an eclair
now the way that I would describe the flavor of an eclair is that it's soft
but also slightly crunchy another dessert that I would recommend is mousse
if I want to go for something that's just absolutely sweet absolute calories
and then just pure flavor with absolute creamy texture that's what a mousse is
and mousses are usually chocolate flavored and so what I really like about
the mousse it's that it's very smooth the texture it feels very smooth in your
mouth and as soon as you eat it it feels like it melts in your mouth
finally if you don't want to gain too many calories and you want to feel like
you're eating something a little bit healthier even though most times when it
comes to dessert you're not I will go for a parfait and what I love about
parfait is it's got the crunch from the granola the crunchy texture it's got the
tardiness or slightly sour flavor from the yogurt and
got this touch of fruitiness from the fruit and so if I'm going to talk about
the parfait with a person that I'm sharing it with I'd complement one of
these three things or all of them the texture of the granola the crunch of it
the tardiness of the yogurt and whatever flavor the fruit may be I may even say
oh my gosh I love this like mix of crunchy granola with this really fresh
mix of blueberry and strawberry it makes me feel really happy and healthy to be
sharing it with you let's move on to the second set of desserts which are
desserts for small or big groups of friends and even parties and the reason
why I want to share these with you guys it's because I feel like they capture
what makes me love having desserts with friends so the first is my favorite
s'mores it sounds like some more like do you
want some more s'mores I love these because yeah because usually I have
s'mores when me and my friends are gathered around a campfire
so for me and I think for many of us s'mores make us feel really warm like
we're with our best and closest friends it makes us feel a really intimate which
means really close and I would say cared for and loved also a lot of us started
eating s'mores when we were kids and so it reminds us of the times then that we
would play with each other when we were kids and basically eat these simple
delicious messy little creations we call dessert now the other dessert is the
banana split banana split belongs to the family of American sundaes right but
what I like about the banana split is it reminds me of the 1960s which was a
special time in America characterized by like hippie music okay and it's got this
nice combination of hold chilly right which means cold from
the ice cream and then also you've got like the different levels of softness in
the texture again from the ice cream and then the banana and that's topped off by
the crunch from the peanuts the last dessert is the snickerdoodle and this is
the dessert that's not actually American it's yet a mud
okay that's maybe not how you pronounce German even more the fake German accent
but it's German so historians say but you know what when
we eat snickerdoodles at least when I ate it I never thought about its German
origins I just really enjoyed having it as a child it makes me feel like a child
because it's very simple it's basically a sugar cookie baked with cinnamon in it
right and so again the flavor for me it's like the flavors got two things
going on it's got the sweetness and it's got the cinnamon eveness alright and so
that's what I would comment about these are the desserts that you can share with
friends and parties or even with a special someone this is Genesis from
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