> >Santa gave me a Waxoyl kit complete with ....
> >insisted that I try an Italian dessert called - to him - SEX ON A
> >Plate. It was great, but is really called tirimushi or something
> >less Japanese sounding.
> tiramisu [tear-ah-MEE-soo] (still Japanese sounding), though my mother
> calls it tofu (never having had _that_ ssoap, soft _soap_ on a plate)
tiramisu is Italian for "pull me up",
in the polite voice (which translates directly
as "(s)he pulls me up". I don't know exactly
why that dish is called "pull me up",
but it is a very good cake which can indeed
"lift the spirits".
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John R. Lupien
lupienj@wal.hp.com
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