Dave Bugg wrote:
>
> Arri London wrote:
> > Made the Maternal Unit a Mother's Day Sunday lunch of: roast chicken,
> > assorted vegetables and potatoes, veg puree. Dessert (which we had at
> > tea time) was a standard pound cake, baked with a filling of thin
> > orange slices.
> >
> > Gave her a slice (looks nice with the line of orange through the
> > middle) garnished with cutup strawberries and whipped cream. Had my
> > back turned while I was preparing my slice with homemade vanilla ice
> > cream. She said it 'tasted funny'. I whipped around thinking
> > something had gone wrong even though it looked and smelt really good.
> > 'What do you mean?!'
> >
> > She smiled and said 'It tastes like I want more!'
>
> That was cute :-)
> --


LOL! There is an adjective in UK English for it: moreish. However it
isn't a word my German/Dutch-speaking mother would have known. The cake
is already half eaten, so couldn't have been that bad...