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Nancy Young[_2_] Nancy Young[_2_] is offline
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Default I had to see for myself

Arri London wrote:
> Nancy Young wrote:
>>
>> This month's Costco coupons had a few dollars off something
>> called Island Way Sorbet. Said it was sorbet served in real
>> fruit shells.
>>
>> Skeptically, I bought it. Just now I thought to check, what is up
>> with this stuff, I'll take a look. I was prepared that it would be
>> some made up fruit-looking shell.
>>
>> To my amusement, yup, the lemon sorbet is served in a half
>> a lemon rind, the pineapple in and a pineapple shell bowl, etc.
>> Very tasty, too!


> Nancy you need to get out more A lot of restaurants serve their
> iced desserts that way.


Heh, maybe so. Thing is, I almost never order desserts out and
if I did, it wouldn't be sorbet.

It's not that sorbet would be served in a natural fruit bowl, it's that
I would find it in a cardboard box sold at a warehouse store
that struck me.

> As a student, made orange souffles in hollowed-out orange rinds.


Well, you're special.

nancy