In article > ,
"Gregory Morrow" > wrote:

> Melba's Jammin' wrote:

> > Hey, you'll like this, though: About 30 years ago I made this
> > meringue thing < it was pictures on the cover of the Time-Life Foods
> > of the World book about foods of the Viennese Empire. It was a
> > meringue case, made by stacking meringue rings atop a meringue base,
> > filled with fresh fruits and whipped cream, then topped with another
> > meringue layer and decorated. My description doesn't do it justice
> > and I'm damned if I can find my copy of the book so as to provide the
> > recipe, but it was pretty cool.
> >
> > Those were the days.
>
>
> You are right, it's a *killer* pic...very "foofie", as they used to
> say...!!!
>
> ===>>> just checked my copy

IIRC, I even bought the candied violets for the decoration.
Look at that recipe. I did all that!

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