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Default Profiteroles in Italy

Puester said...

> Dee Dee wrote:
>> I'm wondering if in Italy at most restaurants, profiteroles are served
>> with a cream inside versus ice cream.
>>
>> The reason I ask is that my only recollection is that they were on
>> carts that were rolled around to display at the end of the meal for
>> your choice of desserts, and I don't remember seeing any dribbling ice
>> cream.
>>
>> Is the cream inside more of an eclair cream in most cases?
>>
>> Thanks for satisfying my curiousity.
>> Dee Dee
>>
>>
>>

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> Why would anyone fill cream puffs with anything but whipped cream?
>
> gloria p



And why would anyone eat a cream puff when they could eat a couple eclairs
instead?

Andy