| A "Dessert" is a meal course that usually comes | | | | not true however in some cultures such as |
| after dinner. Most often Dessert foods are of | | | | Chinese, who will mix in sweet and savoury dishes |
| sweet food but can also be of a strongly flavored | | | | throughout the entire meal. Dessert is, often |
| food, such as cheese, like cheese cake. The world | | | | times seen as a separate meal or snack, rather |
| dessert comes from the Old French word | | | | than a course, and can be eaten some time after |
| "desservir", which means 'to clear the table'. Often | | | | the meal by many individuals. Because of it's wide |
| times in the English language dessert is confused | | | | spread popularity there are even some |
| with the word desert(note only one "s"), which is | | | | restaurants that specialize in desserts.Some of |
| a baren peice of land normally with sand as soil.It | | | | the most common desserts are:- Biscuits or |
| wasn't until after the 19th-century where the rise | | | | cookies |
| of the middle class, and the mechanization of the | | | | - Ice creams |
| sugar industry, brought the privilege of sweets | | | | - Meringues |
| into the general public and unreserved it | | | | - Fruit |
| exclusively for the aristocracy, or as rare holiday | | | | - Cakes |
| treat. This was because sugar became cheaper | | | | - Crumbles |
| and more readily available to the general public. As | | | | - Custards |
| sugar was widely spread, so was the | | | | - Gelatin desserts |
| development and popularity of desserts.In today's | | | | - Puddings |
| culture dessert recipes have become a popular | | | | - Pastries |
| item for discussion, as they are a winning way to | | | | - Pies or tartsFeel free to reprint this article as |
| win people over at the end of any meal. This is | | | | long as you keep the article, this caption and |
| partly because if you serve a mediocre meal, with | | | | author biography in tact with all hyperlinks.Ryan |
| an excellent dessert, people will remember you | | | | Fyfe is the owner and operator of Dessert One - |
| for the dessert and forget about the meal.Most | | | | which is the best site on the internet for all |
| cultures, have a seperate final distinction between | | | | dessert related information. |
| the main course, and the sweet course. This is | | | | |