What’s for dessert?
Do you have a “sweet tooth”? You do if you like yummy, mouth-watering
desserts and other kinds of sweets.
Marzipan is a sweet made of ground almonds and sugar. It is a favorite
for fancy desserts because it can be colored and shaped. If you want a
scary dessert, you might find a Spanish baker who will make you a
marzipan dragon.
Have you ever been to a “sugaring off” party in Vermont? Here, the sap
of the maple trees is collected in late winter. When the sap is boiled
to make maple syrup, the neighbors come to help. And, of course, there’s
a party. Maple syrup is poured on the snow and eaten—topped off with
doughnuts and pickles!
Some basic foods are used to make fine candies and tasty desserts.
Children in Mexico love sweet potato candy. In the Philippines,
comote-cues, a dessert made from sweet potatoes, is a favorite. In
Burma, children buy pauk pauk mow, bits of candy made of puffed rice.
And Indonesians like lemang, a dessert of rice baked in banana leaves.
