Charlotte russe also refers to a treat once popular in Brooklyn:
“The classic French dessert called charlotte russe is an elegant mold of ladyfingers, filled with flavored Bavarian cream. But to old-time Brooklynites, a charlotte russe was a round of sponge cake topped with sweetened whipped cream, chocolate sprinkles, and sometimes a marashcino cherry, surrounded by a frilled cardboard holder with a round of cardboard on the bottom. As the cream went down, you pushed the cardboard up from the bottom, so you could eat the cake…these were Brooklyn ambrosia.” —The Brooklyn Cookbook, Lyn Stallworth and Rod Kennedy, Jr. [Alfred A. Knopf:New York] 1994 (p. 386) [NOTE: this book contains memories and a recipe.]
It’s funny that Chorlton is not a bad analogy for Brooklyn, albeit on a much smaller scale. Bet your cat thanked you for rescuing him/her from Burnage!
My answer came straight out of the Settlement Cookbook! How can it be wrong!
And this is from epicurious: http://www.epicurious.com
/tools/fooddictionary/entry?id=1801
What are you thinking of benson?
Are you City or United, then, chicken?
Benson, from wikipedia?
Charlotte russe also refers to a treat once popular in Brooklyn:
“The classic French dessert called charlotte russe is an elegant mold of ladyfingers, filled with flavored Bavarian cream. But to old-time Brooklynites, a charlotte russe was a round of sponge cake topped with sweetened whipped cream, chocolate sprinkles, and sometimes a marashcino cherry, surrounded by a frilled cardboard holder with a round of cardboard on the bottom. As the cream went down, you pushed the cardboard up from the bottom, so you could eat the cake…these were Brooklyn ambrosia.” —The Brooklyn Cookbook, Lyn Stallworth and Rod Kennedy, Jr. [Alfred A. Knopf:New York] 1994 (p. 386) [NOTE: this book contains memories and a recipe.]
It’s funny that Chorlton is not a bad analogy for Brooklyn, albeit on a much smaller scale. Bet your cat thanked you for rescuing him/her from Burnage!
All the answers to the question about the Charlotte Russe have been incorrect so far. Didn’t anybody see the movie “Once upon a time in America?”
Oh, Benson, at least I know you would do it with some knowledge and feeling!
Make that “socialized” medicine!
and bubble and squeak.
benson – is it a flan/cake?
benson: Charlotte Russe – sponge cake with fillings – there are lots of different kinds.