Best Posts in Thread: To Clear Up Some Confusion

Gents and Genties,
I come to you today to discuss a topic that may or may not have previously plagued you. In personal experience, I've run into this question a lot more than I'd have expected.

Well my fancies, lend me your attention and ears as I take you down a spiral of particulars that will most likely leave you begging for more, or at least in a slight state of arousal.

Before we tackle this, lets shove some charlatan posers right out of the way.
Ever fancy a cool, fruity lick of icy treat on a hot summer's day? When you're not feeling ice cream and you've already had enough ice pops one could excrete a rainbow? What you're looking for, my friend, is definitely not

ŞERBETI​

Şerbeti is a type of soft drink, a beverage traditionally made in Turkey, utilizing water, red food coloring, sugar, cinnamon, and cloves. Using my culinary know how and superior tasting skills, I figured this drink might be enhanced by use of citrus of some sort, as clove, cinnamon, and orange usually go well together.

Warning: language

To further avoid the question, another fraudulently fruity fraternization of fresh, fragrant forgery would be the great

SHARBAT​

Sharbat, or sharbot is a fruity syrup, or any concoction directly involving it, made usually from petal and or fruit. the concentrate can be served directly, eaten as jello may be, or diluted with water, mixed, chilled, and served as a refreshing, fruity drink. Originating in West and East Asia, it is first recorded in the 12th century, in the Perian book of Zakhirah-i Khvarazm'Shahi. It gained popularity in the Indian subcontinent, most notably by Babur, of the Mughal Empire.

Very well, omnipotence.
Lets start with

Sorbet​

Sorbet is generally known as a sweet dessert, I'd say for the rich, but believe what you want. Not to be confused with Italian Ice, sorbet is frequently used to 'cleanse the palate' when referring to multiple-course dinners and events. In such cases, mint, or slightly sweetened sorbet is utilized to prepare the food connoisseur for the next course. Sorbet, generally, is iced from sweetened water, either from a syrup, dessert liqueur, fruit purée, or occasionally, honey. The term sorbet is directly influenced by Indian sharbat.

Here's a nice guide to making sorbet

Sherbert/Sherbet​

Ah, everyone's favorite. Sherbert. Or is is Sherbet?? What?? Answer is, it doesn't matter. Technically, 'sherbert' is a bastardization of the word 'sherbet', though either spelling/pronunciation will be widely accepted. Sherbet, in western cultures, is also used as a palate cleansing pre-course tasting. Sherbet is made with frozen fruit juice, milk, cream, egg even, and sugar. Difference between sherbet and sorbet is that sherbet contains the slightest trace of milk fat, whereas sorbet is dairy free.

Trigger warnings for you degenerate thunderskulls that can be shaken by words.

To wrap up this bundle of fruitless information, they all taste good, I'm glad I could teach you something today, and if not, I'm glad you were already educated in the field of frozen desserts.

~Qaws

 

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