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87-786: An ice cream sandwich is a frozen dessert or confection . The ingredients are different around the world, with the common component being ice cream between baked goods , commonly biscuits , wafers , or cookies . Within Australia , popular brands are "Giant Sandwich" (blue and pink wrapper), and "Monaco Bar" (gold and black metallic wrapper) in the Eastern provinces. Other brands include Streets "Cookie", " Maxibon " (with one-half ice cream sandwich) and "Maxibon Cookie", and "Pat and Stick's Homemade Range" (recognizable by its circular shape). Additional brands "Indulge" and "Feast" have also become popular. Ice cream sandwiches were formerly known as

174-483: A doughnut is a flour-based batter that has been deep-fried. It is sometimes filled with custard or jelly. Fritters are fruit pieces in a thick batter that have been deep fried. Gulab jamun is an Indian dessert made of milk solids kneaded into a dough, deep-fried, and soaked in honey. Churros are a deep-fried and sugared dough that is eaten as dessert or a snack in many countries. Ice cream , gelato , sorbet and shaved-ice desserts fit into this category. Ice cream

261-510: A street food in Thailand usually composed of longer rolls similar to hot dog buns a mix of scoops of coconut ice cream/sorbet (or vanilla) and chocolate-flavoured ice cream, with a selection of local toppings from traditionally salty or sweet sticky rice , salty crushed peanuts, and syrup-soaked chewy palm seeds to slivers of fresh or dried fruits. Then drizzled on top with evaporated milk , sweetened condensed milk or chocolate syrup. In

348-446: A "cream between". One purchased a small block of ice cream wrapped in paper and placed it between two wafers. In Germany , ice cream sandwiches are made with two wafers and the three-flavour combination called Fürst-Pückler-Eis , elsewhere known as Neapolitan ice cream. It is based on a recipe introduced in 1839 by the cook of a German nobleman, Prince Hermann Ludwig Heinrich von Pückler-Muskau . The usual Iranian ice cream sandwich

435-625: A "national dish" of Japan and even acquired regional variations as it spread across the country. Street food was commonly sold by the ethnic Chinese population of Thailand and did not become popular among native Thai people until the early 1960s, when the rapid urban population growth stimulated the street food culture, and by the 1970s it had "displaced home-cooking." As a result, many Thai street foods are derived from or heavily influenced by Chinese cuisine. About 76% of urban residents in Thailand regularly visit street food vendors. The rise of

522-483: A $ 2 discount on each drink purchased at the fair. In 2018, the street photographer Michael Rababy documented it in his book, Folsom Street Food Court . Netflix has also featured the street foods of the world through its TV series Street Food , with the first volume focusing on Asia, and the second on Latin America. As early as the 14th century, government officials oversaw street food vendor activities. With

609-551: A concluding course. There is widespread use of rice flour in East Asian desserts, which often include local ingredients such as coconut milk, palm sugar, and tropical fruit. In India, where sugarcane has been grown and refined since before 500 BC, desserts have been an important part of the diet for thousands of years; types of desserts include burfis , halvahs , jalebis , and laddus . Bubble tea , which originated in Taiwan,

696-548: A distinct category, and the term tong sui is not used. Dessert wines are sweet wines typically served with dessert. There is no simple definition of a dessert wine. In the UK, a dessert wine is considered to be any sweet wine drunk with a meal, as opposed to the white fortified wines (fino and amontillado sherry) drunk before the meal, and the red fortified wines ( port and madeira ) drunk after it. Thus, most fortified wines are regarded as distinct from dessert wines, but some of

783-783: A guava jam known as goiabada ). Peanuts are used to make paçoca , rapadura and pé-de-moleque . Local common fruits are turned in juices and used to make chocolates , ice pops and ice cream . In Chile, kuchen has been described as a "trademark dessert". Several desserts in Chile are prepared with manjar , (caramelized milk), including alfajor , flan , cuchufli and arroz con leche . Desserts consumed in Colombia include dulce de leche , waffle cookies, puddings, nougat, coconut with syrup and thickened milk with sugarcane syrup. Desserts in Ecuador tend to be simple, and desserts are

870-438: A high fat content and crispy texture, such as shortbread . Pastries are often flavored or filled with fruits , chocolate , nuts , and spices . Pastries are sometimes eaten with tea or coffee as a breakfast food. Pies and cobblers consist of a filling enclosed by a crust, which can be made from either pastry or crumbs. The fillings of pies can vary from fruits to puddings, whereas cobbler fillings are mostly fruit-based. On

957-831: A meal. This definition includes a range of courses ranging from fruits or dried nuts to multi-ingredient cakes and pies. Many cultures have different variations of dessert. In modern times the variations of desserts have usually been passed down or come from geographical regions. This is one cause for the variation of desserts. These are some major categories in which desserts can be placed. Cakes are sweet tender breads made with sugar and delicate flour. Cakes can vary from light, airy sponge cakes to dense cakes with less flour. Common flavorings include dried , candied or fresh fruit , nuts , cocoa or extracts . They may be filled with fruit preserves or dessert sauces (like pastry cream ), iced with buttercream or other icings, and decorated with marzipan , piped borders, or candied fruit. Cake

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1044-402: A moderate part of the cuisine. Desserts consumed in Ecuador include tres leches cake , flan, candies and various sweets. In Australia, meals are often finished with dessert. This includes various fruits. More complex desserts include cakes, pies and cookies, which are sometimes served during special occasions. New Zealand and Australia have a long-standing debate over which country invented

1131-697: A nuisance to be removed from the streets". 113 hawker centers were constructed between 1971 and 1986 to remove hawkers from the streets while preserving the food culture. In 2002, a sampling of 511 street foods in Ghana by the World Health Organization showed that most had microbial counts within the accepted limits, and a different sampling of 15 street foods in Calcutta showed that they were "nutritionally well balanced", providing roughly 200 kcal ( Cal ) of energy per rupee of cost. In

1218-464: A portion of meat) was inspired by the bento of the Japanese who had been brought to Hawaii as plantation workers. Because of differences in culture, social stratification, and history, the ways in which family street vendor enterprises are traditionally created and run vary in different areas of the world. Often, women's success in the street food market depends on trends of gender equality. This

1305-511: A principal ingredient. Many involve sugar heated into crystals with subtle differences. Dairy and sugar based include caramel , fudge and toffee or taffy . They are multiple forms of egg and sugar meringues . and similar confections. Unheated sugar co-adulate into icings, preservatives and sauces with other ingredients. Theobroma cacao beans can be a substitute or more commonly mixed with sugar to form chocolate. Pure, unsweetened dark chocolate contains primarily cocoa solids. Cocoa butter

1392-472: A regulation involving city superintendents references "sellers of cooked flesh and cooked rice". In Delhi, India, it is said that kings used to visit the kebab vendors on the street, which are still in operation. During the colonial times, fusion street food was created, which was made with British customers in mind. In Indonesia , especially Java , traveling food and drink vendors have a long history, as they were described in temple bas reliefs dated from

1479-493: A sprinkling of pieces of ground Plazma biscuits on one half, and two large pieces of Plazma biscuits enveloping the ice cream on the other half. Wafer ice creams are popular in Singapore . It is one of the types of potong (cut) ice cream, so named because the servings are sliced from a large bar of ice cream. Wafer ice cream consists of two wafers holding together a rectangular block of ice cream. Wafer ice cream evolved from

1566-608: A staple of cooking and desserts for over a thousand years. Sugarcane and sugar were little known and rare in Europe until the twelfth century or later when the Crusades and then colonization spread its use. Europeans began to manufacture sugar in the Middle Ages , and more sweet desserts became available. Even then sugar was so expensive usually only the wealthy could indulge on special occasions. The first apple pie recipe

1653-435: A variety of flavors. Salt and acids are added to desserts to balance sweet flavors and create a contrast in flavors. Some desserts are coffee -flavored, for example an iced coffee soufflé or coffee biscuits. Alcohols and liqueurs can also be used as an ingredient, to make alcoholic desserts. Dessert consist of variations of tastes, textures, and appearances. Desserts can be defined as a usually sweeter course that concludes

1740-422: Is a Japanese jellied dessert. In English-speaking countries, many dessert recipes are based on gelatin with fruit or whipped cream added. The vegetarian substitute for gelatin is agar agar . Marshmallow is also most commonly made with gelatin. Pastries are sweet baked pastry products. Pastries can either take the form of light and flaky bread with an airy texture, such as a croissant or unleavened dough with

1827-481: Is a cream base that is churned as it is frozen to create a creamy consistency. Gelato uses a milk base and has less air whipped in than ice cream, making it denser. Sorbet is made from churned fruit and is not dairy based. Shaved-ice desserts are made by shaving a block of ice and adding flavored syrup or juice to the ice shavings. Jellied desserts are made with a sweetened liquid thickened with gelatin or another gelling agent. They are traditional in many cultures. Yōkan

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1914-498: Is a kind of dessert made with flavored tea or milk and tapioca. It is well known across the world. In Ukraine and Russia, breakfast foods such as nalysnyky or blintz or oladi (pancake), and syrniki are served with honey and jam as desserts. In the Netherlands vla is a popular dessert. It is a custard-like dessert that is served cold. Popular flavours are: vanilla, chocolate, caramel, and several fruit flavours. There

2001-671: Is a very common confection in Argentina. In Bolivia, sugarcane, honey and coconut are traditionally used in desserts. Tawa tawa is a Bolivian sweet fritter prepared using sugar cane, and helado de canela is a dessert that is similar to sherbet which is prepared with cane sugar and cinnamon. Coconut tarts, puddings cookies and candies are also consumed in Bolivia. Brazil has a variety of candies such as brigadeiros (chocolate fudge balls), cocada (a coconut sweet), beijinhos (coconut truffles and clove) and Romeu e Julieta (cheese with

2088-457: Is also added in varying proportions. Much of the chocolate currently consumed is in the form of sweet chocolate, combining chocolate with sugar. Milk chocolate is sweet chocolate that additionally contains milk powder or condensed milk. White chocolate contains cocoa butter, sugar, and milk, but no cocoa solids. Dark chocolate is produced by adding fat and sugar to the cacao mixture, with no milk or much less than milk chocolate. Mithai, derived from

2175-518: Is also hopjesvla which is flavoured like a Hopje , a Dutch coffee and caramel sweet. The word dessert as a culinary term appears as early as 1393 in the Ménagier de Paris , where " desserte " is included in three of the twenty-nine menus. The desserte comes near the end of the meal, but before the issue (departure) of hypocras and wafers, included in ten of the menus; and before the boute-hors (sendoff) of wines and spices, included in four of

2262-399: Is also popular. A "National Ice Cream Sandwich Day" is set for August 2 and has been celebrated since at least 2005. In Uruguay , an ice cream sandwich ( sánguche helado ) or triple sandwich ( sánguche triple ) is typically a neapolitan ice cream ( helado triple ) sandwich prepared with wafers such as the one in the image. In Vietnam , an ice cream sandwich called bánh mì kẹp kem

2349-578: Is as diverse as Indian cuisine . Some of the more popular street food dishes are vada pav , misal pav , chole bhature , parathas , bhel puri , sev puri , gol gappa (also called pani puri in Karnatake and Maharashtra or puchka in West Bengal) aloo tikki , kebabs , tandoori chicken , samosas , kachori , idli , pohe , egg bhurji , pav bhaji , pulaw , pakora , lassi , kulfi and falooda . In Hindi-speaking regions of India, street food

2436-474: Is at the same level as the contamination at restaurants. An estimated 2% or 160,000 vendors provide street food for Bangkok's 8 million people. The Arthashastra mentions food vendors in ancient India . One regulation states that "those who trade in cooked rice, liquor, and flesh" are to live in the south of the city. Another states that superintendents of storehouses may give surpluses of bran and flour to "those who prepare cooked rice, and rice-cakes", while

2523-422: Is called bastani naani ( بستنی نانی ) meaning "bread-ice cream", and is made with Iranian traditional ice cream between two wafers . In Ireland , they are known as "sliders" or an ice cream wafer ; they are usually served as vanilla ice cream sandwiched between two rectangular chocolate wafers. A "double nougat" is ice cream sandwiched between two nougat wafers. The wafers are not covered in chocolate, only

2610-603: Is called “Brioche con Gelato” in Italian and it consists of a soft Brioche roll split open on top and filled with gelato . Local ice cream ( sorbetes ) sellers/peddlers with their pushcarts that travel around cities sometimes offer ice cream sandwiches with pandesal (salt bread) as the bread. In Serbia , a popular frozen food company Frikom created Plazma Sandwich, which is a unique fusion of Plazma (popular Serbian biscuit brand) biscuit-flavored ice cream, enriched with ground Plazma biscuits, covered in milk chocolate with

2697-444: Is commonly sold on the street as a snack. It consists of scoops of ice cream stuffed inside a bánh mì , sprinkled with crushed peanuts. Dessert Dessert is a course that concludes a meal. The course consists of sweet foods, such as cake , biscuit, ice cream and possibly a beverage such as dessert wine and liqueur . Some cultures sweeten foods that are more commonly savory to create desserts. In some parts of

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2784-599: Is evidenced in Bangladesh, where few women are street vendors. However, in Nigeria and Thailand, women dominate the street food trade. Doreen Fernandez says Filipino cultural attitudes towards meals affect the street food phenomenon in the Philippines, because eating street food outside does not conflict with eating at one's house, which typically lacks dedicated eating rooms. Other cultural phenomena that affect

2871-516: Is found all around the world and varies greatly between regions and cultures. Dorling Kindersley describes the street food of Vietnam as being "fresh and lighter than many of the cuisines in the area" and "draw[ing] heavily on herbs, Chile peppers and lime," while street food of Thailand is "fiery" and "pungent with shrimp paste and fish sauce." Street food in Thailand offers a varied selection of ready-to-eat meals, snacks, fruits and drinks. The capital of Thailand, Bangkok, has been listed as one of

2958-460: Is known as antojitos (translated as "little cravings") and features several varieties of tacos, such as tacos al pastor , as well as huaraches and other maize-based foods. New York City 's signature street food is the hot dog , but New York street food also includes everything from Middle Eastern falafel to Jamaican jerk chicken to Belgian waffles. In Hawaii , the local street food tradition of " plate lunch " (rice, macaroni salad, and

3045-665: Is known as a single nougat" in Scotland, with a double nougat (pronounced nugget) having nougat wafers on both sides. Raspberry sauce is also a common topping. Nougat wafers came in double or triple varieties, depending on the number of nougat wafers in the construction. The earliest mention of ice cream sandwiches in North America come in the year of 1899. Street vendors in New York recently sold slabs of ice cream between sheets of paper, called "hokey pokeys", until someone had

3132-516: Is no tradition of a dessert course following a meal. Fruit or fruit salad would be eaten instead, which may be spiced, or sweetened with a sauce. In some former colonies in the region, the colonial power has influenced desserts – for example, the Angolan cocada amarela (yellow coconut) resembles baked desserts in Portugal. In Asia, desserts are often eaten between meals as snacks rather than as

3219-516: Is often served as a celebratory dish on ceremonial occasions, for example weddings , anniversaries , and birthdays . Small-sized cakes have become popular, in the form of cupcakes and petits fours , an example of which can be the Portuguese "bolo de arroz" . Puddings are similar to custards in that their base is cream or milk. However, their primary difference is that puddings are thickened with starches such as corn starch or tapioca . On

3306-460: Is popularly known as nukkadwala food ("corner" food). In South India, foods like mirchi bajji , punugulu , and mokkajonna (corn roasted on coal) are common street foods, along with breakfast items like idli, dosa and bonda . Other popular Asian fusion street food include gobi manchurian , momos and omelette. While some vendors streamline the recipes of popular dishes to sell them on the street, several restaurants have taken their inspiration from

3393-717: The Pavlova . The pavlova is named after Anna Pavlova , who visited both countries in the 1920s. Street food Street food is food sold by a hawker or vendor on a street or at another public place, such as a market, fair, or park. It is often sold from a portable food booth , food cart , or food truck and is meant for immediate consumption. Some street foods are regional, but many have spread beyond their regions of origin. Most street foods are classified as both finger food and fast food and are typically cheaper than restaurant meals. The types of street food vary between regions and cultures in different countries around

3480-515: The United Kingdom , an ice cream wafer, consisting of a small block of ice cream between two rectangular wafer biscuits, was a popular alternative to a cone up until the 1980s. A "nougat wafer" was also available, consisting of a layer of mallow sandwiched between two wafers and coated with chocolate around the edges. Typically a vanilla block (or a layer of soft-serve) sandwiched between one plain wafer and one chocolate-covered nougat one. This

3567-496: The entremets course , not in the dessert course. By the 20th century, though, sweet entremets had come to be included among the desserts. The modern term dessert can apply to many sweets, including fruit , custards , gelatins , puddings , biscuits , cookies , macaroons , pastries , pies , tarts , cakes , ice creams , and sweet soups . The term "dessert" originated from the French word desservir, meaning "to clear

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3654-815: The 'negro' Sango vendor" and Na Agardite are still remembered today. During the American Colonial period, "street vendors sold oysters, roasted corn ears, fruit, and sweets at low prices to all classes." Oysters , in particular, were cheap and popular street food until around 1910 when overfishing and pollution caused prices to rise. Street vendors in New York City faced considerable opposition. After previous restrictions had limited their operating hours, street food vendors were completely banned in New York City by 1707. Many women of African descent made their living selling street foods in America in

3741-743: The 18th and 19th centuries, with products ranging from fruit, cakes, and nuts in Savannah, to coffee, biscuits, pralines and other sweets in New Orleans . Cracker Jack started as one of many street food exhibits at the Columbian Exposition . The selling of street food in China stretches back millennia and became an integral part of Chinese food culture during the Tang Dynasty . In ancient China , street food generally catered to

3828-564: The 1920s. Sweet desserts usually contain cane sugar, palm sugar, brown sugar, honey, or some types of syrup such as molasses, maple syrup, treacle, or corn syrup. Other common ingredients in Western-style desserts are flour or other starches, cooking fats such as butter or lard, dairy , eggs , salt, acidic ingredients such as lemon juice, and spices and other flavoring agents such as chocolate , coffee, peanut butter, fruits , and nuts . The proportions of these ingredients, along with

3915-416: The 9th century, as well as mentioned in 14th-century inscription as a line of work. In Indonesia, street food is sold from carts and bicycles. During the colonial Dutch East Indies period c.  19th century , several street foods were developed and documented, including satay and dawet ( cendol ) street vendors. The current proliferation of Indonesia's vigorous street food culture is contributed by

4002-591: The Hokkien dialect. Common flavours offered include peppermint, chocolate chip, durian , ripple, red bean , yam , sweet corn , honeydew , and chocolate. Wafer ice cream vendors also sell the same blocks of ice cream on slices of multicoloured bread, on cones or in cups instead of sandwiched between wafers. Catering companies in Singapore also send ice cream sandwich carts for functions. Itim Khanom Pang (or Icecream Khanom Pang ), literally bread ice cream,

4089-494: The Sanskrit word ' sharkara', represents the range of Indian desserts. These kinds of desserts usually include a thickened dairy base. Custards are cooked and thickened with eggs. Baked custards include crème brûlée and flan . They are often used as ingredients in other desserts, for instance as a filling for pastries or pies. Many cuisines include a dessert made of deep-fried starch-based batter or dough. In many countries,

4176-561: The United Kingdom, the Food Standards Agency has provided comprehensive guidance of food safety for the vendors, traders and retailers of the street food sector since 2000. Other effective ways of enhancing the safety of street foods include: mystery shopping programs, training, rewarding programs to vendors, regulatory governing and membership management programs, and technical testing programs. In India,

4263-725: The best places for street food. Popular street offerings in Bangkok include Pad Thai (stir fried rice noodle), green papaya salad , sour tom yum soup, Thai curries and mango sticky rice . Indonesian street food is a diverse mix of local Indonesian, Chinese, and Dutch influences. Indonesian street food is often strongly flavored and spicy. Much of the street food in Indonesia is fried, such as fritters, nasi goreng and ayam goreng . Bakso (meatball soup), satay (skewered chicken) and gado-gado (vegetable salad served in peanut sauce ) are also popular. Indian street food

4350-474: The city's downtown area," which critics have called an "anti-competitive" rule for food truck operators. Since 1984, Folsom Street Fair in San Francisco is home of one of the most diverse street food fairs. In addition to much leather, and people in various states of dress and undress, the event features an outdoor food court serving a variety of street food. For donations of $ 10 or more, visitors get

4437-617: The city's merchants and workers. Proprietors of street food in the United States have had a goal of upward mobility, moving from selling on the street to their own shops. However, in Mexico, an increase in street vendors has been seen as a sign of deteriorating economic conditions in which food vending is the only employment opportunity that unskilled labor who have migrated from rural areas to urban areas are able to find. In 2002, Coca-Cola reported that China, India, and Nigeria, where

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4524-616: The company's expansion efforts included training and equipping mobile street vendors to sell its products, were some of their fastest-growing markets. The libertarian Reason magazine states that in US cities, food trucks are subject to regulations designed to prevent them from competing with brick and mortar restaurants. For example, in Chicago, a regulation prevents food trucks "...from selling food within 200 feet of brick-and-mortar restaurants and, hence, prohibit them from operating throughout

4611-512: The concept of a street food culture to other countries. The street food culture of much of Southeast Asia was established by coolie workers imported from China during the late 19th century. Ramen , whose predecessor was originally brought to Japan by Chinese immigrants in the late 19th or early 20th century, began as a street food for Chinese laborers and students who lived in Yokohama Chinatown . However, ramen gradually became

4698-497: The country's tourism industry has also contributed to the popularity of Thai street food. Thailand's 103,000 street food vendors alone generated 270 billion baht in revenues in 2017. Suvit Maesincee, Minister of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation , expects the Thai street food segment to grow by six to seven percent annually from 2020 forward. Multiple studies showed that contamination of food that street food vendors sell

4785-410: The edges. In Israel , ice cream sandwiches are commonly known as "kasata" (קסטה). Though the name comes from the Italian cassata , the dessert itself has little to do with Italian cassata, and usually consists of two thick biscuits holding a mix of block of vanilla and chocolate-flavoured ice cream. In Italy , ice cream sandwiches are eaten in the region of Sicily as a breakfast item. The sandwich

4872-845: The first country to legislate and standardize the sale of street food. In the 19th century, street food vendors in Transylvania sold gingerbread nuts, cream mixed with corn, and bacon and other meat fried on top of ceramic vessels with hot coals inside. French fries , consisting of fried strips of potato, probably originated as a street food in Paris in the 1840s. Street foods in Victorian London included tripe , pea soup, pea pods in butter, whelk , prawns and jellied eels . Aztec market places had vendors who sold beverages such as atolli ("a gruel made from maize dough"), almost 50 types of tamales (with ingredients ranging from

4959-503: The first stage of the meal, the entrée became the second stage, entremets came to be served in their own distinct stage after the roast , and the last course of the meal came to be called “dessert”. In the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, the dessert stage of the meal consisted entirely of foods "from the storeroom" ( de l’office ), such as fresh, stewed, preserved, and dried fruits; fruit jellies; nuts; cheese and other dairy dishes; dry biscuits (cookies) and wafers ; and, beginning in

5046-596: The first sweeteners used in most of the world, but the spread of sugarcane around the world was essential to the development of dessert. Sugarcane was grown and refined in India before 500 BC and was crystallized, making it easy to transport, by AD 500. Sugar and sugarcane were traded, making sugar available to Macedonia by 303 BC and China by AD 600. In the Indian subcontinent , the Middle East, and China, sugar has been

5133-513: The food prepared and eaten at home, with some non-Indian food being too "strange" or tied too closely to non-vegetarian preparation methods to be made at home. In Tanzania's Dar es Salaam region, street food vendors produce economic benefits beyond their families. Because street food vendors purchase local fresh foods, urban gardens and small-scale farms in the area have expanded. In the United States, street food vendors are credited with supporting New York City's rapid growth by supplying meals for

5220-516: The gods in ancient Mesopotamia and ancient India and other ancient civilizations. Herodotus mentions that Persian meals featured many desserts, and were more varied in their sweet offerings than the main dishes. German army officer Helmuth von Moltke whilst serving in the Ottoman Empire noted the unusual presentation of courses with the sweet courses served between roasts and other savory dishes. Dried fruit and honey were probably

5307-868: The government recognized the fundamental rights of the street food vendors and have imposed reasonable restrictions. And in 2006, the India legislature enacted the Food Safety and Standards Act to monitor the quality of food. Despite knowledge of the risk factors, actual harm to consumers’ health is yet to be fully proven and understood. Due to difficulties in tracking cases and the lack of disease-reporting systems, follow-up studies proving actual connections between street food consumption and food-borne diseases are still very few. Little attention has been devoted to consumers and their eating habits, behaviors and awareness. The fact that social and geographical origins largely determine consumers’ physiological adaptation and reaction to foods—whether contaminated or not—is neglected in

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5394-490: The idea of using cookies instead. Photos from the Jersey Shore circa 1905 show ice cream sandwiches being sold at 1¢ each. The earliest US patent having to do with ice cream sandwiches (No. 1,387,613) is by Russell H. Proper for an "Ice Cream Sandwich Machine" in 1921. Ice cream sandwiches are sold using chocolate cookies. A Chipwich , where ice cream (usually vanilla) is sandwiched between two chocolate chip cookies ,

5481-480: The increasing pace of globalization and tourism, the safety of street food has become one of the major concerns of public health , and a focus for governments and scientists to raise public awareness. However, despite concerns about contamination at street food vendors, the incidence of such is low, with studies showing rates comparable to restaurants. In Singapore, street food vendors known as "hawkers", over half of which were unlicensed, were considered "primarily

5568-495: The kitchen, such as freshly prepared pastries, meringues , custards , puddings , and baked fruits, which had traditionally been served in the entremets course , came to be included among the desserts. Ice cream in The United States is pretty popular. Pie and Cheesecake is also fairly popular in the US. Some of Mexicos favorite desserts are Flan, Paletas , and Pastel de Tres Leches. Dulce de leche

5655-437: The less strong fortified white wines, such as Pedro Ximénez sherry and Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise , are regarded as honorary dessert wines. In the United States, by contrast, a dessert wine is legally defined as any wine over 14% alcohol by volume , which includes all fortified wines - and is taxed at higher rates as a result. Examples include Sauternes and Tokaji Aszú . Throughout much of central and western Africa, there

5742-528: The massive urbanization in recent decades that has opened opportunities in food service sectors. This took place in the country's rapidly expanding urban agglomerations, especially in Greater Jakarta , Bandung , and Surabaya . Singapore has a large number of hawker centres which evolved from the traditional commerce of street food and was incorporated into UNESCO 's List of Intangible Cultural Heritage on 16 December 2020. Street food vending

5829-480: The meat of turkey , rabbit , gopher , frog and fish to fruits , eggs and maize flowers), as well as insects and stews. Spanish colonization brought European food stocks like wheat , sugarcane and livestock to Peru , but most commoners continued to primarily eat their traditional diets. Imports were only accepted at the margins of their diet, for example, grilled beef hearts sold by street vendors. Some of Lima 's 19th-century street vendors such as "Erasmo,

5916-416: The menus. The desserte was the last cooked course of the meal, but the boute-hors was the true final course of the meal. In the later printed book Petit traicté auquel verrez la maniere de faire cuisine (c. 1536), more widely known from the edition titled Livre fort excellent de cuisine (1542), the menus at the end of the book present the meal in four stages : the entree de table (entrance to

6003-399: The mid-18th century, ices and petits fours . On lean days out of Lent, the dishes in the dessert stage of the meal were the same as those served on meat days. In Lent, though, eggs were never served at any meal, and only dishes that did not include eggs were appropriate for the dessert stage. Despite the significance of dessert in the structured meals of the time, the dessert course

6090-421: The older 'ice potong' type, which is a rectangular prism of ice cream mounted on a wooden stick. Many customers complained that the ice potong would easily melt and fall off the stick, leading to the introduction of the wafers for better grip. Vendors are commonly found along Orchard Road and Chinatown and outside schools. A colloquial term for it is " pia ice cream", which translates to "biscuit ice cream" in

6177-558: The other hand, clafoutis is a dessert in which batter is poured over a fruit-based filling before being baked. Tong sui, literally translated as "sugar water" and also known as tim tong, is a collective term for any sweet, warm soup or custard served as a dessert at the end of a meal in Cantonese cuisine . Tong sui are a Cantonese specialty and are rarely found in other regional cuisines of China . Outside of Cantonese-speaking communities, soupy desserts generally are not recognized as

6264-451: The other hand, custards are thickened using only eggs and are usually more firm. Biscuits or cookies are small disks of sweetened dough, similar in composition to a cake. The term " biscuit " is a derivation of Latin for twice-baked , while the term " cookie " is a Dutch diminutive for koek , meaning cake. Some examples of this dessert include a ginger nut , shortbread biscuit and chocolate chip cookie . In Commonwealth English ,

6351-496: The poor, though wealthy residents would send servants to buy street food and bring it back for them to eat at home. Street food continues to play a major role in Chinese cuisine with regional street food generating a strong interest in culinary tourism among both domestic and international travellers. Because of the Chinese diaspora , Chinese street food has had a major influence on other cuisines across Asia and even introduced

6438-473: The preparation methods, play a major part in the consistency, texture, and flavor of the end product. Sugars contribute moisture and tenderness to baked goods. Flour or starch components serves as a protein and gives the dessert structure. Fats contribute moisture and can enable the development of flaky layers in pastries and pie crusts. The dairy products in baked goods keep the desserts moist. Many desserts also contain eggs, in order to form custard or to aid in

6525-443: The rising and thickening of a cake-like substance. Egg yolks specifically contribute to the richness of desserts. Egg whites can act as a leavening agent or provide structure. Further innovation in the healthy eating movement has led to more information being available about vegan and gluten-free substitutes for the standard ingredients, as well as replacements for refined sugar. Desserts can contain many spices and extracts to add

6612-459: The socioeconomic importance of street food and its associated risks. These risks include food safety , sanitation , illegal use of public or private areas, social problems , and traffic congestion . In ancient Greece , small fried fish was a street food; however, the Greek philosopher Theophrastus held the custom of street food in low regard. Evidence of a large number of street food vendors

6699-402: The street food market include the cultural implications of eating while walking down the street. In some cultures, this is considered to be rude, such as Japanese or Swahili cultures . Despite not being allowed for adults, it is culturally acceptable for children to do. In India, Henrike Donner wrote about a "marked distinction between food that could be eaten outside, especially by women," and

6786-700: The street food of India. Falafel is a popular dish in the Middle East . Vendors sell it on street corners in Israel, Egypt, and Syria. Another food sold commonly on the street in Egypt is ful , a slow-cooked fava bean dish. In Denmark , sausage wagons allow passers-by to purchase sausages and hot dogs . In Jamaica a traditional dish is Jamaican jerk chicken . The original marinade calls for ingredients such as Scotch bonnet peppers, allspice berries and sometimes wood from laurel trees. Mexican street food

6873-407: The table", and it referred to the final course of the meal, presented after the table was "cleared" ( deservi ). One of the earliest uses of the term in a culinary context is in the Ménagier de Paris (1393), which includes a course of " desserte " in three of the menus, one of which includes sweet pastries and fruits, another of which includes savory frumenty and venison. In later centuries,

6960-419: The table), potaiges (foods boiled or simmered "in pots"), services de rost (meat or fowl "roasted" in dry heat), and issue de table (departure from the table). The issue de table includes fruit, nuts, pastries, jellies, cheese, and cream. The menus do not mention "dessert". Between the mid-16th and mid-17th century, the stages of the meal underwent several significant changes. Notably, potage became

7047-601: The term "biscuit" refers to this type of dessert in general, with "cookie" reserved for a specific type of drop cookie ; in North America , the term "cookie" typically refers to all forms of this dessert, with "biscuit" more commonly referring to a type of bread . Other small cakes and pastries can also be counted as under these terms, due to their size and relative similarity to cookies and biscuits, such as jaffa cakes and Eccles cakes . Confection , also called candy , sweets or lollies, features sugar or honey as

7134-542: The term continued to refer to the last course of the meal. In the late 19th century, the word "desserts" also came to refer to the dishes served in the dessert course. The word "dessert" is most commonly used for this course in Australia , Canada , Ireland , New Zealand , and the United States , while it is one of several synonyms, including " pudding ", " sweet " and " afters ", in the United Kingdom and some other Commonwealth countries. Sweets were fed to

7221-467: The world there is no tradition of a dessert course to conclude a meal. Historically, the dessert course consisted entirely of foods "from the storeroom" ( de l’office ), including fresh, stewed, preserved, and dried fruits; nuts; cheese and other dairy dishes; dry biscuits (cookies) and wafers ; and ices and ice creams . Sweet dishes from the kitchen, such as freshly prepared pastries, meringues , custards , puddings , and baked fruits, were served in

7308-530: The world. According to a 2007 study from the Food and Agriculture Organization , 2.5 billion people eat street food every day. While some cultures consider it to be rude to walk on the street while eating, a majority of middle- to high-income consumers rely on the quick access and cheap service of street food for daily nutrition and job opportunities, especially in developing countries. Today's governments and other organizations are increasingly concerned with both

7395-737: Was discovered during the excavation of Pompeii . Street food was widely consumed by poor urban residents of ancient Rome whose tenement houses did not have ovens or hearths. Chickpea soup with bread and grain paste were common meals. A travelling Florentine reported in the late 14th century noted that in Cairo , people brought picnic cloths made of rawhide to spread on the streets and sit on while they ate their meals of lamb kebabs, rice, and fritters they purchased from street vendors. In Renaissance Turkey , many crossroads had vendors selling "fragrant bites of hot meat," including chicken and lamb that had been spit-roasted. In 1502, Ottoman Turkey became

7482-400: Was often not included on the menus or bills of fare of the 17th and 18th centuries. In the late 19th century, the word dessert, which properly referred to the last stage of the meal, came to refer also to the dishes that were served in that stage. In the 20th century, cheeses came to be served in their own course just before the dessert course. Also in the 20th century, sweet dishes from

7569-493: Was published in 1381; The earliest documentation of the term cupcake was in "Seventy-five Receipts for Pastry, Cakes, and Sweetmeats" in 1828 in Eliza Leslie 's Receipts cookbook . The Industrial Revolution in Europe and later America led to the mass-production of foodstuffs, including desserts, that could be processed, preserved, canned, and packaged. Frozen foods, including desserts, became very popular starting in

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