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   Message 3,605 of 4,347   
   Denis Mosko to Ardith Hinton   
   Tea time   
   03 Mar 21 15:05:24   
   
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    AI>> Marshmallows are a confection made with (mostly) sugar, water and   
    AI>> gelatin.   
    AI>> They make a nice treat but I wouldn't eat too many of them. ;)   
    AH>            Agreed.  I eat perhaps one or two a year, unless called upon   
    AH> to make an ambrosia salad... which the local deli will gladly provide if   
    AH> they don't run out of it before I get there.  We use the full-sized   
    AH> version only when we're on a camping trip & our daughter insists on   
    AH> 'smores cooked over the fire....  :-))   
   "Deli" - Delivery service?   
      
    DM>> ;() Russian make a nice threat mostly with water and gelatin.   
    AH>            Alan said "treat"... not "threat".  These are different words,   
    AH> which have different meanings & are also pronounced differently.   
   Treat - Russian "sud" or what?   
      
    DM>> But they make it on last step with a bit little sugars ("pudra") on top   
    DM>> (from/by opening hand with "pudra").   
    AH>            I'm curious about the meaning of this word in Russian because   
    AH> of its similarity to "powder" in English & to "poudre" in French.   
   Thank for Powder!   
      
      
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