why is the fool dessert called fool?

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why is the fool dessert called fool?

I think this might be an elizabethan dessert, or might even predate elizabethan.

2007-02-03 23:26:30 · 3 answers · asked by becssecretgarden 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Ethnic Cuisine

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In the dessert fruit fool, the word fool comes from the French 'fouler' meaning puree or mash.

2007-02-03 23:38:15 · answer #1 · answered by Florence-Anna 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋

Fool as the name of a kind of custard dish, originates from 1598 (also called trifle, which may be the source of the name). To trifle with or fool around have the same meaning.

2007-02-04 00:34:58 · answer #2 · answered by BARROWMAN 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋

because only a fool would try to cross it?

just a guess, but it sounds reasonable to me

do some research on google...

2007-02-03 23:38:52 · answer #3 · answered by Big Bad Ben 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋