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layered dessert so confident its name literally means perfect in French
means A layered dessert, either the French style of frozen flavored custard or the American version of cream, fruit, and granola stacked in a tall glass.
from Straight from French parfait, meaning 'perfect,' which descends from Latin perfectus — perficere, 'to complete or finish thoroughly' (per-, 'through,' plus facere, 'to make'). The French applied this glowing adjective to a frozen dessert in the 19th century; the layered American glass version came later and borrowed the flattering name.
- origin
- Invented in France in 1894 as frozen custard
- name meaning
- French word for perfect
- two schools
- French is frozen, American is layered cold
- glass matters
- Tall parfait glass exists solely for the show
- breakfast alibi
- Yogurt version sells dessert as health food
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