The Ambrosial Illuminati

[Sallie Lemons]

I noticed this too! Hmmm.

Mark_Mandel at DRAGONSYS.COM wrote:

> On Wed, 5 Apr 2000 at 03:11:52 EDT,
> the indefatigable and culino-verbal Barry Popik posted to this list:
>
> >>>
>      A few items from HARPER'S BAZA(A)R.
>
>           [...]
>
> AMBROSIA--Mariani states: "A dessert made from fruits, sugar and grated
> coconut, most popular in the South (1932)."  DARE gives this 1932 date.  From
> HARPER'S BAZAR, 13 September 1879, pg. 591, col. 4:
>      [recipe deleted]
> <<<
>
> On Wed, 5 Apr 2000 at 05:00:00 EDT,
>
> MW-WOD at LISTSERV.WEBSTER.M-W.COM posted to the Word of the Day subscription list:
>
> >>>
> The Word of the Day for April 6 is:
>
> ambrosia   \am-BRO-zhuh\   (noun)
>      1 a : the food of the Greek and Roman gods  b : the ointment
> or perfume of the gods
>     *2 : something extremely pleasing to taste or smell
>      3 : a dessert made of oranges and shredded coconut
> <<<
>
> Coincidence? Conspiracy? YOU decide.
>
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