小天的週記

前幾天看到「誰來晚餐」有一集介紹英國家庭跟畢書盡用餐的節目:

【公視 誰來晚餐13-27】英國Andrew的錦鯉夢 竟孵出一個五口之家：雲林土庫台英家庭｜Guess Who: Englishman Andrew’s Big Koi Dream

節目中，英國爸爸為來賓畢書盡準備英國聖誕節會吃到的食物，

其中一樣是trifle (有人說是傳統英式甜點，也有人直接翻譯成 「查佛蛋糕」)。

據我了解，trifle的做法，各家不同。

不過通常會有幾樣東西，有些人會用果凍作為基底，

然後在果凍製造過程，放進一些會吸水的餅乾或麵包(sponge fingers)或蛋糕。

也有人會放入雪莉酒。

我是沒喝過雪莉酒，所以無法評論好喝不好喝。

但是如果我自己做trifle，鐵定不會放入雪莉酒，因為我實在不喜歡酒的味道。

我上網找到一個美國部落客分享的trifle的食譜，雖然這美國部落客是在英國出生，但她2歲就去美國了。

https://amandascookin.com/traditional-english-trifle/

我英國朋友看了她的食譜，然後他是這麼說的:

"I think there are lots of recipes for trifle. [...]

I don't quite remember what used to be in the bottom layer of the trifle we used to have.

I still seem to remember that it was digestive biscuits, maybe that had been soaked in fruit juice.

As you can see, Amanda adds sherry in her recipe, but you don't need to do that.

It's interesting that she mentions Bird's custard powder, which is what we always have at home.

Lots of puddings go with custard, including Christmas pudding, steam syrup pudding, and crumble.

We always had Bird's custard. You have to heat milk in a saucepan and stir the powder in.

You can get instant custard that you add hot water to, but it doesn't taste as good."

然後他又接著說:

"The word 'trifle' can be used to mean anything small or insignificant, something frivolous,

a small piece of entertainment or music, a small joke or piece of comedy, etc.

It can also be used to mean 'a small amount', as in, 'It cost a trifle over 5 pounds.'

The name of the dessert comes from this meaning, I suppose because it's a fun or not serious dessert."

英國人有時候創造新的詞的方式真的很有創意。

Trifle雖然是來自一個泛指不重要的事情的單字，但trifle很好吃啊! 

而且看完我英國朋友的描述，我真想請家人幫我從蝦皮下單購買Bird's custard powder，然後自己煮卡士達醬。

超愛卡士達醬的啦!