syllabub

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syllabub   \SILL-uh-bub\   noun
          : milk or cream that is curdled with an acid beverage (as wine=
 or cider) and often sweetened and served as a drink or topping or thick=
ened with gelatin and served as a dessert

Example sentence:
          On special occasions, grandma would serve syllabub for dessert=
.

Did you know?
          Syllabub's a concoction whose name has had almost as many vari=
ations as there are versions of how to make it: "solybubbe," "sullabub,"=
 "sullibib," "sellibub," "sallibube," "sillie bube," "sillybob" -- even =
"sillibucke" and "silly-bauk" in some dialects. There are theories about=
 the word=E2=80=99s origins, but no one knows for sure where the name ca=
me from. (There's no connection to "silly," as far as we know, though im=
bibing it might make one act that way.) We do know that both the name "s=
yllabub" and the concoction itself go back to at least the 16th century.=
 Today, we're more likely to encounter "syllabub" in a historical novel =
than on the menu at a local drinking spot, at least in the United States=
, but those fortunate enough to taste the drink/dessert often give it ra=
ve reviews.





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