Hi, Denis!  Recently you wrote in a message to Ardith Hinton:

 AH>  I eat perhaps one or two a year, unless called upon to
 AH>  make an ambrosia salad... which the local deli will
 AH>  gladly provide if they don't run out of it before I get
 AH>  there.  We use the full-sized version only when we're
 AH>  on a camping trip & our daughter insists on 'smores
 AH>  cooked over the fire....  :-))

 DM>  "Deli" - Delivery service?


          Good guess... especially since, with restrictions placed on where we can go & with whom because of COVID-19, many people are having food delivered. But what I meant was a delicatessen, a specialty shop &/or a corner of a large grocery store which has e.g. cooked meats & pre-prepared salads for sale.  :-)



 DM>  ;() Russian make a nice threat mostly with water and
 DM>  gelatin.

 AH>  Alan said "treat"... not "threat".  These are different
 AH>  words, which have different meanings & are also pronounced
 AH>  differently.

 DM>  Treat - Russian "sud" or what?


          My knowledge of Russian is severely limited, and Uncle Google was of no help there... so I must resort to explaining the idea in English.  A treat, where Alan & I come from, may be a food item a person rarely enjoys because it costs more money than they are willing to pay except on special occasions &/or because it's incompatible with their usual fat/calorie/carbohydrate allowance.

          WRT marshmallows, the original recipe... which included egg whites & marshmallow root... was altered to make them cheaper & easier to produce.  All the examples I've seen consist mainly of sugar, corn starch, and water.  There are other sweets I'd much rather have if I want to go that route... [chuckle].




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