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Chris' Corner of Culinary Delights - Episode 5.5: Smurf

7/8/2013

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I did not eat a real Smurf.  I'm in Italy, busy amassing new culinary adventures for future posts, but meanwhile thought the following was worth a mini-post.  Everyone knows that Italy is famous for its gelato, and the variety of heaping flavors offered at some stands is mind boggling.  However, one in particular caught my attention:
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To me, one of the more interesting things about this is that the word Smurf can evidently be translated into Italian.  I always assumed that the word Smurf was used universally, but today I stand corrected.  I was shocked that other cultures wouldn't also simply use 'Smurf', so of course, I Wikipedia'd the matter.  It turns out that Smurfs actually originated as a Belgian comic called Les Schtroumpfs.  Somehow, the Americans got Smurf out of that mouth full.  This is one of the many things I learned in Florence.  Our round-the-world trip was becoming more culturally enriching by the minute.

Of course, the Puffo gelato needed to be sampled.  I had prepared myself for something along the lines of bubblegum or cotton candy.  In reality, the taste was much more pleasing - like a vanilla / sweet cream combo.  In short, it was Puffo-lizioso!  Or maybe I should use their mother tongue - Schrtoumpf-icieux!  Ok, let's just stick with English - Smurfing awesome.
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Dad Barbier
7/8/2013 07:00:32 am

Vintage Chris. Perfecto!! ;-)

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Chris
7/11/2013 12:59:13 am

Haha, grazie.

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laborers132 link
10/16/2013 05:57:40 pm

nice one.

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