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Trifle is a layered dessert of English origin. The usual ingredients are a thin layer of sponge fingers or sponge cake soaked in sherry or another fortified wine, a fruit element (fresh or jelly), custard and whipped cream layered in that ascending order in a glass dish. [1]
Trifles is a one-act play by Susan Glaspell.It was first performed by the Provincetown Players at the Wharf Theatre in Provincetown, Massachusetts, on August 8, 1916.In the original performance, Glaspell played the role of Mrs. Hale.
Trifle is a layered dessert. Trifle(s) may also refer to: Trifle (metal), a grade of pewter 84 parts of tin, 7 of antimony, and 4 parts of copper; Trifle (trimaran) trimaran sailboat designed by Derek Kelsall and produced in 1966; Trifles (play), one-act play by Susan Glaspell
So, you could get out the trifle dish, pie pan, or springform pan, but when you want to impress without making a huge mess or spending too much time in the kitchen, reach for your 9x9 pan instead ...
Whip the cream in a large bowl until soft peaks form. In a separate bowl, beat the mascarpone and fold it into the cream. Add the orange zest and juice and vanilla extract or paste and sift in the ...
n. A trifle; an unsubstantial thing. n. A short piece of literature or of instrumental music, typically light or playful in character.; n. A game similar to billiards played on an oblong table with pockets or arches at one end only.
John Wilmot, the most infamous of the Restoration rakes. The defining period of the rake was at the court of Charles II in the late seventeenth century. Dubbed the "Merry Gang" by poet Andrew Marvell, their members included King Charles himself, George Villiers, John Wilmot, Charles Sedley, Charles Sackville, and playwrights William Wycherley and George Etherege. [5]
The name trifle was also originally applied to the dish, with the two names being used, for a time, interchangeably. [4] In the late 16th century, a trifle was 'a dish composed of cream boiled with various ingredients'. Davidson suggests that this is 'also the description one could give of a fool'.