Tutti frutti facts for kids
A cone of tutti frutti ice cream (England, 2019)
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Tutti frutti is a fun name that comes from Italian. It means "all fruits"! It's a colorful sweet treat. It often has tiny pieces of different fruits. These fruits are usually candied, which means they've been sweetened. Sometimes, it's a special flavoring that tastes like many fruits mixed together, plus vanilla. You might know tutti frutti best as an ice cream flavor.
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What is Tutti Frutti?
Tutti frutti means "all fruits" in Italian. It's a colorful type of candy or flavor. It usually contains small pieces of different fruits. These fruits are often candied, meaning they are preserved in sugar. Sometimes, it's a special flavor. This flavor tastes like many different fruits mixed together. It often has a hint of vanilla too.
Where Can You Find It?
Outside of Italy, you'll most often find tutti frutti as an ice cream flavor. This ice cream is famous for its bright colors. It has pieces of fruits like cherries, watermelon, raisins, and pineapple. Sometimes, nuts are added too.
Tutti Frutti Around the World
In the Netherlands, tutti-frutti is a dish made from dried fruits. It's often served as a dessert or a side dish with meat. In Belgium, tutti-frutti is also a popular dessert. It usually has a mix of raisins, currants, apricots, prunes, dates, and figs.
In the United States, tutti frutti can also mean fruits soaked in brandy or other spirits. It can even refer to fruit that has been fermented in a liquid with sugar and yeast. In Luxembourg, tutti frutti often means fruit salad. This is usually the pre-packaged kind you buy from a supermarket.
A Bit of History
Tutti frutti ice cream has been around for a long time. People were enjoying it at least 160 years ago! It was listed on a dinner menu in England back in 1860.
Recipes for tutti frutti ice cream appeared in cookbooks in the late 1800s. One recipe was in an 1874 cookbook called Common Sense in the Household. Another was in The Chicago Herald Cooking School cookbook from 1883.
In 1888, one of the first chewing gum flavors sold in a vending machine was tutti frutti. The Adams New York Gum Company created it. Many restaurant menus from around 1900 also listed this ice cream flavor. This shows how popular it was.
An early 1900s American cookbook mentioned tutti frutti ice cream. It said, "This is not the tutti frutti ice cream as is known in America." This suggests it was a well-known flavor in the U.S.
In 1928, a cookbook called Seven Hundred Sandwiches included a recipe for a Tutti Frutti Sandwich. It had a spread made from whipped cream, dates, raisins, figs, walnuts, and sugar.
