august 21st is national spumoni day

Posted on August 15th, 2008 in news, desserts

next thursday is national spumoni day! some of you might be like, what the hell is spumoni? so i will tell you.

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spumoni is layered ice cream, similiar to a neopolitan, containing different flavors and colors, nuts, and candied fruits. the flavors are generally pistachio, chocolate, vanilla and cherry (and sometimes other things too…) the fruit layer contains pieces of cherries. spumoni apparently originated in naples, italy, however it is not often eaten in italy today. it’s popular in other places around the world with large italian populations. spumoni also comes in a tub in the freezer section at your local mega-mart, but somehow i feel that it is not how people in naples intended for it to be…

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dino spumoni says: go out and eat spumoni on national spumoni day.

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