I am guessing he did more than segment the fruit itself. or at least I would. I would cut through the flesh leaving all the membrane out.
EDIT
Here is a much simpler and nearly as fancy desert
take 4-6 black mission figs, ripe but not yet squishy.
remove any stems and cut a cross from the top about half way to the flower end.
gently sqeeze the base of the fig and the top will open up like a flower.
mix some marscapone cheese, a little honey and some toasted chopped walnuts. maybe the innards of a vanilla bean and/or a little shot of vanilla extract.
put a tablespoon of cheese mixture in each fig ‘blossom’
drizzle with a little extra honey and a sprinkle of nuts. serve with a snifter of old rasputin or something stronger.
and any leftover cheese mixture can be thinned with whole milk and plopped in the ice cream maker for another treat later.
okay so if READ can mean ‘you should read this’ and ‘i have read this’ and tear can mean ‘a tear rolled down my cheek’ and ‘I have a tear in my jeans’ isn’t it time we did away with that pesky second S and just say that desert can mean a very dry place and a sweet treat after a meal? while we are at it can’t we just say ‘there’? do we really need ‘their’ and ‘they’re’?
Last weekend I visited Eugene, Oregon (my hometown) where there is an amazing Patisserie called Sweet Life. We went there after my little brothers production of “The Grinch”. I returned with my first cupcake sized Creme Brulee of any size for that matter, which I will eat to ward off this afternoon’s nap-attack.
so are you saying I’m unintelligent and crass? I agree. I have just always struggled with certain grammatical and spelling issues and suspect the english language was mashed together from at least three other languages resulting in all sort of inconsistancies. Not to mention I am of the generation that cannot spell a sentence correctly without spell check.
However with the desert dessert issue it’s not even like it follows syntactic rules the initial vowel is pronounced the same regardless d-eh-sert d-eh-ssert. at least where I grew up I supose in some places it’s pronounced d-ee-ssert. but really it is the second vowel that needs to be modified so there should be an extra e at the end of one of those words. either deserte or desserte. or perhaps we need some accent marks in english (which I don’t know how to make on this keyboard)
I agree. I have just always struggled with certain grammatical and spelling issues and suspect the english language was mashed together from at least three other languages resulting in all sort of inconsistancies. Not to mention I am of the generation that cannot spell a sentence correctly without spell check.