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the dessert that wobbles like it knows something you don't
means A baked or steamed custard dessert, typically set with a soft caramel layer, that's unmolded so it stands and quivers on the plate.
from From French 'flan', which came from Old French 'flaon' and back to Late Latin 'flado' — a flat cake or pancake — and the same Germanic root for 'flat' that gives us words about flatness. So the wobbling king of custards is, etymologically, just a humble flat cake that learned to jiggle.
- roman origins
- Ancient Romans baked egg custards over 2000 years ago
- world record
- Mexico made a flan weighing over 1700 pounds
- caramel chemistry
- Sugar hits 340°F before becoming that golden top
- name root
- From Old French flaon, meaning flat cake
- global aliases
- Called crème caramel, leche flan, or purin worldwide
for instance
leche flan — filipino custard dessert made with condensed milk, ubiquitous at celebrations in the philippines