question from chapters 1-4

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From: flying_ford_anglia
Subject: Re: question from chapters 1-4
Reply To: [Yahoo! #1620] question from chapters 1-4
Date: 6/3/00 3:44 am  (ET)

A Knickerbocker Glory is a really massive ice-cream dessert, consisting
mostly of fruit, ice-cream and whipped cream, piled really high, with
a cherry on the top. Not useful as part of a calorie-controlled diet!

It comes in a certain type of tall glass (at least 12 inches high) which
splays out at the top, and you sometimes get a really long spoon to eat
it with.

I assume that the glass looks like the leg of a pair of Victorian
knickerbockers (the origin of the word 'knickers', BTW) - hence the name,
but that's a guess.

When I was a kid, this would be the ultimate dessert to have in any cheap
restaurant. To Harry, therefore, it would seem like the height of luxury!

Neil