A pretzel shaped sweet pastry made for the celebration of birthdays. It is made with a sort of sweet puff pastry and filled with a mixture of crushed macaroons or almonds, butter and sugar. It is traditionally served with hot chocolate made with whipped cream.

A country inn or restaurant.

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Melon baller. A kitchen implement with a wooden handle with a small sharp edged bowl at one end. This is used to scoop ball shapes from, particularly, melons but can also be used for other similarly textured foods such as cucumber. Larger ones are used for ice cream.