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''tutti i frutti'', "all fruits"; also hyphenated tutti-frutti) is a colorful

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containing various chopped and usually

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s, or an artificial or natural

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simulating the combined flavour of many different fruits and vanilla, specially the pollica variant. It is most notable in Western countries outside of

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in the form of

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. Fruits used for tutti frutti ice cream include

cherries A cherry is the fruit of many plants of the genus ''Prunus'', and is a fleshy drupe (stone fruit). Commercial cherries are obtained from cultivars of several species, such as the sweet ''Prunus avium'' and the sour ''Prunus cerasus''. The nam ...

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s, and

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, often augmented with nuts. In the

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, tutti-frutti (also "tutti frutti", "tuttifrutti") is a

compote Compote or compôte (French for ''mixture'') is a dessert originating from medieval Europe, made of whole or pieces of fruit in sugar syrup. Whole fruits are cooked in water with sugar and spices. The syrup may be seasoned with vanilla, lemon o ...

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s, served as a

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or a

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, tutti-frutti is often seen as a

. Typically, it contains a combination of

raisins A raisin is a dried grape. Raisins are produced in many regions of the world and may be eaten raw or used in cooking, baking, and brewing. In the United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand, and Australia, the word ''raisin'' is reserved for the da ...

, currants,

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prune A prune is a dried plum, most commonly from the European plum (''Prunus domestica''). Not all plum species or varieties can be dried into prunes. A prune is the firm-fleshed fruit (plum) of ''Prunus domestica'' varieties that have a high solu ...

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, and

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. In the

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, tutti frutti can also refer to fruits soaked in

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or other spirits, or even to fruit

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in a liquid containing

sugar Sugar is the generic name for sweet-tasting, soluble carbohydrates, many of which are used in food. Simple sugars, also called monosaccharides, include glucose, fructose, and galactose. Compound sugars, also called disaccharides or double ...

and

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. In

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, tutti fruitty refers to fruit salad, mainly pre-packaged, canned fruit salad from the supermarket.

History

Tutti frutti ice cream has been served for at least 160 years, as it appeared on the bill of fare for an 1860 dinner in England. Recipes for tutti frutti ice cream were found in cookbooks of the late 19th century. A tutti frutti ice cream recipe was included in the 1874 cookbook ''Common Sense in the Household: A Manual of Practical Housewifery'' This recipe calls for actual tutti frutti and is not fancifully named. In the 1883 cookbook ''The Chicago Herald Cooking School'' there is also a tutti frutti ice cream recipe. In 1888, one of the first gum flavors to be sold in a vending machine, created by the Adams New York Gum Company, was tutti frutti. Many restaurant menus circa 1900 in the collection of the

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also list this variety of ice cream. At least one early-20th-century American cookbook contains a suggestion that tutti frutti ice cream was popular in the United States. ''The Italian Cookbook'' contains a recipe for Tutti Frutti Ice and says, "This is not the tutti frutti ice cream as is known in America". A 1928 cookbook, ''Seven Hundred Sandwiches'' by

Florence A. Cowles Florence Abigail Cowles (April 7, 1878 - August 22, 1958) was an American journalist and cookbook author. She worked on the editorial staff of Cleveland's daily newspaper, ''The Plain Dealer'', from 1917 until her retirement in 1944. Her 1928 publi ...

(published in Boston), includes a recipe for a "Tutti Frutti Sandwich" with a spread made of whipped cream, dates, raisins, figs, walnuts, and sugar.

References

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