Boston is the capital of Massachusetts. It is one of America’s largest cities and is the centre of the New England region. America is a young country of only 220 years or so worth of history and this area is one of the oldest and is proud of it’s English colonial heritage.
The cobblestone roads and brick buildings are beautiful. It’s sister city in Japan is Kyoto ? perhaps linked by their age.
My younger brother who was working in traditional arts in Kyoto saw Boston and was in rapture. “Boston is amazing! Amazing! Is this the place Boston bags came from!?” and he was right, this is the birth place of that hand-held travel bag. However that word is ‘Japanese-English’ and most Americans haven’t heard of it, it’s not even in the dictionary!
I am not sure why it was named that?! There is another item from Boston that is cloaked in mystery and that is the Boston cream pie.
First of all you bake a basic moist cake. This is called a ‘pie’ or ‘pie shell’ depending on the person. This is where is all starts from.
Next, make a custard cream and sandwich the cream between two layers of pie. Here is the important part. Gently melt some top-quality chocolate and smooth it over the cake. It is important that there isn’t even a drop of water on the pan or the knife as the chocolate will lose its luster and shape.
The Boston Cream Pie doesn’t use any special Bostonian ingredients nor does it resemble anything from Boston! It’s just a speculation but I think a long time ago someone from Boston made this dessert and it was a hit, it probably just used to be a plain pie shell.
It is one of those sweets whose name and shape history has confused. But who cares!? The Boston Cream Pie is delicious. I hope you have a chance to try one!
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