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Sherbet (Soda powder; Etymology: Turkish & Persian; Turkish şerbet, from . Sherbet "şerbet" in Turkey is a traditional cold drink prepared with rose hips, cornelian cherries, rose or licorice and a variety of spices. It is believed that sherbet has healing effects. In the gardens of Ottoman Palace, spices and fruits to be used in sherbet were grown up under the control of pharmacists and doctors of the Palace. Sherbet is still served following circumcision ceremonies or a childbirth to increase lactation of the mother. Sherbet in the United Kingdom is a kind of fizzy powder made from Bicarbonate Of Soda , Tartaric Acid , Sugar etc and usually Cream Soda or Fruit flavoured. The acid-carbonate reaction occurs upon presence of moisture (juice/saliva). It used to be stirred into various beverages to make effervescing drinks, in a similar way to making Lemonade from ''lemonade powders''. Today, people usually buy Carbonated drinks rather than making them at home. Sherbet is now used to mean this powder sold as a sweet. In the United States, it would be somewhat comparable to the powder in Pixy Stix or Lik-M-Aid / Fun Dip , though having the fizzy quality of Pop Rocks effervescing candy. DELIVERY METHODS Sherbet has a dual role in the modern sweet world, acting in both solo form and as a decorative agent on other sweets. The most common occurrences are detailed below, but this list is not exhaustive. Dimensions of sherbet include granularity, color, zing (acidity) and flavouring (normally a citrus fruit). Sherbet Lemon The Sherbet Lemon is a lemon-flavoured boiled sweet that has a sherbet centre. It is a popular sweet in the UK and other countries. In the Harry Potter books, they feature several times as Dumbledore 's favourite sweet. Paired with liquorice Sherbet is often sold in a cardboard tube with a straw made from Liquorice as a sherbet fountain. The powder is supposed to be sucked up the straw into the mouth, where it fizzes and dissolves on the tongue. However, this rarely works so people tend to tip the sherbet into their mouths and eat the liquorice separately. When paired with liquorice, sherbet is typically left unflavoured in a white form and with a higher reactive agent so that it causes a fizzy foam to develop in the mouth. Fruit flavoured with lollipop Sherbet dips or '''Sherbert Dabs''' are also popular. They consist of a small packet of sherbet, sometimes called a 'Dip Dab' (or 'Dib Dab') with a lollipop sealed into the bag. Once the lollipop has been licked, it can be dipped into the sherbet and then sucked clean, alternatively it can simply be used to shovel the sherbet into the mouth. It has been known for some 'Dip Dab' packets to contain two lollies; this has led some to postulate the existence of a hypothetical "no-lollies" packet. Another popular type of sherbet dip is the 'Double Dipper' where the packet is divided into three or four sections; one contains an edible stick which can be licked and then dipped into the other sections, each of which contains a different flavour of sherbet (for example strawberry, orange, cola). Sherbet straws Plastic straws filled purely with fruit flavoured sherbet. The most common lengths are 10cm and 50cm. The price of these straws range from 1p to £2.00 in the UK depending on size, make and flavour. Normally found in Newsagents . Flying Saucers Small dimpled discs made from edible colored paper ( Rice Paper ), typically filled with white unflavoured sherbet (the same form as in Sherbet Fountains) Decorator functions Sherbet is incorporated into other sweets. For example it is used to give gum based sweets an interesting surface texture and zing (cola bottles, '''fruit strips'''). SLANG Sherbet has been used in parts of both the UK and Australia as Slang for an Alcohol ic drink, especially Beer . This use is noted in a slang dictionary as early as 1890, and still appears in list of slang terms written today (especially lists of Australian slang). "We're heading to the pub for a few sherbets." - … pints of beer." In the UK "Showbiz Sherbet" sometimes refers to Cocaine , which is also consumed as a powder. In the 1990s, "sherbet dab" began to be used as Cockney Rhyming Slang for a " Taxi Cab ". Its use in this sense is restricted to London dialects, for instance "It's raining, let's get a sherbet"; meaning "It's raining, lets take a taxi cab". POPULAR CULTURE In the first Austin Powers movie, the main character hypnotizes a guard (played by Christian Slater ) and orders him to get some orange sherbet. In early episodes of BBC comedy The Goodies , Bill Oddie 's character uses lemon sherbet as a recreational drug. Under the influence of sherbet Bill sees visions, often a combination of swirling shapes, celebrities of the day like Tony Blackburn , and clues to help solve the Goodies' problem that week. In an episode of Life On Mars , Gene Hunt and Sam Tyler (played by actors Philip Glenister and John Simm , respectively) are on stakeout. While Sam is running though the case and watching the suspect carefully his superior, Gene, is busy eating a Sherbet Fountain. One of the many difficulties with this particular brand of sweet is demonstrated wonderfully, as Gene gets sherbet all over his top lip. SEE ALSO
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