I went on an Alaska cruise last May, and the tradition is to serve Baked Alaska on the last formal night in the dining room. It is quite the sight - all of the cooks and chefs and the waiters parade around the dining room with their Baked Alaska held high (for safety reasons, they use electric candles rather than real flambe). It got really quiet in the dining room after they started serving - as it turned out, they had mixed up salt and sugar cannisters and the meringue was.... interesting. But the ice cream was still yummy!! Love your bantering blog - don't change a thing!

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