I think it was you, Fredo

I was looking at a dessert menu tonight, and I saw something called a 'semifredo'. What the heck could that be? The only Fredo I know was from The Godfather 2. Assuming that is what they meant then the full Fredo would be to have Al Pacino kiss you on the mouth, be taken out in a boat, and then shot in the head. So a semifredo must be to have someone kiss you on the cheek, take you out in the back of the restaurant, and then smack you around a bit.

Turns out that a semifredo is actually a mousse cake. I ordered it, and while it was very tasty I was concerned about the presentation. This was a fairly swanky place so most of the other desserts had sauces artfully placed on the plates using a variety of techniques. One place had the sauces in a swirl pattern. I believe this is 'drizzled'. Another had little patches of the sauce. I have heard this is called 'spotted'. My semifredo had a smear of sauce that looks like it was created by dipping two fingers in chocolate and then dragging them across the place.

For lack of a better name. I called this 'skid marking'.