Indeed, I encountered this version in New York City in the 1990s, where my Jewish partner’s older…

… the item “charely roose” or “charlotte roosh”), who made it at home or bought it at a pastry shop, where it was set on a frilled cardboard holder whose center would be pushed up as to reveal more cake as the whipped cream was consumed.”
 — -Encyclopedia of American Food and Drink, John F. Mariani., Lebhar-Friedman: New York (1999)
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Feb 12, 2021
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Indeed, I encountered this version in New York City in the 1990s, where my Jewish partner’s older friends and family were quite fond of it.
He and they pronounced it roosh, which I always found odd given their Polish/Yiddish roots. I would have expected a pronunciation more like roosse. There must be an interesting linguistics story in there somewhere.
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