A pièce montée (pronounced [pjɛs mɔ̃te]; from French, literally "assembled piece" or "mounted piece", plural pièces montées) is a kind of decorative confectionery centerpiece in an architectural or sculptural form used for formal banquets and made of such ingredients as confectioner’s paste, nougat, marzipan, and spun sugar. Although the ingredients are typically edible, their purpose is purely decorative, and they are often not really meant to be consumed. They are associated with classical French chefs, such as Carême. Carême had studied architecture and is credited with saying, referring to pièces montées, that architecture was the most noble of the arts and that pastry was the highest form of architecture.
The term pièce montée is sometimes used to refer to the dessert also known as croquembouche, an assemblage of cream puffs (or occasionally other kinds of candy or pastry) stuck together with caramel or spun sugar into a tall, usually conical shape. Unlike the type of pièce montée described above, it is meant to be eaten. It is traditionally served at parties celebrating weddings and baptisms in France.
(b. walker, j. harte, d. child)
Dudes get on your duds.
We're shootin' down the sun.
This will be the night,
The boys are gonna run.
Buckle up your booties.
Cus' we are gonna ride.
Nothin' gonna shake and nothin' gonna break our stride.
We got our pride at stake.
No matter what it takes,
Ain't nobody tough enough to turn this tide.
Hey! are you ready?
We'll rock this night like thunder.
Cus' it's the boys nite out.
Just hold on steady,
This town is going under,
Cus' it's the boys nite, the boys nite out.
Dudes put up your dukes.
Heads are gonna roll.
I'm tickin' like a bomb,
Ready to explode.
We're takin' on the city.
We're gonna burn it to the ground.
Tearin' up the street,
Turnin' up the heat.
Ain't nobody bad enough to bring us down.
Hey! are you ready?
We'll rock this night like thunder.
Cus' it's the boys nite out.
Just hold on steady.
This town is going under.