Brandy as crêpe Suzette and cherries jubilee while serving. Brandy is traditionally poured over Christmas pudding and set alight. The flames consume most of the alcohol but the pudding is left with a distinctive flavour. The term "brandy" is a shortening of "brandywine", which was derived from the Dutch word "brandewijn", itself derived from "gebrande wijn", which literally means "burned wine". In the general colloquial usage of the term, brandy may also be made from pomace and from fermented fruit other than grapes. If a beverage comes from a particular fruit (or multiple fruits) other than exclusively grapes, or from the
Brandy filmography an estimated 60 million viewers, giving the network its highest ratings in the time period in 16 years, and won an Emmy Award the following year. After backing out of a role in F. Gary Gray's 1996 film "Set It Off", Brandy made her big screen debut in the supporting role of Karla Wilson in the slasher film, "I Still Know What You Did Last Summer". The movie outperformed the original with a total of $16.5 million at its opening weekend, but critical reaction to the film was largely disappointing. Brandy, however, earned positive reviews for her "bouncy" performance, which