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lit. "entrance"; in French, the first dish that starts a meal, i.e. the entrance to the meal. It can refer to a set of bites or small snacks, or a small dish served before a main course. The main dish or "plat de résistance" comes after the entrée. In American English, the meaning has migrated to "main dish".
Pot-au-feu (/ ˌ p ɒ t oʊ ˈ f ɜːr /, [1] French: [pɔt‿o fø] ⓘ; lit. ' pot on the fire ') is a French dish of slowly boiled meat and vegetables, usually served as two courses: first the broth (bouillon) and then the meat (bouilli) and vegetables. The dish is familiar throughout France and has many regional variations.
The abbreviation is not always a short form of the word used in the clue. For example: "Knight" for N (the symbol used in chess notation) Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE.
Hors d'œuvre in French literally means 'outside the work', that is "not part of the ordinary set of courses in a meal". In practice, it is a dish which stands on its own as a snack or supports the main course. [1] [6] The French spelling is the same for singular and plural usage.
Note that the word in French has retained the general meaning: e.g. château in French means "castle" and chef means "chief". In fact, loanwords from French generally have a more restricted or specialised meaning than in the original language, e.g. legume (in Fr. légume means "vegetable"), gateau (in Fr. gâteau means "cake").
Étouffée or etouffee (French:, English: / ˌ eɪ t uː ˈ f eɪ / AY-too-FAY) is a dish found in both Cajun and Creole cuisine typically served with shellfish over rice.The dish employs a technique known as smothering, a popular method of cooking in the Cajun and Creole areas of south Louisiana. Étouffée is most popular in New Orleans and in the Acadiana region as well as the coastal ...
Beef bourguignon cooked in a Dutch oven. Beef bourguignon (US: / ˌ b ʊər ɡ iː n ˈ j ɒ̃ /) or bœuf bourguignon (UK: / ˌ b ɜː f ˈ b ɔːr ɡ ɪ n. j ɒ̃ /; [1] French: [bœf buʁɡiɲɔ̃]), also called beef Burgundy, and bœuf à la Bourguignonne, [2] is a French beef stew braised in red wine, often red Burgundy, and beef stock, typically flavored with carrots, onions, garlic, and ...
Pottage or potage (/ p ɒ ˈ-, p ə ˈ-/, French: ⓘ; from Old French pottage 'food cooked in a pot') is a term for a thick soup or stew made by boiling vegetables, grains, and, if available, meat or fish. [a] It was a staple food for many centuries.