"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:05:11 -0400, Goomba >
> wrote:
>
>>sf wrote:
>>> On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:47:59 -0400, "cybercat" >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Anybody make this at home? I have googled up some recipes, and they all
>>>> vary
>>>> a bit from what I recall having at this Houston restaurant many years
>>>> ago.
>>>>
>>>> It was scallops and oysters wrapped tightly in bacon, skewered and
>>>> grilled,
>>>> served with lemon and some kind of red sauce for dipping that was not
>>>> cocktail, not bbq, something kind of in between.
>>>
>>> Never even heard of Embrochette - although my son does wrap shrimp
>>> with bacon, skewer and grill it.
>>
>>En brochette is the method of cooking. Skewers, usually grilled, y'know?
>
> We don't put on airs and use French words like en brochette at my
> house if we don't have to. So what is eMbrochette - a Suthin term?
>
It's the way I remember a menu item from over 20 years ago in Houston.