On Aug 20, 8:16*pm, sf > wrote:
> 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?
>
> --
> I love cooking with wine.
> Sometimes I even put it in the food.

Embrochette is not a word at all. Ambouchere refers to the mouth shape
and positioning of lips and tongue when playing brass/woodwind
musical instruments.
Lynn in Fargo
PS: If you google embrochette you get lots of sites from other
misinformed folks who don't know their face from a sharp stick.