"sf" > wrote in message
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>
> Since almost all Americans have come from somewhere else, we tend to
> use a foreign word along with the English word for something when
> trying to transform the ordinary into something special. A famous one
> is a recipe we call Shrimp scampi and I just read a blogger call plain
> white/button mushrooms from the grocery store Champignon Mushrooms.
> Can you think of any other examples? I'm blanking, but I know there
> are more.
>
> --
> Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

duck ala orange
steak au poivre
potatoes cauliflower broccoli whatever au gratin
beef bourgignone
turkey escalope
chicken dijon
crab st. jacques
crab louis
seafood gumbo (it's acadian)
coffee diablo
steak flambe
....others, of course, please pardon my misspellings

pavane