On 2013-12-27 15:19:56 +0000, sf said:

> On Thu, 26 Dec 2013 23:17:17 -0500, "pavane" > wrote:
>>
>>
>> "sf" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>
>> 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
>>
>
> Thanks, but I don't see a repeated word in anything listed above.

I think the phrase "a foreign word along with the English word for
something when
trying to transform the ordinary into something special" was all that
was addressed.