On Fri, 27 Dec 2013 10:15:42 -0800, gtr > wrote:

> 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.

OIC.

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