Father Ignatius wrote:
> "Peter Moylan" >,
> in > , a écrit:
[...]
> > and use it for the evening meal. The ficelle is similar to a baguette
> > but is very much thinner, so it's just the right size for one
>
> In fact, it's a bread-stick, yes?

Aha! A linguistic discrepancy! In BrE, a "breadstick" is one of those
crunchy Italian jobs called "grissini". As at:
http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl...GB&sa=N&tab=wi
or:
http://tinyurl.com/evw3d

I have had the honour of offering one to Mr Kirshenbaum fils. He liked
it, as children always do. (That isn't him top right on the image
page.)

--
Mike.