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September 2007Just Foolin' AroundAlthough ratatouille didn't break into the Top Twenty list this summer, it did rank high for a while, probably because of the hit animated movie of that same name. Ratatouille comes from the French and it refers to a stew made of eggplant, tomatoes, green peppers, squash, and sometimes meat and seasoned with garlic and other condiments. Sounds good? Read on. Interested in seeing a list of some other French stews? It's easy to do. Select the Unabridged as your Reference and click on Advanced Search. Type stew into the Definition field and French into the Etymology field, click on Search and you'll come up with 20 tasty terms. Here's a sampling:
bouillabaisse [French, from Provençal boui-abaisso, from boui (singular imperative of bouie to boil, from Latin bullire) + abaisso (singular imperative of abeissa to lower, from -- assumed -- Vulgar Latin abbassiare)] : a fish stew made of at least two and usually five or six kinds of fish, seasoned with onions and herbs, and flavored and colored with saffron Want to expand your taste horizons a little further? Try adding "soup" to your recipe collection. Go back to Advanced Search and type soup into the Definition field and French into the Etymology field, and click on Search for an additional 31 entries. |
