This week's theme: French terms for food. vinaigrette (vin-uh-GRET) noun A sour, savory sauce of which there are a hundred variations. Its base ingredients are almost always oil and vinegar. The primary use is for salad dressings, but vinaigrrettes can also be served on numerous fish, seafood, and even meat dishes.
[A nice double fillip here. The French word vinaigre (vinegar) literally means "sour wine": vin (wine) + aigre (sour). Take this double word and add the diminutive -ette and you get "little vinegar".] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=vinaigrette -Guest wordsmith Rudy Chelminski (rudychelminskiATaol.com) "Salads dazzle, whether colourful, flavour-packed combos such as roasted beet and chickpea with balsamic vinaigrette, or coleslaw teased with a sesame oil dressing." Tim Pawsey; Healthy, But Tasty, Cuisine at Cafe; Vancouver Courier (Canada); Oct 24, 2005. Sponsors' Messages: 101 questions answered! Why do hurricanes happen? Who put New Orleans where it is? How many stars are in the sky? http://knowledgenews.net/s?s=aw111005 Subscribe to http://delanceyplace.com -- a carefully selected non-fiction book excerpt free to your email each day. It's the thinking person's daily quote. Shop early for a stocking stuffer that can't be beat: Crazy Aaron's Thinking Putty! Discover adult-sized handfuls and fun colors: http://puttyworld.com ............................................................................ Nothing so soothes our vanity as a display of greater vanity in others; it makes us vain, in fact, of our modesty. -Louis Kronenberger, writer (1904-1980) Our privacy policy: We never sell, rent, lease, trade, swap, exchange, pawn, or barter the mailing list addresses. We hate junk mail. Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/vinaigrette.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/vinaigrette.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/vinaigrette.html This message was sent to "[email protected]".
