http://www.endlesssimmer.com/2007/06/29/flightless-freds-linguistic-lessons/ - recipes, restaurants, food travel and everything edible Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:29:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.endlesssimmer.com/2007/06/29/flightless-freds-linguistic-lessons/comment-page-1/#comment-56 BS Fri, 06 Jul 2007 03:41:43 +0000 http://www.endlesssimmer.com/2007/06/29/flightless-freds-linguistic-lessons/#comment-56 I think you may be on to something - thanks for the info, Matt. I think you may be on to something – thanks for the info, Matt.

]]> http://www.endlesssimmer.com/2007/06/29/flightless-freds-linguistic-lessons/comment-page-1/#comment-55 Matt Fri, 06 Jul 2007 02:18:06 +0000 http://www.endlesssimmer.com/2007/06/29/flightless-freds-linguistic-lessons/#comment-55 In English, the entree was originally the "entry" to the second main course. It was a "made dish" (i.e., one comprising multiple ingredients) served between the fish and the meat dishes. I move that the fact that Americans eat all (most) of their meal from a single dish that they adopted the custom of referring to that as the entree. In English, the entree was originally the “entry” to the second main course. It was a “made dish” (i.e., one comprising multiple ingredients) served between the fish and the meat dishes. I move that the fact that Americans eat all (most) of their meal from a single dish that they adopted the custom of referring to that as the entree.

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