SC - "No Naked Food" Suprise

[Philippa Alderton]

Bear asks:

>But here's a question for you.  What constitutes a garnish and what
constitutes an integral part of the dish?

As an example, let me quote Piers Plowman, "Upon my soul, I haven't a scrap
of bacon, and I haven't a cook to fry you steak and onions."  Are the
onions
a garnish or integral to the dish?<

It would seem to me that if the dish is named steak and onions, it wouldn't
be steak and onions if you substituted bananas ;-)

I think a garnish is something which improves the appearance of a dish,
without changing its character, ie nutmeg is an integral part of egg nog,
but is also a garnisg when sprinkled on top. Parsleyed new potatoes just
wouldn't be the same without parsley, but a sprig on a carrot dish would
not be itegral, unless it was called parsleyed carrots, or some such.


Phlip
Caer Frig
Barony of the Middle Marches
Middle Kingdom

Southeastern Ohio

Phlip at bright.net

Never a horse that cain't be rode,
And never a rider that cain't be throwed.
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