SC - Re: saffron

[Sue Clemenger]

LrdRas at aol.com wrote:
> 
> And to confuse matters even further, I offer from Meriam-Webster:
> 
> au gra*tin (adjective)
> 
> [French, literally, with the burnt scrapings from the pan]

According to Larousse, the _brown_ scrapings from the pan, offered as a
tidbit. Which, if the tidbit thing is true, would suggest brown rather
than burnt. Not to pick brown or burnt nits or anything...

Adamantius
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