SC - Au Gratin (a semi-retraction)
Stefan li Rous
stefan at texas.net
Sat Apr 1 14:24:06 PST 2000
Balthazar of Blackmoor said:
> Immediately after posting my message in which I claimed that the term "au
> gratin" does not necessarily imply the use of cheese, I got an uneasy feeling
> that I may have been wrong. After a little research into the subject, this
> is what I came up with:
>
> The term "au gratin" does not necessarily imply the use of cheese. This is
> true. However, in the vast majority of "au gratin" dishes I have examined,
> the use of Mornay sauce (which is redolent with Gruyere) is in fact used as a
> topping, prior to the addition of buttered bread crumb (or, in fact, more
> cheese). "au Fromage", however, does imply the use of cheese as a topping
> prior to browning in the oven. I won't pick nits if you won't....
I've ignored most of this thread as it didn't seem period. However, I
guess I will ask now. Is this stuff period? Are these names just non-period?
Or are the names period?
I'm not objecting to the conversation, just curious about whether these
dishes might be period.
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Lord Stefan li Rous Barony of Bryn Gwlad Kingdom of Ansteorra
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