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Provincial France
Food questions about provincial France
Term | Definition |
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Le Trou Normand (Normand hole drink Calvados) | Normandy |
Dieppoise (addition of mussels) | Normandy |
Fete a Cochon (Feast of the pig slaughter) | Normandy |
A la Normande (addition of cream) | Normandy |
Graisse Normande (Cooking w/ pork & kidney fat, vegetable & herb essence, salt, pepper) | Normandy |
Confiture de lait (caramel sauce) | Normandy |
Culinary profile: Seafood Dairy Apples | Normandy |
Pres Sales (salt marsh sheep) | Normandy |
Andouille (Tripe sausage) | Normandy |
Demoiselles De Cherbourg (lobster) | Normandy |
Crevettes Gris (shrimp) | Normandy |
Caieu (Giant Mussel) | Normandy |
Poularde (clam) | Normandy |
Homard (lobster) | Normandy |
Camembert | Normandy |
Livarot | Normandy |
Pont L'Eveque | Normandy |
Neutchatel | Normandy |
Sole Normande (poached sole, mussels, shrimp, mushrooms, cream) | Normandy |
Matelote a la Normand (fish stew, cider, butter, cream) | Normandy |
Poulet Vallee D'Auge (roasted chicken, cream, calvados) | Normandy |
Canard alla Rouennaise (rare duck breast, liver, shallots, red wine) | Normandy |
Omelette de la Mere Poularde (cream, butter) | Normandy |
Omelette a la Normand (apples, cream, calvados) | Normandy |
Tripe a la mode Caen (Tripe Stew) | Normandy |
Benedictine (Herbal liqueur) | Normandy |
Calvados (apple brandy) | Normandy |
Pommeau (grape juice and calvados) | Normandy |
Cider (sweet, dry, sparkling) | Normandy |
Culinary Profile: Sea Dairy Produce | Brittany |
a la brettone (with white beans - whole or puree) | Brittany |
Guerande Salt (sea salt) | Brittany |
Crepes (buckwheat or wheat. Sweet or savory.) | Brittany |
Oyster (Huitres - Belon & Portugaise) | Brittany |
Salted Butter | Brittany |
Le Floron (wheat, rye & buckwheat bread) | Brittany |
Homard a I' Americaine (lobster, tomatoes, onion, shallots, garlic, parsley) | Brittany |
Cotriade (white fish, potato, onion stew) | Brittany |
Gateau Breton (butter cake filled with preserves) | Brittany |
Kouign Amann (bread, butter, sugar cake) | Brittany |
Culinary Profile: "Garden of France" | Touraine |
Charcuterie (refers to all types of meat products) | Touraine |
Boudin Blanc (Breast of chicken sausage) | Touraine |
Vinagraie de Vin D'Orleans (white vinegar) | Touraine |
Cerneaux au Verjus (green walnuts steeped in green grape juice and chervil) | Touraine |
Chou Vert (green cabbage) | Touraine |
Gros Damas (plums) | Touraine |
Vineuil (white asparagus) | Touraine |
Belles de Louvre (green asparagus) | Touraine |
Anjou Pear | Touraine |
Chasselas (table grapes) | Touraine |
Champignon de Paris (white mushroom) | Touraine |
Andouillette (Tripe sausage) | Touraine |
Gudgeon (tiny whole fish) | Touraine |
Chevre (AOC goat cheese) | Touraine |
Cabichou (Poitu goat cheese) | Touraine |
Coq au Vin (Chicken in Chinon Red wine, mushrooms, bacon and pearl onion) | Touraine |
Sang de Poulet Aux Oignons (chicken fricasse with blood and onion) | Touraine |
Jambon de Volaille (Stuffed boneless chicken leg, cooked in wine, served cold) | Touraine |
Beurre Blanc (emulsified butter sauce made with acid shallot reduction) | Touraine |
Rillettes (Shredded braised pork, served cold) | Touraine |
Fricassee (White meat, salted, floured, sauteed, but not browned) | Touraine |
Matelote a la Tourangelle (Eel stew, onions, butter, Marc, Chinon wine) | Touraine |
Friture (fried Gudgeon) | Touraine |
Chaudree (Fish stew with white wine onions, butter, garlic, spices) | Touraine |
Potee a la Tete de Porc (Pigs head cut with seas salt and vinegar) | Touraine |
Fressure Vendeen (braised pork lungs, liver, spleen and blood, served cold) | Touraine |
Tarte Tatin (inverted apple tart) | Touraine |
Pithiviers (puff pastry) | Touraine |
Cremets (cream cheese with sugar) | Touraine |
Macarons (Meringue cookie) | Touraine |
Pralines (nut and caramel powder) | Touraine |
Torteau Frommage (Goat cheese cake) | Touraine |
Culinary Profile: Mustard Beef Wine Cream | Burgundy |
Dijon Mustard (ancient condiment) | Burgundy |
Morvan Ham (air dried ham) | Burgundy |
Meurette (staple spicy red wine sauce thickened with butter and flour) | Burgundy |
Saupiquet (Staple white wine cream sauce seasoned with herbs, garlic, shallots, vinegar and juniper) | Burgundy |
Sauce Nantua (crayfish bechamel) | Burgundy |
a la bourguignonne (with pearl onions, mushrooms, bacon, red wine) | Burgundy |
a la lyonaisse (with onions) | Burgundy |
a la dijonaisse (with mustard) | Burgundy |
Vichy water (mineral water) | Burgundy |
Mousseron (brown gold mushroom) | Burgundy |
Charollais Beef | Burgundy |
Poulet de Bresse (chicken) | Burgundy |
Ecrevisse (fresh water crayfish) | Burgundy |
Chaource (round whole cow's) | Burgundy |
Citeaux (Yellow-red rind) | Burgundy |
Saint Florentin (White cow's) | Burgundy |
Epoisse (Yellow-orange cow's) | Burgundy |
Morbier Pressed cow's) | Burgundy |
Vacherin (Creamy cow's) | Burgundy |
Comte (Fruity cow's) | Burgundy |
Canciollotte (Skimmed cow's) | Burgundy |
Escargots de Bourgogne (snails with shallots, garlic, parsley, butter, salt and pepper) | Burgundy |
Cuisse de Grenouilles (frogs legs) | Burgundy |
Boeuf a la Bourguignonne (Beef cooked in red wine, pearl onions, mushroom & bacon) | Burgundy |
Pauchouse (Fish stew made with white wine, onions, garlic, cream) | Burgundy |
Jambon persille (Terrine of ham with white wine parsley jelly) | Burgundy |
Oeufs a la Dijonaise (hard cooked deviled-like egg with mustard, cream, shallots, herbs, vinegar) | Burgundy |
Pommes de terre (Fried boiled potatoes combined with fried onions) | Burgundy |
Quennelles (poached fish dumplings) | Burgundy |
Creme de Cassis (black currant brandy) | Burgundy |
Kir (White wine and Crème de Cassis) | Burgundy |
Marc de Bourgogne (grape brandy) | Burgundy |
Ratafia (Marc and grape juice) | Burgundy |
Pain D'Epices (Honey spiced bread) | Burgundy |
Pets de nonne (Beignets) | Burgundy |
Gougere (Choux paste with Gruyere) | Burgundy |
Anis de Flavigny (Tiny egg shaped anise candy) | Burgundy |
Rigodon (Fruit and walnut custard) | Burgundy |
Cassissines (Currant flavored sweets) | Burgundy |
Maitfaim (cross between cake and a crepe) | Burgundy |
Galette (lemony flat bread) | Burgundy |
Culinary Profile: Foie Gras, Truffles, Confit, Cepes, Walnuts | Bordeaux (SW1) |
Foie Gras (fattened goose liver) | Bordeaux (SW1) |
Black Truffles (Perigord) | Bordeaux (SW1) |
Cepes (mushrooms) | Bordeaux (SW1) |
Black walnuts | Bordeaux (SW1) |
Confit (herbed and spiced pork, game, bird, rabbit braised in fat and stored) | Bordeaux (SW1) |
a la Bordelaise (Bordeaux with shallots, Mirepoix and white wine, add cepes, garnish potato artichokes) | Bordeaux (SW1) |
Gavage (forced feeding of goose) | Bordeaux (SW1) |
Ortolans (tiny bird) | Bordeaux (SW1) |
Agneau de Pauillac (lamb) | Bordeaux (SW1) |
Lamproie (eel) | Bordeaux (SW1) |
Cabecou (goat cheese) | Bordeaux (SW1) |
Faire Chabrol (add a glass of red wine to last of a soup dish) | Bordeaux (SW1) |
Mouclade (mussels cooked in cread, white wine, shallots added egg yolks) | Bordeaux (SW1) |
Pourriture Noble (rotting of grapes on vine for sauternes) | Bordeaux (SW1) |
Cognac (twice distilled blended grape brandy) | Bordeaux (SW1) |
Charentes (grape juice and cognac) | Bordeaux (SW1) |
Culinary Profile: Peppers and Sea | (Guyerre, Bearn, Languedoc, Basque - SW2) |
Cassoulet (White bean dish with meats added) | (Guyerre, Bearn, Languedoc, Basque - SW2) |
Piment d 'Espelette (native pepper to France) pepper (Basque), | (Guyerre, Bearn, Languedoc, Basque - SW2) |
Bayonne Ham (cured salted ham) | (Guyerre, Bearn, Languedoc, Basque - SW2) |
Loulinka (garlic sausage) | (Guyerre, Bearn, Languedoc, Basque - SW2) |
Sauce Bernaise (small Hollandaise with tarragon) | (Guyerre, Bearn, Languedoc, Basque - SW2) |
a la Languedocienne (garnish of tomatoes, eggplant and cepes) | (Guyerre, Bearn, Languedoc, Basque - SW2) |
Aillade (aioli) | (Guyerre, Bearn, Languedoc, Basque - SW2) |
Brandade (emulsion of salt cod, olive oil, cream and garlic) | (Guyerre, Bearn, Languedoc, Basque - SW2) |
Agen Prunes (glazed prunes filled with plum cream, armagnac and vanilla) | (Guyerre, Bearn, Languedoc, Basque - SW2) |
Roquefort (blue cheese) | (Guyerre, Bearn, Languedoc, Basque - SW2) |
Piperade (Tomatoes, Onion, green and red Chiles and egg) | (Guyerre, Bearn, Languedoc, Basque - SW2) |
Poule au pot (Stuffed boiled chicken) | (Guyerre, Bearn, Languedoc, Basque - SW2) |
Garbure (vegetable stew with bacon, ham or confit) | (Guyerre, Bearn, Languedoc, Basque - SW2) |
Broyo (Cornmeal mush similar to polenta) | (Guyerre, Bearn, Languedoc, Basque - SW2) |
Beurre de Gascogne (Goose or duck fat mixed with garlic) | (Guyerre, Bearn, Languedoc, Basque - SW2) |
Ttoro (Fish stew made with fish, mussels, garlic, tomatoes and peppers) | (Guyerre, Bearn, Languedoc, Basque - SW2) |
Chipirones (Cooked squid) | (Guyerre, Bearn, Languedoc, Basque - SW2) |
Ouliat (onion, garlic and egg yolk soup) | (Guyerre, Bearn, Languedoc, Basque - SW2) |
Cousinette (chickory, chard, sorrel and leek soup) | (Guyerre, Bearn, Languedoc, Basque - SW2) |
Estouffat (red wine and armagnac marinated beef, ham and chocolate) | (Guyerre, Bearn, Languedoc, Basque - SW2) |
Tripotchka (Blood pudding made with veal, paprika, nutmeg and parsley) | (Guyerre, Bearn, Languedoc, Basque - SW2) |
Tielles (Little pies filled with mussels, squid and anchovey) | (Guyerre, Bearn, Languedoc, Basque - SW2) |
Omlette Gascogne (Omlette with diced ham, goose fat, garlic and parsley) | (Guyerre, Bearn, Languedoc, Basque - SW2) |
Palombe (Wild dove cooked in paper boxes) | (Guyerre, Bearn, Languedoc, Basque - SW2) |
Armagnac (once distilled single grape brandy) | (Guyerre, Bearn, Languedoc, Basque - SW2) |
Floc de Gascogne (wine and armagnac) | (Guyerre, Bearn, Languedoc, Basque - SW2) |
Perrier (mineral water) | (Guyerre, Bearn, Languedoc, Basque - SW2) |
Pastiza (round butter cake, with cherries and cream) | (Guyerre, Bearn, Languedoc, Basque - SW2) |
Culinary Profile: Olives,Olive Oil,Garlic,Tomatoes | Provence |
Truffles of Provence | Provence |
a la provencale (with tomato and garlic) | Provence |
Sauce a la Provencale (chopped onions, garlic and tomatoes cooked in olive oil) | Provence |
Herbs de Provence (combination of 3 or 4 herbs, thyme, rosemary, plus) | Provence |
Barigoule (mushroom) | Provence |
Mesclun (9 kinds of lettuce) | Provence |
Blette (Swiss Chard) | Provence |
Melon de Cavaillon (cantaloupe) | Provence |
Rouille (hot pepper sauce served with bouillabaise) | Provence |
Aioli (butter of provence, mayonaisse with minced garlic) | Provence |
Ratatouille (stewed eggplant, zucchini, onions, peppeers tomatoes, garlic and olive oil) | Provence |
Bouillabaise (saffron flavored fish stew, rascasse fish, served woth rouille) | Provence |
Grand Aioli (meal time for fasting; aioli surrounded by dried cod, periwinkles, olives, lamb) | Provence |
Bourride (Fish and vegetable stew served with Aioli) | Provence |
Anchoiade (mashed salted anchovies, garlic and olive oil) | Provence |
Bagna Cauda (Raw vegetables dipped in hot anchovey sauce) | Provence |
Tapenade (Mixture of preserved black olives, with garlic, olive oil, anchovy and capers) | Provence |
Soupe au Pistou (vegetable soup with basil, pesto, gruyere) | Provence |
Salad Nicoise (Composed salad of tomatoes, lettuce, hard cooked eggs, ) | Provence |
Pan Bagnat (Soaked bread with oil oil, stuffed with anchovy, onion, black olives) | Provence |
Pied-Paquets (stuffed sheeps feet with tripe) | Provence |
Pissaladiere (Pizza pie with onions, gruyere, olives anchovies) | Provence |
Socca (Chick pea flour pancake) | Provence |
Fleur de Courgette (zucchini flower, stuffed, battered and fried) | Provence |
A la Barigoule (artichoke hearts stuffed with mushroom, sausage, bacon) | Provence |
Pastis (anise flavored liquer) | Provence |
Nougat (Almond honey candy) | Provence |
Berlingot (hard candies from fruit syrup) | Provence |
Calissons d'Aix (Sugar coated diamond shaped candy) | Provence |
Culinary Profile: None | Savoy - Dauphiny |
Tete de Moine (mushroom) | Savoy - Dauphiny |
Fiaise des Bois (strawberries) | Savoy - Dauphiny |
Noix (walnuts) | Savoy - Dauphiny |
Marrons (chestnuts) | Savoy - Dauphiny |
a la dauphinoise (with potatoes) | Savoy - Dauphiny |
a la savoyarde (with potatoes) | Savoy - Dauphiny |
gratin (designates a crust) | Savoy - Dauphiny |
Cardoon (artichoke like vegetable) | Savoy - Dauphiny |
Miel (honey) | Savoy - Dauphiny |
a la grenobloise (Garnish of noisette butter with capers) | Savoy - Dauphiny |
a la limousin (garnish of cabbage braise with chestnuts) | Savoy - Dauphiny |
Le Puy (lentils) | Savoy - Dauphiny |
Limousin Cattle | Savoy - Dauphiny |
omble chevalier (artic char) | Savoy - Dauphiny |
Grives (little bird that tastes of juniper) | Savoy - Dauphiny |
Reblochon Uncooked pressed cow's) | Savoy - Dauphiny |
Tomme de Savoie (Large round cow's) | Savoy - Dauphiny |
Cantel (Very large cow's) | Savoy - Dauphiny |
St Necrtaire (Small round soft cow's) | Savoy - Dauphiny |
Blue D'Auvergne (Roquefort like cow's) | Savoy - Dauphiny |
Fourme D'ambert (Tall, cylyndrical blue cow's) | Savoy - Dauphiny |
Pommes de Terre Dauphinoise (thinly sliced potatoes mixed with milk, nutmeg, beaten egg) | Savoy - Dauphiny |
Pommes de Terre Savoryarde (thinly sliced potatoes mixed with stock, nutmeg, beaten egg) | Savoy - Dauphiny |
Omelette a la Savoyarde (sliced potatoes fried in butter with gruyere) | Savoy - Dauphiny |
Farcon (sweetened white potato baked in an oven) | Savoy - Dauphiny |
Lievre a la royale (Hare stuffed with liver, heart, lungs, goose foie gras, pork fat, bread crumbs) | Savoy - Dauphiny |
Soup au choux (cabbage soup) | Savoy - Dauphiny |
Tripoux (tripe stuffed sheep feet) | Savoy - Dauphiny |
Tourte a la viande (chopped pork and veal in pastry) | Savoy - Dauphiny |
Oeufs a l'auvergnate (poached egg served on cabbage cooked in lard) | Savoy - Dauphiny |
Potee (cabbage soup with pork meat, turnips, leeks, potatoes) | Savoy - Dauphiny |
Truffado (potatoes fried in lard season with garlic and cheese) | Savoy - Dauphiny |
Algot (mashed potatoes, garlic and cheese) | Savoy - Dauphiny |
Chartreuse (Herb liqueur) | Savoy - Dauphiny |
Kirsh (Cherry Brandy) | Savoy - Dauphiny |
Evian (mineral water) | Savoy - Dauphiny |
pogne (a pastry with eitehr fruit or squash) | Savoy - Dauphiny |
Biscuit de Savoy (separates sponge cake) | Savoy - Dauphiny |
Clafouti (cherry tart) | Savoy - Dauphiny |
Crottin de Chavignol (Round) | Touraine |
Le Pouligny St. Pierre (Pyramid) | Touraine |
Le Selles Sur Cher (Cone) | Touraine |