Why do Americans call the Main course and 'Entree'?
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Well, the fish course, trou, fowl course, cheese course, amuse guelle set up is very fancy too, but not uncommon. Many a restaurant will offer such a menu for around 70 euros is so, add a little more and they throw in the wine, selected to suit each course too. But, really, France! Mondieu, ils savent comment manger! Here, the eating is, generally, always superb. Good, affordable, and a true pleasure in life. 'A table' is a state of being!
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fat_boy wrote:
Many a restaurant will offer such a menu for around 70 euros
Per person? Ah...The way you talk about it, it sounds like a typical everyday meal. I would consider US$100 per person a special occasion dinner. I think the fanciest I've eaten at here in atlanta was Nikolai's Roof[^], which is Russian. I swear it was twice as much as the menu now indicates. Maybe it was New Year's or Valentine's Day or something. But even their menu refers to them as "entrees". Most of the upscale restaurants here tend to be trendy culinary-forward types that can be hit or miss and seem more designed to get you "seen". However, nothing I've ever had compares to New Orleans...
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fat_boy wrote:
Many a restaurant will offer such a menu for around 70 euros
Per person? Ah...The way you talk about it, it sounds like a typical everyday meal. I would consider US$100 per person a special occasion dinner. I think the fanciest I've eaten at here in atlanta was Nikolai's Roof[^], which is Russian. I swear it was twice as much as the menu now indicates. Maybe it was New Year's or Valentine's Day or something. But even their menu refers to them as "entrees". Most of the upscale restaurants here tend to be trendy culinary-forward types that can be hit or miss and seem more designed to get you "seen". However, nothing I've ever had compares to New Orleans...
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I admit to overall ignorance of steaks in general. I'm finicky and will only eat filet mignon as I hate any meat that is either too fatty or in contact with bone (I can do without the extra tendons and grissle). I'm just curious in general terms because I've heard that steak in Europe is very expensive (because you don't have nearly the cattle industry or something). A filet mignon here typically goes for about $25-$40 for a 12 oz slab, so maybe the rumors I've heard are wrong.
Might depend a lot on the country you go. Meat, and groceries in general, are very cheap in Germany, even for quality produce.
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Red Stateler wrote:
too fatty
Ah, but the flavour is in the fat!
Red Stateler wrote:
for about $25-$40 for a 12 oz slab
Well, such a piece of meat would serve 2 people in Europe. Its not the size, but the quality, and excellence of cooking which of value here. And, because of that, actualy a healthier meal too: A small piece of meat, a lot of salad, a light, non sugary desert, a liter of red wine! All thouroughly good you know.
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fat_boy wrote:
Well, such a piece of meat would serve 2 people in Europe. Its not the size, but the quality, and excellence of cooking which of value here. And, because of that, actualy a healthier meal too: A small piece of meat, a lot of salad, a light, non sugary desert, a liter of red wine! All thouroughly good you know.
Americans are fat for a reason.
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of course being college kids we went to amsterdam first. absolutely beautiful city, and that opinion came before the mushrooms. we wore that out in about three days. took a train to paris and crashed with some friends(one of the guys did a semester at the sorbonne(spelling?). took another train to venice, got lost, and we were almost raped and mugged by a gang of moroccans. We headed over to athens, spent most of that leg in the bars. we did some cheesy tourist things in between, and flew back home from barcelona. it was a haphazardly planned trip, so if i go back there is a lot more id like to do and see. it would be great if i could get a long vacation and just travel around for a month or so.
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Ha, raped by Morocans! Thats something, they are what they are... Thats a goo d trip, Holland, France, Italy, Grece, Spain. You hit the high points for sure, only hope you managed to find the good restaurants in among the tourist traps. (And it sounds like you did) The UK is good for history, Prague for architecture, Provence for food, if you ever come back.
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I think American meals must be substantially less fancy dancy that European meals if you're concerned about an entirely separate "fish course". The typical American courses are usually: Course 1: Big Mac Course 2: Freedom Fries Course 3: Coke Course 4: Fried Apple Pie
Burger before the fries??? Stupid americans...
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I wouldn't question the quality of cooking in the U.S. in general - they serve excellent food at the right places. But you are right, here in Europe there's less emphasis on those huge blobs of meat.
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I wouldn't question the quality of cooking in the U.S. in general - they serve excellent food at the right places. But you are right, here in Europe there's less emphasis on those huge blobs of meat.
There's a pretty good diversity of restaurants in every major city as well. Even our backwards hillbilly town has a 5-star French restaurant[^]. Of course, I've never seen a larger collection of "5-star" restaurants in such close proximity as in Las Vegas. But for the most part, McDonalds suits me just fine.
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Now thats the difference, in France, restaurants are for every day eating. (It hels that you can claim lunch off you income tax too). Make is very affordable.
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That may be so, but you don't normally eat the E70 meal do you? I believe that was Reds point.
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Ha, raped by Morocans! Thats something, they are what they are... Thats a goo d trip, Holland, France, Italy, Grece, Spain. You hit the high points for sure, only hope you managed to find the good restaurants in among the tourist traps. (And it sounds like you did) The UK is good for history, Prague for architecture, Provence for food, if you ever come back.
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fat_boy wrote:
Ha, raped by Morocans! Thats something, they are what they are...
the engineering school was full of morocans, all awesome guys. we just couldnt understand why they had such a bad rep in europe, and then...
fat_boy wrote:
hope you managed to find the good restaurants
im not sure if they were tourist restaurants or not, but the food was the consistently amazing part of the trip. i had no problems shelling out 15 - 20 euros for a meal, everything we ordered was amazing. we definitely did the female thing of everyone order something different and just sharing. damn im getting hungry just thinking about the food over there.
fat_boy wrote:
The UK is good for history
we wanted to go, but the exchange rate would have destroyed our budget, pehaps another time when the dollar is stronger(:laugh:).
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It is baffling. There I am, in Indy or somewhere, reading a menu, thinking, 'Come on, just where are the damn main courses'? So I flip, back and forwards, for minutes, til a patern arrises. 'Ah, 'Entreé', must mean main course. Dont you US guys get it? And Entreé IS and entry, a starter, to come after the 'Amuse Guelle' and before the fish course. (OK I am off on one now, I know it) which precedes the 'trou' leading into the main course. rant rant rant...
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peterchen wrote:
I wouldn't question the quality of cooking in the U.S. in general - they serve excellent food at the right places. But you are right, here in Europe there's less emphasis on those huge blobs of meat.
There's a pretty good diversity of restaurants in every major city as well. Even our backwards hillbilly town has a 5-star French restaurant[^]. Of course, I've never seen a larger collection of "5-star" restaurants in such close proximity as in Las Vegas. But for the most part, McDonalds suits me just fine.
Red Stateler wrote:
But for the most part, McDonalds suits me just fine.
It's a must - once a year or so. I much prefer your country-style buffets.
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It is baffling. There I am, in Indy or somewhere, reading a menu, thinking, 'Come on, just where are the damn main courses'? So I flip, back and forwards, for minutes, til a patern arrises. 'Ah, 'Entreé', must mean main course. Dont you US guys get it? And Entreé IS and entry, a starter, to come after the 'Amuse Guelle' and before the fish course. (OK I am off on one now, I know it) which precedes the 'trou' leading into the main course. rant rant rant...
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If it helps any, i call it "food". But then, i'd be utterly lost in any place serving more than four courses. Heck, i'm not much of a restaurant guy to begin with; the only places i really enjoy are the tiny, smoky, family-owned diners, where you can order any combination of anything they serve, any time of day. 'Cause really, chili and shortcake at 4AM is where it's at.
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why do foreigners always complain about americans visiting and wanting things their way, when apparently you want things your way in america?
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VonHagNDaz wrote:
why do foreigners always complain about americans visiting and wanting things their way, when apparently you want things your way in america?
Cause ours is the one true way.
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Sounds awfully hoity toity to me!;P
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Sounds awfully hoity toity to me!;P
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peterchen wrote:
I wouldn't question the quality of cooking in the U.S. in general - they serve excellent food at the right places. But you are right, here in Europe there's less emphasis on those huge blobs of meat.
There's a pretty good diversity of restaurants in every major city as well. Even our backwards hillbilly town has a 5-star French restaurant[^]. Of course, I've never seen a larger collection of "5-star" restaurants in such close proximity as in Las Vegas. But for the most part, McDonalds suits me just fine.
Red Stateler wrote:
McDonalds suits me just fine.
I wouldnt even call that a restaurant, and its not a meal, thats for sure. A McDo, even less than a kebab, is just a snack, really, its just a protein version of a bag of nuts in my opinion.
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fat_boy wrote:
Well, such a piece of meat would serve 2 people in Europe. Its not the size, but the quality, and excellence of cooking which of value here. And, because of that, actualy a healthier meal too: A small piece of meat, a lot of salad, a light, non sugary desert, a liter of red wine! All thouroughly good you know.
Americans are fat for a reason.
Red Stateler wrote:
Americans are fat for a reason.
Yep, its the combination of fat and sugar thats the killer. If you remove the sugar (Atkins, Montignac, GI Diet) or avoind combining them (Hay Diet), you can eat fat without it putting on too much weight.
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It is baffling. There I am, in Indy or somewhere, reading a menu, thinking, 'Come on, just where are the damn main courses'? So I flip, back and forwards, for minutes, til a patern arrises. 'Ah, 'Entreé', must mean main course. Dont you US guys get it? And Entreé IS and entry, a starter, to come after the 'Amuse Guelle' and before the fish course. (OK I am off on one now, I know it) which precedes the 'trou' leading into the main course. rant rant rant...
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fat_boy wrote:
main course
Supper
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If it helps any, i call it "food". But then, i'd be utterly lost in any place serving more than four courses. Heck, i'm not much of a restaurant guy to begin with; the only places i really enjoy are the tiny, smoky, family-owned diners, where you can order any combination of anything they serve, any time of day. 'Cause really, chili and shortcake at 4AM is where it's at.
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Shog9 wrote:
'Cause really, chili and shortcake at 4AM is where it's at.
There was a nice little place in Dallas ( long gone due to the real estate boom ) that opened at midnight and got into high gear around 2 AM ( when the bars closed ). Their version of huevos ranchero was basically eggs over easy served on top of a plate of hot chili, covered with either sauce verde or sauce roja. Instant cure for hangovers, constipation, and head colds. I used to get that and a bowl of corn soup when I went there and it was nice diner dive food. Would cure what ails you. All the cops used to hang out there. They even had rooms upstairs that the cops used to catch a few ZZZZ's. Anyone from Dallas remember Brownies ? Richard
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