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A stew that went to finishing school but kept the French accent, not the manners.
means A thick, well-seasoned stew of meat and vegetables, slow-cooked until everything surrenders its flavor to the pot.
from From French ragoût, built from the verb ragoûter — 're-' plus 'goûter,' to taste — meaning to revive the appetite or sharpen the taste. It entered English in the 1600s as French cooking terms colonized English kitchens wholesale, and the name stuck to any stew rich and spiced enough to make a flagging appetite sit up again.
- etymology
- from ragouter, to revive the appetite
- technique
- meat braised slow in its own sauce
- texture rule
- thick enough to coat, not drown
- status
- stew with a better publicist