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re: Whats the french word for the browning in the bottom of pot, and
Posted on 3/5/19 at 2:01 pm to dustytiger123
Posted on 3/5/19 at 2:01 pm to dustytiger123
also called gree-meez.
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Posted on 3/5/19 at 2:07 pm to X123F45
quote:
Are you really that dumb?
It's from the French word "gratter".
To scrape.
In this case, to scrape the bottom of the pot.
The technique you are referencing didn't even exist when cajuns were using the word pre- le grand derangement.
Le gratin in french refers to the upper crust of society.
Taking offence that the cajuns/creoles bastardized the standard French language seems a bit obtuse.
This post was edited on 3/5/19 at 2:11 pm
Posted on 3/5/19 at 2:25 pm to dustytiger123
Yea when you pronounce Gratin the cajun way, it sounds right.. thanks guys... ill ask again in 2 years when i forget again..
This post was edited on 3/5/19 at 2:32 pm
Posted on 3/5/19 at 2:31 pm to dustytiger123
May have heard it called gradoo as well.
Posted on 3/5/19 at 2:32 pm to KosmoCramer
quote:
Le gratin in french refers to the upper crust of society.
Taking offence that the cajuns/creoles bastardized the standard French language seems a bit obtuse.
I have a minor in Cajun French and and standard French. If anything, Cajun French is a preserved dialect.
Nice Wikipedia reference though
Posted on 3/5/19 at 2:42 pm to GeauxTigers0107
quote:
But my uncles from Lafayette say gremee's. The chefs of today use "fond", which is probably the correct term.
I'm from Acadiana and we use gremees. Chefs of today aren't speaking cajun French.
Posted on 3/5/19 at 2:48 pm to dustytiger123
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This post was edited on 3/5/19 at 3:14 pm
Posted on 3/5/19 at 2:48 pm to dustytiger123
graton - gra ton
not sure the spelling but thats how its pronounced
not sure the spelling but thats how its pronounced
Posted on 3/5/19 at 3:36 pm to X123F45
quote:
Rando
makin em creve
Posted on 3/5/19 at 6:27 pm to bdevill
A friend from north Louisiana always called it the "goody." It doens't come from French. He just made it up.
Posted on 3/5/19 at 9:57 pm to saintsfan1977
It’s gree mees. All that goodness and flavors you get from browning and deglazing the bottom of the pot. First time my mom taught me how to cook a rice and gravy with 7 steak, she said brown da shite out of dat meat to get all the gree mee goodness out the meat!
Posted on 3/5/19 at 10:36 pm to keakar
Graton = cracklins
Gratan = browned meat at the bottom
Grimeeze= crumbs. Maybe could be used the same as gratan
Either way, you gotta roll dat R
Gratan = browned meat at the bottom
Grimeeze= crumbs. Maybe could be used the same as gratan
Either way, you gotta roll dat R
Posted on 3/6/19 at 1:41 am to KosmoCramer
quote:
cajuns/creoles bastardized the standard French language seems a bit obtuse.
Oh, just no. Cajun and Creole LA French dialects preserve some interesting facets of ancient Norman French...ie, the Norse influenced version of French spoken in Brittany and Normandy. Words like asteur (now) and croche (crooked, like a bec croche’s beak), differ from standard modern French not because of “bastardization”, but dialects evolved as a (largely) cut off branch from other French speakers.
The Jolie blondes and gigantic offensive linemen of south LA are also Norman legacies, but that’s a different thread all together. Those Vikings cast a long shadow.
Posted on 3/6/19 at 5:58 am to dustytiger123
As many have said, the French word for the browned bits that are stuck to the bottom of a pan after sautéing or roasting, is fond. A derivative of fondation or base. This is to suggest that these elements are the foundation of flavor of which the dish is built upon.
Those other words are all terms that we've heard standing around the kitchens in our ancestor's homes.
Those other words are all terms that we've heard standing around the kitchens in our ancestor's homes.
Posted on 3/6/19 at 7:44 am to BigDropper
They're all correct, formal or informal. The OP was asking for the informal.
This post was edited on 3/6/19 at 7:45 am
Posted on 3/6/19 at 7:57 am to dustytiger123
Grais Mi'? (sp) is what I've always referred to it as, but Im just a drunk coonass
Posted on 3/6/19 at 8:10 am to fightin tigers
quote:
gradoo
Gradoo was dirt or grime. You didn't want Gradoo in your pot.
Posted on 3/6/19 at 8:21 am to dnm3305
I think I'm going to invest. Cajun French Dictionary
Posted on 3/6/19 at 8:58 am to bdevill
quote:This is what my peeps from Evangeline and St. Landry say.
I would say gratin, instead of gradoux
Posted on 3/6/19 at 1:48 pm to AlxTgr
They probably have a repertoire of words you can't pronounce and don't want to repeat in mixed company.
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