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viandes froides

[French]

Cold meats

viandes rĂ´ties

[French]

Roasted meats. Baked meats.

viau

[French] plural viaux

Weeping milk cap. A type of mushroom.

Vichy

[French]

A brand of slightly sparkling mineral water from Vichy in the Massif Central. It also indicates the presence of glazed carrots.

Vichy

[French]

"In the style of Vichy. This indicates the presence of glazed carrots. It is also a brand of mineral water.

vichyssoise

/vee-shee-SWAHZ/
[French]

A well-known soup, served cold, made with leeks and potatoes. Apparently invented in New York at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel on Madison Avenue, by a French chef named Louis Diat in 1917. I have been corrected on my spelling of this which I had incorrectly as 'vichysoisse'.

Victoire

[French]

A successful variety of mange-tout pea or snap bean.

vide-pomme

[French] plural vides-pommes

Apple corer

vieille

[French] plural vieilles

"Old woman." Wrasse. Ballan wrasse. A very bony fish which provides good flavour for fish soups.

vieille fine de Champagne

/vyay fa' duh sham-PAH-nyuh/
[French]

An eau-de-vie distilled from Champagne.