The opposite of haut cuisine. This includes fast foods such as hot dogs, burgers, sandwiches and so on.
Basse-Normandie is a province of France between Brittany and Haute Normandie and including the départements of Manche and Calvados.
Beef cut. Chuck, blade. From the top forequarter, this is a large, lean, well-marbled joint which is usually boned and sold as chuck, blade or braising steak. It is the best of the stewing meats, and can be braised.
A name for a limpet, a conical, univalve shellfish. These they may be cooked by washing them and then boiling them for about 5 minutes in seawater (or heavily salted water) is recommended. They have a small amount of meat and it is inclined to toughness, like a lot of those things that cling onto rocks. Alternatively the meats can be dug out and used in fish stews or chowders or in sauces to garnish other fish. It is also a basin.
