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Terms in French 5031-5040 of 10943

coucher

[French]

To lay down or put to bed. To arrange food on a bed of another food, such as rice or salad. It is also to pipe or squeeze out, as in using a pastry bag.

coucher

[French]

To pipe or squeeze out onto a baking sheet, as in using a pastry bag. It is also to arrange food on a bed of another food, such as rice or salad.

Cou Clair Alpine goat

/koo klayr/
[French]

An Alpine goat with a "clear neck" - front quarters are tan, saffron, off-white, or shading to gray with black hindquarters.

coucou

[French]

"Cuckoo." A ring-shaped brioche flavoured with saffron and aniseed from Foix.

coucoumelle (grise)

[French] plural coucoumelles (grises)

Grisette. A slender mushroom of the amanite family with a pale grey, ribbed cap, mild scent and flavour. It must be eaten well cooked or it will cause gastro -intestinal problems.

coucoumelle blanche

[French] plural coucoumelles blanches

A variety of oronge, a fungus.

coucouzelle

[French] plural coucouzelles

A name for a courgette (US: zucchini), harvested when quite small, it is a sort of immature gourd.

cou de canard farci

[French] plural cous de canard farcis

A dish from Périgord of neck of duck boned and the skin filled with a stuffing of finely chopped sausage, the liver of the duck and truffles. It ends up resembling a sausage. The neck is then cooked in its own fat. It can be eaten either hot or cold or may be added to other dishes.

coudenat

[French]

A large boudin made with 50% pork rinds and fatty meat and 50% bound with an egg-based panade, mixed with offal of beef or pork, poached and served hot in thick slices in western France.

coudenou

[French]

A large sausage of pig's head, tongue and fatty meat, served hot in thick slices in western France.