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os

[French]

Bone

os à moelle

/oss ah MWEHL/
[French]

Marrow bone

oseille

[French]

Sorrel, commonly used in salads and soups.

Ossau Fermier

[French]

A semihard, strong wheel of sheep’s milk cheese with small holes spread throughout the pâté and a natural rind from Aquitaine.

Ossau-Iraty-Brebis Pyrénées

[French]

A wheel of salted cheese made from the milk of Manech ewes in Aquitaine. Almost all cheeses are made and eaten locally. They come in three sizes and have an orange rind. (AOC-1980).

ouil(l)at

[French]

A Béarnaise onion and garlic soup with a little goose fat. Variations include the addition of tomatoes, broad beans (US: fava beans), leeks, cheese. The soup is served by pouring onto slices of bread.

ouillade

[French]

A heavy soup of boutifare, a black pudding (US: blood sausage). of bacon and herbs, bacon, leeks, carrots and potatoes.

ours

[French]

Bear

oursin

[French] plural oursins

Sea urchin. The edible part is the orange coral or roe. They should really only be eaten live.

Ousted

[French]

A large disc of hard, strong cow's milk cheese (traditionally made with sheep's milk) made on farms and in dairies in and and around the Bethmale valley in the Comté de Foix. It has a thin, golden crust.