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Antonia Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary

Au poivre/French expression

0 Hi everybody, esp Pienne and oter Frenchmen. 02br
00What does this mean? with pepper or of pepper in 01i00steak au poivre02i02br
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0 Hello Antonia 02br 02br 00In my experience (he said guardedly), it means 'with peppercorns'. 02br 02br 00As you can see, I'm only answering meat-related posts these days. 02br 02br 00MrP 0-

— MrPedantic

  • 0 Hello Antonia 02br 02br 00In my experience (he said guardedly), it means 'with peppercorns'.
  • 02br 02br 00As you can see, I'm only answering meat-related posts these days.
  • 02br 02br 00MrP 0-
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0 Hello Antonia 02br
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00In my experience (he said guardedly), it means 'with peppercorns'. 02br
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00As you can see, I'm only answering meat-related posts these days. 02br
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0Don't tell me you're on Atkins Diet too! 050010id2
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0 Only since the '*** ***' thread. 02br
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0 I thought it was the *** ***! 0-
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0 I promise you, it will be over in less then a week. Then I'll leave you alone...and vegetable will be rest in peace 0-
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0 Did someone say peas? 0-
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0 Mr P is correct, Antonia - Literally "with pepper". peppercorns of any colour (though usually black) are creacked and pressed into the surface of the meat. 02br
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00Can be served with beet greens or spinach, though I believe lima beans are good too.050010id2
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0 Thank you all 0-
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0 There is also "steack au poivre vert", when the steack is flambé, then you mix the juices with liquid cream + soft green peppercorns. but this isn't likely to appear in a South Beach Diet book... 0-
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0 Of course, you are the one who reaches the verdict my dear Belgian-French friend:) 0-
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