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Hole One a New See Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Garnish but not garnish
Hi everybody,
I'm looking for an appropriate word for a particular kind of food. I can't explain it very well.
Mashed potatoes, rice, baked potatoes, pasta, and so on. We can eat them. Firstly I thought that it is the word garnish but dictionary writes that it is used to decorate a larger dish of food. So I don't know what is the appropriate word for this kind of food.
Thanks for your answer in advance.
I'm looking for an appropriate word for a particular kind of food. I can't explain it very well.
Mashed potatoes, rice, baked potatoes, pasta, and so on. We can eat them. Firstly I thought that it is the word garnish but dictionary writes that it is used to decorate a larger dish of food. So I don't know what is the appropriate word for this kind of food.
Thanks for your answer in advance.
Top answer
Hole One a New See Mashed potatoes, rice, baked potatoes, pasta, and so on. Starches or staples. A starchy food is one with lots of carbohydrates, little fat or protein.
- Hole One a New See Mashed potatoes, rice, baked potatoes, pasta, and so on.
- Starches or staples.
- A starchy food is one with lots of carbohydrates, little fat or protein.
- A staple is a type of food that is easy to grow, inexpensive and used to sustain the existence of poor people.
- Staples are bread, rice, beans, potatoes, sorghum, and so on, depending on where in the world you live.
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Hole One a New SeeMashed potatoes, rice, baked potatoes, pasta, and so on.Starches or staples.
A starchy food is one with lots of carbohydrates, little fat or protein.
A staple is a type of food that is easy to grow, inexpensive and used to sustain the existence of poor people.
Staples are bread, rice, beans, potatoes, sorghum, and so o
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Um, I didn't think for that exactly. It is a kind of food that you can ask in a restaurant. For example you can eat fried meat with these and you can choose it. Unfortunately I'm not familiar with restaurants. I have been in such places 10-20 times maximum (in my whole life).
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Here is some menu terminology:
Entree: the main dish, such as a meat. It may come with a choice of vegetables
side dish / side order: vegetables, salads
specials - food that the chef has selected for the day
appetizer: a dish served before the main course
desert: a sweet to have after the main course.
Entree: the main dish, such as a meat. It may come with a choice of vegetables
side dish / side order: vegetables, salads
specials - food that the chef has selected for the day
appetizer: a dish served before the main course
desert: a sweet to have after the main course.
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Thank you. I think there isn't an exact counterpart in English for the Hungarian word 'köret'. 'side dish' is the best for this use, as I can see. It is a little bit wider set of foods (than 'köret'), but it is good.
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Where I live, a side dish is something extra that is delivered on a small, separate plate.
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Thank you. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary says something similar. It mentioned 'salad' as a possible example for side dish and salads usually come with a separate plate in Hungarian, too. The word that I'm looking for doesn't consist salads. So far I think that there isn't word in English which shows a full analogy with the Hungarian word 'köret'.
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