What to call those small bread cubes?

[nq:1]What to call those small bread cubes people put in their salads?[/nq]
Croutons.

[nq:1]What to call those small bread cubes people put in their salads?[/nq]
The NEW OXFORD Dictionary of ENGLISH
crouton
noun a small piece of fried or toasted bread served with soup or used as a garnish. ORIGIN from French crouton, from croûte (see crust).

On 28 Sep 2003 21:29:15 -0500, "Michael West"
[nq:2]What to call those small bread cubes people put in their salads?[/nq]
[nq:1]The NEW OXFORD Dictionary of ENGLISH crouton noun a small piece of fried or toasted bread served with soup or used as a garnish. ORIGIN from French crouton, from croûte (see crust).[/nq]
Is it okay to ask for them if I found my salad served without them at Ame

[nq:1]What to call those small bread cubes people put in their salads?[/nq]
scrotums
Jitze

[nq:2]The NEW OXFORD Dictionary of ENGLISH crouton noun a small ... a garnish. ORIGIN from French crouton, from croûte (see crust).[/nq]
[nq:1]Is it okay to ask for them if I found my salad served without them at American restaurants?[/nq]
It's certainly OK to ask, but most salads served in US restaurants do not come with croutons. Caesar salad usually does, but each restaurant will offer

[nq:1]Is it okay to ask for them if I found my salad served without them at American restaurants?[/nq]
It's fine to ask for them, but if they're not already on the salad, chances are they won't have any.

Dena Jo
(Email: Replace TPUBGTH with denajo2)

[nq:2]What to call those small bread cubes people put in their salads?[/nq]
[nq:1]scrotums[/nq]
That's kinda croûte, Jitze.

Reinhold (Rey) Aman

[nq:2]The NEW OXFORD Dictionary of ENGLISH crouton noun a small ... a garnish. ORIGIN from French crouton, from croûte (see crust).[/nq]
[nq:1]Is it okay to ask for them if I found my salad served without them at American restaurants?[/nq]
If the chef's a big guy called Lefty, wearing a
greasy tee shirt, then I wouldn't bet on it.

Michael West
Melbourne, Australia

[nq:2]What to call those small bread cubes people put in their salads?[/nq]
They are also very good in soup, not bad on spaghetti, and I sometimes put them in chilli just before eating a bowl of it.
[nq:1]Croutons.[/nq]
They needn't be small, either. My favourites are the "Chatham Village Large Cut Croutons" series made by T Marzetti Co of Columbus, Ohio. They are available in Ireland

[nq:2]scrotums[/nq]
[nq:1]That's kinda croûte, Jitze.[/nq]
Are you making fun of my affliction? I have this handicap where some synapse in my brain seems to be permanently wired to come up with embarrasing malapropisms. These then get grooved permanently into the vocabulary lookup piece of my brain.
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