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Old Dec 5th 2019, 5:45 pm
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Many years ago my OH went into a restaurant for lunch.
They had kindly translated the menu into english with both languages on an A-board on the pavement.
The menu included foie gras and lardons which they had translated as "times fat and plugs".
Probably didn't get many orders from anglophones.
We always ask for menus in French - it is easier to understand.

The warped translation 'times fat' I can understand, but their 'plugs' for lardons has me totally stumped.

Walking the streets of Larnaca in Cyprus a few years back, where there were many restaurants catering to tourists, I recall seeing chalked on one Specials board, Fish and ships.
The internet is abound with menu faux pas from around the world, but one of my favourites must be the delightful dish of Coquille Saint Jaques, incorrectly and eye-wateringly marked up as 'Nuts of St. Jack.
I'm quite sure that was never a favourite dish of eunuchs.......

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Old Dec 5th 2019, 7:15 pm
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St. Jack Nuts ok, times fat ok, but likewise, I'm really not getting anywhere with plugs/lardons.

I'll ask eldest SD....
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SD hasn't yet come back, must be out on a mission somewhere, but in the meantime I found...



Snipped from this article which 'sort-of' makes sense.

S'all a bit tenuous though.
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St. Jack Nuts ok, times fat ok, but likewise, I'm really not getting anywhere with plugs/lardons.

I'll ask eldest SD....
I can't imagine where they found "plugs" either, unless lardon is slang for something lardon-shaped and the word came up before the conventional translation...
I've asked DDs, too, but they haven't replied yet ...

Breaking news: DD1 only knows lardons as diced bacon, no slang meaning. DD2 has heard parents affectionately call their toddlers "lardons", but it's not common. So we're none the wiser re "plugs".

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...So we're none the wiser re "plugs".
ESD hit the wall on that one as well, so alas, we remain none the wiser.
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Originally Posted by BuckinghamshireBoy
ESD hit the wall on that one as well, so alas, we remain none the wiser.
In earlier times lardons were 'plugged' into the meat to keep it moist when cooking. This is the closest I can find to an explanation, but it does seem to work.
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In earlier times lardons were 'plugged' into the meat to keep it moist when cooking. This is the closest I can find to an explanation, but it does seem to work.
Rather like a solid Rawlplug? Well thought out!
Nowadays you put thin streaky bacon rashers on top of the meat, the "plugs" must be fiddly and messy to insert into raw meat...
The mystery remains as to where the restaurants found this expression, rather than diced bacon
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In earlier times lardons were 'plugged' into the meat to keep it moist when cooking. This is the closest I can find to an explanation, but it does seem to work.
Originally Posted by dmu
Rather like a solid Rawlplug? Well thought out!
Nowadays you put thin streaky bacon rashers on top of the meat, the "plugs" must be fiddly and messy to insert into raw meat...
The mystery remains as to where the restaurants found this expression, rather than diced bacon
Hmm.

https://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaire...s/lardon/46275

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lardon <== Here's the "toddler".

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lardon...%C3%A9canique) <== Mechanical engineering is not one of my best subjects.

I don't have a copy of Le Petit Robert, but that may offer more clues.
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I seem to remember that lardon was an old naval term to describe the practice of rubbing fat into dried meat to try and make it more malleable.
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ESD had been off planet, but back on the case this evening, she just sent this from Le Petit Robert.



Not sure of finding anything better than #2 for our current conundrum.

Tangentially, OH asked a few days ago "Who was it who said not to trust frogs with electricity?"

Shooting from the hip, I tentatively answered "Elon Musk?"

I got back "Not quite. I actually meant Voltaire".

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Originally Posted by BuckinghamshireBoy
ESD had been off planet, but back on the case this evening, she just sent this from Le Petit Robert.



Not sure of finding anything better than #2 for our current conundrum.

Tangentially, OH asked a few days ago "Who was it who said not to trust frogs with electricity?"

Shooting from the hip, I tentatively answered "Elon Musk?"

I got back "Not quite. I actually meant Voltaire".


That question about frogs and electricity. There must be more than an element of truth there. Given that Mme TP frequently blows one of her many fuses, which is enough to make even a non-froggy like myself jump!

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A LIFEGUARD shouted at me for peeing in the pool, I was so startled, I almost fell in.”
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