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CHOWDER [11 records]

Record 1 2016-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Restaurant Menus
  • Recipes
DEF

Chowder made from soft or hard shell clams, as appropriate.

OBS

In Eastern Canada, mainly soft shell clams (Mya arenaria) ("myes") are canned. Quahogs (Venus mercenaria) ("palourdes") are hard shell clams.

OBS

chowder : a thick soup... of seafood(as clams...) usually made with milk and containing salt pork or bacon, onions, and potatoes...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Menus (Restauration)
  • Recettes de cuisine
OBS

Dans l'Est du Canada, ce sont surtout des myes que l'on récolte et que l'on met en conserve (soft shell clams), mais il peut également s'agir de palourdes (hard shell clams). En France, le mot chaudrée n'est pas suivi d'un déterminatif parce qu'il s'applique uniquement à la soupe de poisson charentaise, alors qu'au Canada, il désigne avant tout la soupe aux coquillages et pommes de terre d'Acadie et de Nouvelle-Angleterre.

Key term(s)
  • chowder aux clams
  • soupe de palourdes
  • soupe aux palourdes
  • chaudrée de clams
  • chaudrée aux clams
  • chaudrée de mye
  • bouillabaisse de clams

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Prepared Dishes (Cooking)
CONT

The name chowder seems to have originated from the French word chaudière(a large heavy pot used by fishermen to cook soups and stews). The name probably was carried to the French Canadian coasts and traveled from there to New England(noted for its clam chowder) and then south. Each locality on the eastern coast of the United States has its favorite recipe, based on the kinds of fish and vegetables available. The name is extended to include a mixture of vegetables only.

OBS

A thick, chunky soup made with fresh fish.

OBS

The most popular of chowders is clam chowder.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plats cuisinés
DEF

Soupe de poissons.

OBS

chowder : En Amérique du Nord, soupe de poissons ou de fruits de mer généralement de palourdes [...]

Spanish

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Record 3 2005-08-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Recipes
  • Restaurant Menus
DEF

A thick, chunky seafood soup, of which clam chowder is the most well known.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recettes de cuisine
  • Menus (Restauration)
DEF

Soupe de poissons [...] qui se prépare avec de petites raies, des soles [...] Certaines variantes comportent des pommes de terre.

Spanish

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Record 4 2005-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Recipes
  • Restaurant Menus

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recettes de cuisine
  • Menus (Restauration)

Spanish

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Record 5 2003-07-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Culinary Techniques
DEF

A colourful mix of spicy, fun foods, often drenched -- literally -- in island flavors.

OBS

Meats are flavored with marinades and fry rubs and smoked in a closed pit environment to deliver jerked food delight. Hot pepper sauces, fruit-based sauces, and chiles soak foods in flavor. Soups and stews--pepperpot, quimbomba, sopito, conch chowder, bebele and more--are abundant and diverse favorites on island menus. The typical recipe revolves around meats and seafood mixed with spices, peppers, vegetables and potatoes or other tubers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques culinaires
CONT

C'est à la Guadeloupe et à la Martinique que l'on trouve la meilleure cuisine des Caraïbes. Bien préparés, les plats créoles mêlent toutes les influences des îles, française, indienne, africaine, à des ingrédients d'une fraîcheur exceptionnelle. Les poissons et les crustacés se distinguent en toute logique.

Spanish

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Record 6 1991-07-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Recipes
DEF

clam chowder made of minced clams, salt pork, onions, potatoes, and milk.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recettes de cuisine
OBS

chowder de la Nouvelle-Angleterre.

Spanish

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Record 7 1987-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Prepared Dishes (Cooking)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plats cuisinés

Spanish

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Record 8 1986-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Recipes

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recettes de cuisine

Spanish

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Record 9 1984-08-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Prepared Dishes (Cooking)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plats cuisinés
OBS

Plats de qual. - quantité, p. 21

Spanish

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Record 10 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cooking and Gastronomy

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cuisine et gastronomie

Spanish

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Record 11 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cooking and Gastronomy

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cuisine et gastronomie

Spanish

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