Fricassee

hint – ‘cooking’ is not close enough.

a rice dish, I think?

bluegreen said:

a rice dish, I think?

nope – but thanks for being first.

To fry, to make a mix that ends up not quite solid but not quite liquid, aka soup. Somewhere inbetween.

justin said:

Fricassee

hint – ‘cooking’ is not close enough.

Cooking in a thick white sauce.

justin said:

Fricassee

hint – ‘cooking’ is not close enough.

I think you fry the goods, and add to a bechemal (white) sauce?

P calls it “chicken fricasee” and that’s basically what he tells me to do to make it…I have my doubts as to the authenticity of this way of preparing a fricasee but who am I to argue?

I think I was thinking of “kedgeree” :)

Happy Potter said:

To fry, to make a mix that ends up not quite solid but not quite liquid, aka soup. Somewhere inbetween.

very close

look it up and tell me if you were right – i’m not totally certain.

pomolo said:

justin said:

Fricassee

hint – ‘cooking’ is not close enough.

Cooking in a thick white sauce.

i will need you cooks to tell me what the definition means – but so far HP is winning imo

What do you know, P was right…I fry the chopped chicken pieces until heated through, then add the hot white sauce…

Dinetta said:

justin said:

Fricassee

hint – ‘cooking’ is not close enough.

I think you fry the goods, and add to a bechemal (white) sauce?

I can see my imprecise definition here…was thinking of meat cut into bite-sized pieces but didn’t say so…

Dinetta said:

justin said:

Fricassee

hint – ‘cooking’ is not close enough.

I think you fry the goods, and add to a bechemal (white) sauce?

fry is right – but what is the difference between fry, sautee and fricassee? – is what i need to know.

justin said:

Dinetta said:

justin said:

Fricassee

hint – ‘cooking’ is not close enough.

I think you fry the goods, and add to a bechemal (white) sauce?

fry is right – but what is the difference between fry, sautee and fricassee? – is what i need to know.

Here’s one definition

Whoops did I break the rules??

Dinetta said:

Whoops did I break the rules??

yes – but now the cooks are all looking it up to see what the meaning of the definitions are-

i read it as – being dry fried and than the fluid added.

sautee…to “fry” whilst preserving the moisture, texture and flavour… from some french word …saute (with a grave?) meaning to bounce (whilst cooking)…

Dinetta said:

sautee…to “fry” whilst preserving the moisture, texture and flavour… from some french word …saute (with a grave?) meaning to bounce (whilst cooking)…

very similar to fricassee – which has probably come under the recent influence of the cajun culture in the deep south of USA.
anyrate next time you hear fricassee you’ll be wiser.
probably you’all will hear it next in a Louisiana cooking programme.

justin said:

Dinetta said:

justin said:

Fricassee

hint – ‘cooking’ is not close enough.

I think you fry the goods, and add to a bechemal (white) sauce?

fry is right – but what is the difference between fry, sautee and fricassee? – is what i need to know.

Fricassee in our house meant anything that was on it’s last leg so it was cut up and put into a white sauce. Mostly served on toast. I hated fricassee anything but I’ve grown up since then.

Fricassee in our house meant anything that was on it’s last leg so it was cut up and put into a white sauce. Mostly served on toast. I hated fricassee anything but I’ve grown up since then.

—————————————————————-
-my mother never used the fric word so – it looks like
dicing, frying and adding white sauce is winning.

came across this word today, i have never seen it before.

inculcate

good luck :)

oh yeah, no peeking :)

Yeah, seen that one before. It’s a sort of teaching type idea. I think by repetition.

buffy said:

Yeah, seen that one before. It’s a sort of teaching type idea. I think by repetition.

Think buffy’s got close enough.. don’t you?

roughbarked said:

buffy said:

Yeah, seen that one before. It’s a sort of teaching type idea. I think by repetition.

Think buffy’s got close enough.. don’t you?

smarty pants :)

yes done and dusted :)

verb instil (an idea, attitude, or habit) by persistent instruction:I tried to inculcate in my pupils an attitude of enquiry teach (someone) an attitude, idea, or habit by persistent instruction:they will try to inculcate you with a respect for culture

your turn buffy :)

I’ll give you an easy one suggested by Mr buffy:

micturate

buffy said:

I’ll give you an easy one suggested by Mr buffy:

micturate

methinks it is in the miction of urates?

roughbarked said:

buffy said:

I’ll give you an easy one suggested by Mr buffy:

micturate

methinks it is in the miction of urates?

oops, Emiction

buffy said:

I’ll give you an easy one suggested by Mr buffy:

micturate

yes an easy one, thanks for that

no idea :)

it a chemistry process?

I know it, but do you think I can remember it right now?

this one is definitely very cheeky indeed :)

buffy said:

I’ll give you an easy one suggested by Mr buffy:

micturate

Um, to make smaller by combining it with something else?

It is, isn’t it trichome. It’s a bit naughty. But it’s a proper medical word.

Any help?

buffy said:

It is, isn’t it trichome. It’s a bit naughty. But it’s a proper medical word.

Any help?

Didn’t anybody see my answer?

roughbarked said:

buffy said:

It is, isn’t it trichome. It’s a bit naughty. But it’s a proper medical word.

Any help?

Didn’t anybody see my answer?

ah yes roughbarked. too technical perhaps? It is the mechanism of doing a pee. Males can have trouble when they have an enlarged prostate.

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

buffy said:

It is, isn’t it trichome. It’s a bit naughty. But it’s a proper medical word.

Any help?

Didn’t anybody see my answer?

ah yes roughbarked. too technical perhaps? It is the mechanism of doing a pee. Males can have trouble when they have an enlarged prostate.

This is a gardening forum. Surely urates is obvious?

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

Didn’t anybody see my answer?

ah yes roughbarked. too technical perhaps? It is the mechanism of doing a pee. Males can have trouble when they have an enlarged prostate.

This is a gardening forum. Surely urates is obvious?

you would think so, but I missed it at first.

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

ah yes roughbarked. too technical perhaps? It is the mechanism of doing a pee. Males can have trouble when they have an enlarged prostate.

This is a gardening forum. Surely urates is obvious?

you would think so, but I missed it at first.

Doesn’t matter. ;) you choose a word.

No words since 31/12/12 how can that be? :) I’m sure Miss Mod would be pleased, keeping things on topic and all.

I came across a word today on another forum, never seen it before.

copacetic

any ideas?

21/12/13 that should have been

trichome said:

No words since 31/12/12 how can that be? :) I’m sure Miss Mod would be pleased, keeping things on topic and all.

I came across a word today on another forum, never seen it before.

copacetic

any ideas?

The other “players” objected to my putting up words that I found in Thomas Hardy books…

Copacetic… would that be like the Coptic Christians in Egypt?

Wonder what the “COP’ stands for, must be a Latin root word, I think…then there’s the “cetic” part…

Maybe tomorrow when I’m sober???

it is late, see you tomorrow

trichome said:

No words since 31/12/12 how can that be? :) I’m sure Miss Mod would be pleased, keeping things on topic and all.

I came across a word today on another forum, never seen it before.

copacetic

any ideas?

It sounds American. Haven’t heard him for years but I’m sure Jimmy Stewart used it once.

roughbarked said:

trichome said:

No words since 31/12/12 how can that be? :) I’m sure Miss Mod would be pleased, keeping things on topic and all.

I came across a word today on another forum, never seen it before.

copacetic

any ideas?

It sounds American. Haven’t heard him for years but I’m sure Jimmy Stewart used it once.

a state of mind, perhaps?

trichome said:

No words since 31/12/12 how can that be? :) I’m sure Miss Mod would be pleased, keeping things on topic and all.

I came across a word today on another forum, never seen it before.

copacetic

any ideas?

no idea!

Dinetta said:

roughbarked said:

trichome said:

No words since 31/12/12 how can that be? :) I’m sure Miss Mod would be pleased, keeping things on topic and all.

I came across a word today on another forum, never seen it before.

copacetic

any ideas?

It sounds American. Haven’t heard him for years but I’m sure Jimmy Stewart used it once.

a state of mind, perhaps?

I think so.

Blast it, I’m out of practise, that last one was in the wrong thread.

I also had never heard of it. American? Maybe southern Black American.

But it means fine; completely satisfactory; OK.

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/copacetic

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/copacetic

So I hope everyone is copasetic about that :)

trichome said:

Blast it, I’m out of practise, that last one was in the wrong thread.

I also had never heard of it. American? Maybe southern Black American.

But it means fine; completely satisfactory; OK.

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/copacetic

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/copacetic

So I hope everyone is copasetic about that :)

:)

Well I would never have guessed…it’s not a word that suits its’ meaning, is it?

yes exactly, doesn’t fit its meaning.

Heard one today, and to me also it may not fit kits meaning either, I have heard the word but not known its meaning, but is more garden orientated, hope I’m not giving it away.

word is fecund

trichome said:

yes exactly, doesn’t fit its meaning.

Heard one today, and to me also it may not fit kits meaning either, I have heard the word but not known its meaning, but is more garden orientated, hope I’m not giving it away.

word is fecund

Dunno about gardening, but rabbits and mice and sparrows seem to be pretty fecund to me.

buffy said:

Dunno about gardening, but rabbits and mice and sparrows seem to be pretty fecund to me.

rather prolific do you say?

trichome said:

buffy said:

Dunno about gardening, but rabbits and mice and sparrows seem to be pretty fecund to me.

rather prolific do you say?

Inclined to be highly fertile, usually used in respect of mammals, is how I’ve read it…love the sound of that word…

Dinetta said:

trichome said:

buffy said:

Dunno about gardening, but rabbits and mice and sparrows seem to be pretty fecund to me.

rather prolific do you say?

Inclined to be highly fertile, usually used in respect of mammals, is how I’ve read it…love the sound of that word…

I’m pretty sure it’s from the same Anglo-Saxon root (pardon the pun) “focken” – to sow…originally used in agriculture, when they cast seeds by hand when following the equine/bovine pulled plough…

Dinetta said:

Dinetta said:

trichome said:

rather prolific do you say?

Inclined to be highly fertile, usually used in respect of mammals, is how I’ve read it…love the sound of that word…

I’m pretty sure it’s from the same Anglo-Saxon root (pardon the pun) “focken” – to sow…originally used in agriculture, when they cast seeds by hand when following the equine/bovine pulled plough…

Well i never :) Rather risque there Dinetta :) Only kidding. Well it must some else for a turn at words.

I’ve seen a couple in a book that I’m reading…am reading 5 books simultaneously so it makes for thought-provoking convos with my self while I puzzle out which plot I’m following…

well out with them :)

trichome said:

well out with them :)

Looking for my Thos Hardy books…in a box somewhere…

Dinetta said:

trichome said:

well out with them :)

Looking for my Thos Hardy books…in a box somewhere…

The books you are reading?

trichome said:

Dinetta said:

trichome said:

well out with them :)

Looking for my Thos Hardy books…in a box somewhere…

The books you are reading?

Well, the latest word is in a book by a reputable author, I think it might be Alexander McCall Smith’s “The comforts of a muddy Saturday” or something…bit of a bore compared to his others…will have a look tomorrow…

OK…
palaestra

bumpity bump bump

Dinetta said:

bumpity bump bump

oo doobie doo oobie doo do do do do do.

roughbarked said:

Dinetta said:

bumpity bump bump

oo doobie doo oobie doo do do do do do.

Well goodness gracious me.

:D

The latest word is

paelestra

spelt it wrong, that’s Rough Barked’s fault…

palaestra…

go for it…

Dinetta said:

spelt it wrong, that’s Rough Barked’s fault…

palaestra…

go for it…

It is always all my fault but I’ll not wrestle the limelight from anyone.

If you soft shoe shuffle, you’re welcome to the lime light…

I don’t know that word, but sounds like something from the dinosaur age.

bluegreen said:

I don’t know that word, but sounds like something from the dinosaur age.

More likely, Greece.

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

I don’t know that word, but sounds like something from the dinosaur age.

More likely, Greece.

RoughBarked is “warm”…

Dinetta said:

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

I don’t know that word, but sounds like something from the dinosaur age.

More likely, Greece.

RoughBarked is “warm”…

I know the answer and mentioned it in the first post.

…. I need better than a clue,,,

Dinetta said:

…. I need better than a clue,,,

Well it is simple. It is Greek and it is about wrestling and other sports that can be carried out within small spaces where people can be seated to watch and thus it is also Olympic. More clues?

roughbarked said:

Dinetta said:

…. I need better than a clue,,,

Well it is simple. It is Greek and it is about wrestling and other sports that can be carried out within small spaces where people can be seated to watch and thus it is also Olympic. More clues?

Hang on while I check the book for the context…

Dinetta said:

roughbarked said:

Dinetta said:

…. I need better than a clue,,,

Well it is simple. It is Greek and it is about wrestling and other sports that can be carried out within small spaces where people can be seated to watch and thus it is also Olympic. More clues?

Hang on while I check the book for the context…

In the USA they use it to name the seating map in basketball stadiums.

would never have got that last word Dinetta :)

trichome said:

would never have got that last word Dinetta :)

When I get new frames for my spectactles, I’ll look it up in the novel, the print is very small…I don’t think it was in the context that RoughBarked has defined it…

I thought it meant “palace”…looks a lot like it…

Dinetta said:

trichome said:

would never have got that last word Dinetta :)

When I get new frames for my spectactles, I’ll look it up in the novel, the print is very small…I don’t think it was in the context that RoughBarked has defined it…

I thought it meant “palace”…looks a lot like it…

It could be a palace if that’s what one wanted to call it but the original meaning was where the small games such as wrestling were had, often where people were seated to watch. It is used to describe basketball stadiums in American universities. or.. at least there is one such instance. (that’s how I know. My brother is director of basketball coaching and players for basketball Australia.)

Description from Wiki.
The architecture of the palaestra, although allowing for some variation, followed a distinct, standard plan. The palaestra essentially consisted of a rectangular court surrounded by colonnades with adjoining rooms. These rooms might house a variety of functions: bathing, ball playing, undressing and storage of clothes, seating for socializing, observation, or instruction, and storage of oil, dust or athletic equipment.

OK, it is a large print book…derrr..must have had tired eyes the other night…

Here is the exerpt:

“…but this was not Sparta, where athletes disported naked in the palaestra; …” (talking about people who exercise in the nude, for whatever reason)

Congratulations to RoughBarked…

Dinetta said:

OK, it is a large print book…derrr..must have had tired eyes the other night…

Here is the exerpt:

“…but this was not Sparta, where athletes disported naked in the palaestra; …” (talking about people who exercise in the nude, for whatever reason)

Congratulations to RoughBarked…

The original greek games where our Olympics originated were done naked. The palaestra would be a sporting arena.

bluegreen said:

Dinetta said:

OK, it is a large print book…derrr..must have had tired eyes the other night…

Here is the exerpt:

“…but this was not Sparta, where athletes disported naked in the palaestra; …” (talking about people who exercise in the nude, for whatever reason)

Congratulations to RoughBarked…

The original greek games where our Olympics originated were done naked. The palaestra would be a sporting arena.

Yep.. sporting arena but for the sports such as wrestling which was practised naked, true.

I have looked up an online dictionary, seeing as we have reached the end of the “story” with this word, and this is what I found:

“palaestra
(pəˈlɛstrə; ˈliː) or palestra
n, pl -tras or -trae (-triː)
1. (Historical Terms) (in ancient Greece or Rome) a public place devoted to the training of athletes
“

Which supports you, RoughBarked, with wrestling being the original purpose of the venue…

Dinetta said:

I have looked up an online dictionary, seeing as we have reached the end of the “story” with this word, and this is what I found:

“palaestra
(pəˈlɛstrə; ˈliː) or palestra
n, pl -tras or -trae (-triː)
1. (Historical Terms) (in ancient Greece or Rome) a public place devoted to the training of athletes
“

Which supports you, RoughBarked, with wrestling being the original purpose of the venue…

OK. So I got one. It was just lucky that I knew something about it. The fact is that in the USA, the term is still used today in at least one university, possibly many.

roughbarked said:

Dinetta said:

I have looked up an online dictionary, seeing as we have reached the end of the “story” with this word, and this is what I found:

“palaestra
(pəˈlɛstrə; ˈliː) or palestra
n, pl -tras or -trae (-triː)
1. (Historical Terms) (in ancient Greece or Rome) a public place devoted to the training of athletes
“

Which supports you, RoughBarked, with wrestling being the original purpose of the venue…

OK. So I got one. It was just lucky that I knew something about it. The fact is that in the USA, the term is still used today in at least one university, possibly many.

Strange as it may seem, it was basketball that brought it to my attention and left the imprint of it on my grey cells.

roughbarked said:

OK. So I got one. It was just lucky that I knew something about it. The fact is that in the USA, the term is still used today in at least one university, possibly many.

That’s what the “game” is all about…

Interesting that the word is still “alive”…

roughbarked said:

Strange as it may seem, it was basketball that brought it to my attention and left the imprint of it on my grey cells.

It does seem strange but that’s the English language for you…

here’s one

atavistic

good luck :)

trichome said:

here’s one

atavistic

good luck :)

Not hard if one is already a throwback.

no peeking roughie :)

however, rather cryptic :)

trichome said:

however, rather cryptic :)

It has oft been said of me.

roughbarked said:

trichome said:

however, rather cryptic :)

It has oft been said of me.

not many takers, but I think you got it :)

Relating to or characterized by reversion to something ancient or ancestral:
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/atavistic

trichome said:

roughbarked said:

trichome said:

however, rather cryptic :)

It has oft been said of me.

not many takers, but I think you got it :)

Relating to or characterized by reversion to something ancient or ancestral:
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/atavistic

revert = throwback too. ;)