Wednesday, November 6, 2019
How to Use Chou in French Conversation
How to Use Chou in French Conversation If youre talking about cabbage in French, then youre going to need to know how to use the wordà chou.à Pronounced shoo, the wordà chouà can be used to describe a cabbage or as a term of endearment akin to darling or dear. Usingà Chouà in Conversation As a vegetable, chou can be served grated raw in a salad, boiled then creamed with bacon bits, stuffed with milk-soaked bread, sausage, eggs, vegetables, and herbs or baked in a cabbage galette with herbs and lardons (hearty French smoked bacon). But, really, the options are only limited by the culinary imagination of Francesà talented regional and restaurant cooks. The use as a term of endearmentà may derive from the pretty, frilly, green, slightly delicate Savoy cabbage that the French have a certain affection for. On va manger du chou. Were going to eat some cabbage.Salade de chou rougeà est un excellent example de la cuisine minceur deà Michel Guà ©rard. Red cabbage salad is an excellent example of [chef] Michel Guà ©rards slimming cuisine.Ãâ¡a va mon [petit] chou? How are you, my darling (my sweet)? Related Words There are a number of related words with chou as their root, for example: un chouchou darling, petà chouchouter (informal) to pamper, coddleà la choucroute sauerkraut (brine-marinated cabbage)les choux de Bruxelles Brussels sprouts These rootà words also wind up in some common French expressions, such as: à ªtre dans les choux (informel) to be screwed up, lost, in troubleà faire chou blanc to draw a blank, to lead nowhereCest chou vert et vert chou.à Its green cabbage and cabbage green. [meaning, roughly: Its the same either way.] Additional Resources As you expand yourà vocabulary, youll want to learn more ways to talk about food with your loved ones. French terms of endearmentFood in French
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