"Mirefois"? Spelling query



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Alan

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What is the correct spelling of this word? It's one I hear on the
television from time to time, used to describe a base of (typically)
onions, carrots & celery, sweated gently. I've never seen it in
writing so I've no idea how to spell it. The above spelling produced
just one food-related reference on Google, so I don't think it's
correct; but no other spelling that I could think of showed up at all!


Thanks,
KF
 
"Alan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> What is the correct spelling of this word? It's one I hear on the
> television from time to time, used to describe a base of (typically)
> onions, carrots & celery, sweated gently. I've never seen it in
> writing so I've no idea how to spell it. The above spelling produced
> just one food-related reference on Google, so I don't think it's
> correct; but no other spelling that I could think of showed up at all!
>
>
> Thanks,
> KF


It is mirepoix. It is traditionally 1/2 onion, 1/4 each carrot and celery.
 
On 10-Apr-2005, [email protected] (Alan) wrote:

> What is the correct spelling of this word? It's one I hear on the
> television from time to time, used to describe a base of (typically)
> onions, carrots & celery, sweated gently. I've never seen it in
> writing so I've no idea how to spell it. The above spelling produced
> just one food-related reference on Google, so I don't think it's
> correct; but no other spelling that I could think of showed up at all!


It can be spelled as mirepois or mirepoix
http://web.foodnetwork.com/food/web/encyclopedia/termdetail/0,,4048,00.html

A good way to look these things up is on foodnetwork.com, use the search
topic feature. In this case, a search for mir* brought up a list of topics
that included the one of interest.
 
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] (Alan) wrote:

> What is the correct spelling of this word? It's one I hear on the
> television from time to time, used to describe a base of (typically)
> onions, carrots & celery, sweated gently. I've never seen it in
> writing so I've no idea how to spell it. The above spelling produced
> just one food-related reference on Google, so I don't think it's
> correct; but no other spelling that I could think of showed up at all!
>
>
> Thanks,
> KF


Try mirepoix.
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"Alan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> What is the correct spelling of this word? It's one I hear on the
> television from time to time, used to describe a base of (typically)
> onions, carrots & celery, sweated gently. I've never seen it in
> writing so I've no idea how to spell it. The above spelling produced
> just one food-related reference on Google, so I don't think it's
> correct; but no other spelling that I could think of showed up at all!
>
>
> Thanks,
> KF


Mirepoix

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