Why do Americans call the main course an entrée?

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RocksteadyDotNet

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I don't recall saying it did. Please point to where I indicated it did.

Pretty funny how Australians are still relying on their colonial masters in the UK for assistance.

Hows that?

Or are you talking about WelshBloke?

People with funny accents have to stick together. :)
 

pcgeek11

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Really who gives a shit. I am sorry you are so concerned about what we call our meals.

I call my desert Fred. Pick that apart.

It is better than eating a Spotted Dick like they do in England... :|
 

RocksteadyDotNet

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Really who gives a shit. I am sorry you are so concerned about what we call our meals.

I call my desert Fred. Pick that apart.

It is better than eating a Spotted Dick like they do in England... :|

If you want to troll the English start your own thread.
 

BoomerD

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FFS.

We're not racist, we're xenophobic.

Big difference. We like how our country is and don't want people coming here trying to change it. Fit in or fuck off.

Multiculturalism is a disaster.

You've proven that with your treatment of the "black fellas."
Your early people were as bad as, or worse than, the early Americans were to the native who were here first...
 

RocksteadyDotNet

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You've proven that with your treatment of the "black fellas."
Your early people were as bad as, or worse than, the early Americans were to the native who were here first...

No even the same ballpark. Aboriginals were classed as animals by the early settlers. Just shot on sight.

We're not too proud of that shit.
 

pcgeek11

Lifer
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Australia is a great liberty port for sailors, I spent a week there in Perth.

The women are really really HOT for Americans. I think it because they call their main meal Entree.
 

gimmewhitecastles

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So how do you calibrate using the word "entry" as meaning the middle of your meal?

How do you calibrate using the word "entry" as having anything to do with a meal?

Seems like you've been butchering the French language before the Americans butchered your butchering of the French language.
 

HAL9000

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How do you calibrate using the word "entry" as having anything to do with a meal?

Seems like you've been butchering the French language before the Americans butchered your butchering of the French language.

An entrée (pronounced /ˈɑːntreɪ/ AHN-tray, French "entrance") is one of several savoury courses in a Western-style and South American-style formal meal; specifically, a smaller course that precedes the main course.[1]

I would argue therefore that it was the used as the entrance to a meal...
 

bignateyk

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My guess is because many other countries have two "main courses". For example, Italy has the pasta course followed by the meat course. In the US we just combine all of them into one course, so during the merger of the two, for some reason "entree" stuck. Not sure what the big deal is though.
 

AstroManLuca

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and them Italians eat salad last.

crazy, but true.

That IS fucking weird.

I always thought this was normal because this was how my dad (born in Italy) ate. But at restaurants they always give you the salad first and my wife does that too.

I much prefer salad first. It's not filling and even a really good salad usually doesn't taste as good as the main course. Also if you have salad last the leaves get sauce and stuff on them. But having a little oil and vinegar on your plate at the start of the main course isn't a big deal.
 

gimmewhitecastles

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An entrée (pronounced /ˈɑːntreɪ/ AHN-tray, French "entrance") is one of several savoury courses in a Western-style and South American-style formal meal; specifically, a smaller course that precedes the main course.[1]

I would argue therefore that it was the used as the entrance to a meal...

It just means "entrance" in French as your definition stated. It could mean the entry meal but there are multiple definitions attached to that word. Most likely what happened is instead of saying "entry dish", they just dropped the "dish" part to make it easier. That happens a lot in language.

Like AreaCode said earlier, language evolves.
 

GrumpyMan

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That's strange, here in Texas we call it "Dinner", which consists of an entree (usually a salad), main course and desert. After "Dinner" we slap the old lady on the ass, burp and have sex. The movies are just fiction usually, much like international intervention to fix the world's problems.
 

AstroManLuca

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That's strange, here in Texas we call it "Dinner", which consists of an entree (usually a salad), main course and desert. After "Dinner" we slap the old lady on the ass, burp and have sex. The movies are just fiction usually, much like international intervention to fix the world's problems.

Is "dinner" the meal in the middle of the day (between 11 and 1) or at the end of the day?

I know a lot of country folk like to eat breakfast, dinner, and supper. But as far as I'm concerned it goes breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
 

gimmewhitecastles

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Is "dinner" the meal in the middle of the day (between 11 and 1) or at the end of the day?

I know a lot of country folk like to eat breakfast, dinner, and supper. But as far as I'm concerned it goes breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

if there is no lunch then you can't have brunch! :D
 

GrumpyMan

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Is "dinner" the meal in the middle of the day (between 11 and 1) or at the end of the day?

I know a lot of country folk like to eat breakfast, dinner, and supper. But as far as I'm concerned it goes breakfast, lunch, and dinner.


Normally "Dinner" is at the end of the day usually. But of course we often have "Breakfast food" for "Dinner", like eggs, bacon, sausage, etc.

Now when I lived in Argentina, "Dinner" was in the middle of the day with a wonderful "Siesta" afterward. A glorious tradition down there. Wish Americans would pick up on that. :thumbsup:
 

corwin

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When we dropped the accent aigu from the letter e it became an english word meaning main course...deal with it.
 

HAL9000

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It just means "entrance" in French as your definition stated. It could mean the entry meal but there are multiple definitions attached to that word. Most likely what happened is instead of saying "entry dish", they just dropped the "dish" part to make it easier. That happens a lot in language.

Like AreaCode said earlier, language evolves.

Yep, perfectly probable.