This section is from the book "The Art Of Naming Dishes On Bills Of Fare", by L. Schumacher. Also available from Amazon: The Art of Naming Dishes on Bills of Fare.
One distinguishes three different kinds of table cards: the bill of fare, the menu, and the list of beverages.
The bill of fare is a list of dishes with prices for each dish and from which the guests order and accordingly pay for. (European Plan) A bill of fare also can be without prices and the guests pay a certain price for one meal, by the day, week or month, etc., no matter what is ordered. (American Plan).
A menu offers only a number of different dishes for a certain repast. The dishes are either served on large plates and handed around or they are served individually. Sometimes the price for one cover (the whole meal) is marked on the menu.
A bill of fare can be made up for the entire day. They are named as follows:
Bill of fare; Day's Bill of fare; Card for the Day; Bill of fare to order.
Carte; Carte du Jour.
Lista de Platos; Lista de Platos a la Carta; Lista de Platos del Dia.
Tageskarte; Speisen nach der Karte; Speise-karte; Speiseliste; Speisen nach Wahl; Speisen nach Aus wahl.
Bills of fare which are intended for a certain meal only, are called as follows:
Breakfast.
Lunch to Order.
Supper to Order.
Dejeuner.
Depeuner-diner a la Carte; Dejeuner a la Fourchette.
Diner a la Carte. Souper a la Carte.
Desayuno.
Almuerzo a la Carta. Comida a la Carta. Cena a la Carta.
Friihstuck.
Gabelfrunstuck nach der Karte. Hauptmahlzeit nach der Karte. Abendmahlzeit nach der Karte.
If it is a common service (table d'hote) and the names of the different day-meals are mentioned, then they are called without the endings to order a la carte, a la carta, nach der Karte.
Menus are called as followed:
Menu.
Menu.
Lista /de Platos/ de Mesa Franca; Lista [/de Platos/ de Mesa redonda.
Tafelkarte.
List of Beverages.
Liste de Boissons.
Lista de Bebidas.
Getrank-Liste (Getrankliste); Getrank-karte (Getrankkarte).
Wine List; Wine Card.
Liste de Vins.
Lista de Bebidas.
Weinkarte (Wein-Karte); Weinliste (Wein- Liste).
FRENCH: | ENGLISH: |
à l'ail | with garlic |
à l'aillolis | with garlic butter |
à l'ammende | with Greek sorrel |
à l'amourette | with amourette |
aux anchois | with anchovies |
à l'aneth | with dill |
à l'anis | with aniseed |
à l'ananas | with pineapple |
aux ananas | with pineapples |
aux arachides | with peanuts |
aux artichauts | with artichokes |
aux artichauts farcis | with stuffed artichokes |
aux artichauts frits | with fried (baked) artichokes |
aux asperges | with asparagus |
aux asperges et /aux/pois | with asparagus and peas |
aux avelines | with hazelnuts |
au avocat | with alligator pear |
aux bananes | with bananas |
à la batate | with sweet potato |
aux bâtâtes | with sweet potatoes |
aux betteraves | with red beets |
au beurre; | with butter |
au beurre fondu | with melted butter |
au(x) beurré (s) | with butter-pear(s) |
aux bigardes | with Seville oranges |
à la bière | with beer |
à la biscotte | with zwieback |
aux biscottes | with zwiebacks |
à la bistorte | with adder-wort |
au blé de Turquie; au mais | with corn (maize) |
au brocoli | with broccoli |
aux brugnoles | with prunellas |
aux bunions | with earth-nuts |
au contaloup | with cantaloupe |
à la cannelle | with cinnamon |
aux câpres | with capers |
aux cardons | with cardoons |
aux carottes | with carrots |
aux carottes et/aux/pois | with carrots and peas |
aux carottes et salsifis | with carrots and oyster plant |
au carvi | with caraway |
au cary | with curry |
au caviar | with caviare |
qu céleri | with celery |
aux cèpes | with mushrooms |
au cerfeuil | with chervil |
aux cerises | with cherries |
à la cervelle | with brain [not used] |
à la cervelle de mouton | with lamb's brain |
aux champignons | with mushrooms |
aux champignons farcis | with filled mushrooms |
à la chicorée | with chicory |
à la chipolata | with sausage-ragout |
au chou | with cabbage |
aux choux | with cabbage |
aux choux-fleurs | with cauliflower |
aux choux de Milan | with Savoy cabbage |
aux choux-raves | with turnip-cabbage |
aux choux-rouges | with red cabbage |
à la choucroute | with sourcrout |
à la ciboulette (civette) | with chives |
au citron | with lemon |
aux citrons | with lemons |
au cognac | with cognac-brandy |
aux concombres frits | with baked cucumbers |
aux concombres | with cucumbers |
au consommé | with consomme |
aux corinthes | with dried currants |
aux cornichons | with gherkins |
aux cornichons et/aux/olives | with gherkins and olives |
au court-bouillon | with court-bouillon |
aux crabes | with crabs |
aux crabes dTiuitres | with oyster-crabs |
à la crème | with cream |
à la crème aigre | with sour cream |
à la crème de fouettée | with whipped cream |
à la crème de marrons | with chestnut cream |
au cresson au cresson de fontaine | with cress |
with water cress | |
aux crevettes | with shrimps |
aux croquettes | with croquettes |
aux croquettes de cervelle | with brain croquettes |
aux croquettes de macarone/s (macaroni/s/) | with macaroni croquettes |
aux croquettes de volaille | with chicken croquettes |
à la croûtes | with crust (bread crust) |
aux croûtons | with small crusts |
aux croûtons de légumes | with vegetable dice |
au cumin | with caraway |
aux échalottes | with shallots |
aux écrevisses | with crayfish |
à l'épinard | with spinach |
aux escargots | with snails |
à l'estragon | with tarragon |
à la farce de marrons | with chestnut filling |
au fenouil | with fennel |
aux filets de poule | with chicken fillets |
aux filets de truite | with trout fillets |
aux fines herbes | with fine herbs |
au foie | with liver |
au foie d'oie | with chicken liver |
aux foies d'oies | with chicken livers |
au foie de veau et/aux/ [truffes | with calf's liver and truffles |
au fumet d'ananas | with pineapple flavor |
à la gelée | with jelly |
à la gelée /de viande/ | with meat jelly |
à la gelée de groseilles | with currant jelly |
au gingembre | with ginger |
au gombo | with gombo |
aux groseilles | with currants |
aux groseilles vertes | with gooseberries |
à la grive farcie | with stuffed fieldfare |
aux grives farcies | with stuffed fieldfares |
au hareng | with herring |
aux harengs | with herrings |
aux haricots | with beans |
aux haricots blancs | with white beans |
aux haricots verts | with string beans |
aux herbes | with herbs |
à l'huile | with oil |
aux huîtres | with oysters |
au jambon | with ham |
aux jaunes d'oeufs | with egg-yolks |
au jus /de viande/ | with meat juice |
au jus de fruits | with fruit juice |
aux laitues | with lettuce |
aux laitues braisées | with braised lettuce |
aux laitues farcies | with stuffed lettuce |
au lard | with bacon |
au légumes | with vegetable |
aux légumes | with vegetables |
aux légumes croustillants | with crisped vegetables |
aux légumes au four | with baked vegetables |
aux lentilles | with lentils |
au macaroni | with macaroni |
aux macaroni et/aux/ | with macaroni and tomatoes |
[tomates | |
au madère ; au vin de Madère | with Madeira /wine/; with |
[madeira | |
aux marrons | with chestnuts |
aux moules | with mussels |
à la moutarde | with mustard |
aux navets | with turnips |
aux navets rissolés | with brawned turnips |
aux nids d'hirondelles | with bird's nests (swallow |
[nests) | |
aux noques | with nodes |
aux noques de beurre | with butter nodes |
aux nouilles | with noodles |
aux oeufs | with egg(s) |
aux oeufs pochés | with poached egg(s) |
aux oignons | with onions |
aux olives | with olives |
à l'omelette | with omelet |
aux omelettes | with omelets |
à l'orge perlé | with pearl barley |
à l'oseille | with sorrel |
au pain | with bread |
aux pains de chevreuil | with vension rolls |
aux pains d'écrevisses | with crayfish rolls |
aux pains d'épinards | with spinach rolls |
aux pains de faisan | with pheasant rolls |
aux pains de foie gras | with fat-liver rolls |
au palais de boeuf , | with ox' palate |
au paprika | with paprika |
au persil | with parsley |
aux petits navets | with small turnips |
aux petits pains | with rolls |
aux petits pois | with new peas |
aux petits pois et/aux/ | with new peas and carrots |
[carrottes | |
aux pointes d'asperges | with asparagus tips |
aux poires | with pears |
aux pois | with peas |
aux pois frits | with baked peas |
au poivre vert | with apples |
aux pommes | with potatoes |
aux pommes d. t. | with green pepper |
au porc | with pork |
au porc salé (petitesalé) | with salted pork |
au porto | with port/wine/ |
aux prunes | with plums |
a la purée de haricots | with bean puree |
à la purée de lentils | with lentil puree |
à la purée d'oseille | with sorrel puree |
à la purée de pois | with pease puree |
à la purée verte | with green puree |
aux qunelles | with dumplings |
au ragoût fin | with fine ragout |
au raifort | with horseradish |
aux ravioles | with ravioles |
au ris | with sweetbread |
au ris de veau | with calf's sweetbread |
au riz | with rice |
aux riz et tapioca | with rice and tapioca |
aux rognons | with kidneys |
au sagou | with sago |
à la sucre | with sugar |
à la sauce | with sauce |
/à la/ sauce /de/bigarrade | with /Seville/ orange sauce |
/à la/ sauce au citron | with lemon sauce |
/à la/ sauce poivrade | with pepper sauce |
/à la/ sauce aux pommes | with apple sauce |
/à la/ sauce /de/ raifort | with horseradish sauce |
/à la/ sauce ravigote | with ravigote sauce |
/à la/ sauce rémoulade | with rémoulade sauce |
/à la/ sauce /de (aux)/ | with tomato sauce |
[tomate /s/ |
with green sauce | |
/à la/ sauce vinaigrette | with vinegrette |
au saumon | with salmon |
/à la/ sauce verte | with roast meat |
au saumon fumé | with smoked salmon |
au saucisse (saucisson) | with sausage |
aux saucissons (saucisses) | with sausages |
à :a sauge | with sage |
à la semoule | with semolina |
au tapioca | with tapioca |
à la tête de veau | with calf's head |
aux tomates | with tomatoes |
aux topinambours | with Jerusalem artichokes |
aux trois /pot de/ crème | with /tricolo/ red custard |
aux trois racines | with /tricolo/ red root [vegetables |
aux truffes | with truffles |
aux veau et jambon | with veal and ham |
au velouté | with white sauce |
aux vermicelles | with vermicelli |
au vin | with wine |
au vin blanc | with white wine |
au vin rouge | with red wine |
à la viande | with meat |
à la viande rôtie | with roast meat |
 
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