Bob W wrote:
Yep, it's a themed wine and food degustation menu, looks
more than
interesting.
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You forced me to look that word up. :-P
Leave it to Rob to use a word that is marked "Rare" in the
dictionary.. \smile on/\smile off/
I had to look it up too. Good one Rob!
I suspect it's only rare in the USA. It's very common in
Europe. And
especially common in France for some reason. Probably
something to do
with it being their language and their food and wine.
"Degustation" is common terminology in New York rstautants.
I believe there's even an establishment that goes by that
name. I believe it has its roots in Latin.
Paul
Indeed, although the word itself is French, which we have borrowed. But we
see the same root word in 'disgust', 'gustatory'. We also have the Latin
phrase 'de gustibus non est disputandum', meaning 'there's no accounting for
taste'. There's also 'gusto' from Spanish - 'we ate the spaniel with
gusto!'.
The word apparently has its roots in proto-Indo-European and has come down
the Germanic branches in words like 'choose'.
Bob
The erudition on this list always makes me smile.
Thanks to everyone who commented. And, indeed, we were so very fully
degusted, we couldn't have eaten one more spaniel.
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