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Aug 26, 2001 02:51
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French term
salamandre
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In cookery.
I'm a little confused since in one sentence I have "[poêle avec] queue rivetée sur l?axe court pour un modèle de poêle à poissons 'spéciale salamandre' and in another I have "La poêle ovale a la forme idéale pour cuisiner les poissons entiers, y compris la salamandre".
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Now I know a salamander is a type of stove and also that a salamander is a newt, sometimes called the "salamander fish" - but cooking newts in a pan??? Could it be that in the first sentence they're talking about a stove and in the second about whatever an eatable salamander is? And why does having the handle on the short axis make it particularly suitable for salamanders (whether it be the stove or the beastie)?
Thanks for any enlightenment!!
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Dave
I'm a little confused since in one sentence I have "[poêle avec] queue rivetée sur l?axe court pour un modèle de poêle à poissons 'spéciale salamandre' and in another I have "La poêle ovale a la forme idéale pour cuisiner les poissons entiers, y compris la salamandre".
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Now I know a salamander is a type of stove and also that a salamander is a newt, sometimes called the "salamander fish" - but cooking newts in a pan??? Could it be that in the first sentence they're talking about a stove and in the second about whatever an eatable salamander is? And why does having the handle on the short axis make it particularly suitable for salamanders (whether it be the stove or the beastie)?
Thanks for any enlightenment!!
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Dave
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pls find the explanations below
Salamander: A small broiler used to brown or gratin foods.
Glossary of Culinary Terms
http://www.ddc.com/cheferic/gloss.htm#S
The noun salamander has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) salamander -- (any of various typically terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed)
2. salamander -- (reptilian creature supposed to live in fire)
3. poker, stove poker, fire hook, salamander -- (fire iron consisting of a metal rod with a handle; used to stir a fire)
http://www.notredame.ac.jp/cgi-bin/wn?cmd=wn&word=salamander
I guess, it's what you are looking for.
Glossary of Culinary Terms
http://www.ddc.com/cheferic/gloss.htm#S
The noun salamander has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) salamander -- (any of various typically terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed)
2. salamander -- (reptilian creature supposed to live in fire)
3. poker, stove poker, fire hook, salamander -- (fire iron consisting of a metal rod with a handle; used to stir a fire)
http://www.notredame.ac.jp/cgi-bin/wn?cmd=wn&word=salamander
I guess, it's what you are looking for.
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Comment: "I'm not really getting there. Sure, I missed the grill or broiler context, and that would seem a good reason for glueing the handle to the long side instead of the short side; therefore in the first sentence they're probably talking about the inanimate manifestation of the salamander. That leaves the second sentence, which I'm reposting.
Thanks to those who tried.
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salamander fish
I have met the expression meaning a kind of fish....
not sure for the stove...
it is not abdequate to use in the same text salamandre in two different meanings.
Just a comment!
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not sure for the stove...
it is not abdequate to use in the same text salamandre in two different meanings.
Just a comment!
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poele a combustion lente qui se place dans une cheminee
I found anther meaning!
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A special tray
perhaps it is special tray/dish to put food and cook in a stove , it must have some consturction suit for such dishes.
I imagine there is a dish ( having some ridges and grooves to collect oil and water coming from fishes during cooking)
I imagine there is a dish ( having some ridges and grooves to collect oil and water coming from fishes during cooking)
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slow combustion stove
'salamandre' is a slow combustion stove which prevents over-cooking of fish.
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I agree
...with you that the first sentence refers to the stove while the second talks about the eatable "S".
It's the oval shape what makes it ideal not the handle (if I understand your quotes correctly. I don't know why, but I'd think that it is because the fish can fit in it in one piece?
All my searching on-line didn't help me understand it better. I'd suggest asking the client for a short explanation.
Good luck!
It's the oval shape what makes it ideal not the handle (if I understand your quotes correctly. I don't know why, but I'd think that it is because the fish can fit in it in one piece?
All my searching on-line didn't help me understand it better. I'd suggest asking the client for a short explanation.
Good luck!
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Larousse gastronomique
The Larousse Gastronomique on page 825 gives this explanoation:
Salamander: - Oven,generally gas heated, into which dishes are put to glaze or brown the surface very rapidly.
In French the word also means breadcrumbs fried in butter which are sprinkled over certain preparations.
Larousse Gastronomique 1961
So I guess that in one sentence they are talking about a cooking ustensil.
In the second sentence they are talking about fried breadcrumbs. Not the newt...yukk!
Salamander: - Oven,generally gas heated, into which dishes are put to glaze or brown the surface very rapidly.
In French the word also means breadcrumbs fried in butter which are sprinkled over certain preparations.
Larousse Gastronomique 1961
So I guess that in one sentence they are talking about a cooking ustensil.
In the second sentence they are talking about fried breadcrumbs. Not the newt...yukk!
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designed to be used in a slow-combustion stove
The Robert-Collins calls a salamandre the above. So I think you would say it like this.
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salamander ; kitchen torch
Special frying pans for fish are flat, rectangular/oval shaped things with a (short) handle in the middle of one of the longest sides. You couldn't hold it properly otherwise.
Otherwise, acording to my Dictionnaire Gastronomique published by La Maison du Dictionnaire, "salamandre" is either :
- salamandre grill = grill
- salamandre poêle = slow combustion stove
It appears very commonly as a sort of kitchen torch, see first two refs here.
1 - http://www.island.be/cuisine/Gourmande/cgourtech.htm
Salamandre pour la crème brûlée. ça ressemble à une lampe à souder! Photo chez Williams Sonoma
2 - http://www.williams-sonoma.com/cat/pip.cfm?sku=1139674&cat=1...
kitchen torch (photo)
3 - http://www.multimania.com/jadeba/cours1o.html
Salade de feuille de chêne et fromage de chèvre.
Préparer des assiettes individuelles. Feuilles de salade de "Chêne" car elles résistent à la chaleur de la salamandre pour griller le fromage avec un rien d'huile d'olive.
4 - http://www.meilleurduchef.com/cgi/mdc/l/fr/recettes/creme_de...
Faites chauffer votre grill (si vous n'en avez pas, vous pouvez utiliser un chalumeau ou une salamandre)
Saupoudrer la surface de la crème, de sucre roux (cassonnade)...
5 - http://www.champagne.fr/fr/accords/index-accords-03-2001.htm...
Découper ces petits chaussons avec l'emporte-pièce afin d'obtenir une forme régulière, les disposer dans un plat beurré, les badigeonner de beurre clarifié à l'aide d'un pinceau, les faire colorer sous une salamandre ou à feu très chaud.
Otherwise, acording to my Dictionnaire Gastronomique published by La Maison du Dictionnaire, "salamandre" is either :
- salamandre grill = grill
- salamandre poêle = slow combustion stove
It appears very commonly as a sort of kitchen torch, see first two refs here.
1 - http://www.island.be/cuisine/Gourmande/cgourtech.htm
Salamandre pour la crème brûlée. ça ressemble à une lampe à souder! Photo chez Williams Sonoma
2 - http://www.williams-sonoma.com/cat/pip.cfm?sku=1139674&cat=1...
kitchen torch (photo)
3 - http://www.multimania.com/jadeba/cours1o.html
Salade de feuille de chêne et fromage de chèvre.
Préparer des assiettes individuelles. Feuilles de salade de "Chêne" car elles résistent à la chaleur de la salamandre pour griller le fromage avec un rien d'huile d'olive.
4 - http://www.meilleurduchef.com/cgi/mdc/l/fr/recettes/creme_de...
Faites chauffer votre grill (si vous n'en avez pas, vous pouvez utiliser un chalumeau ou une salamandre)
Saupoudrer la surface de la crème, de sucre roux (cassonnade)...
5 - http://www.champagne.fr/fr/accords/index-accords-03-2001.htm...
Découper ces petits chaussons avec l'emporte-pièce afin d'obtenir une forme régulière, les disposer dans un plat beurré, les badigeonner de beurre clarifié à l'aide d'un pinceau, les faire colorer sous une salamandre ou à feu très chaud.
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salamander
http://www.foodtv.com/terms/tt-r2/0,4474,1415,00.html
salamander : Definition: [SAL-uh-man-duhr] 1. A kitchen tool used to brown the top of foods. It consists of a long iron rod with a cast-iron disk at one end and a wooden handle at the other. The disk is heated over a burner until red-hot before being passed closely over food. In addition to quickly browning foods, salamanders are used for dishes (such as crème brûlée) that require that a surface layer of sugar be caramelized quickly so that the custard below remains cold. They can be purchased in cookware shops and the kitchenware section of most department stores. 2. A small broiler unit in a professional oven that quickly browns the tops of dishes.
http://desires.com/2.1/Food/Sweet/Docs/sun.html
A salamander, or Creme Brulee iron, is a small iron disk on a long handle. If you don't have one, you can caramelize the sugar topping by placing the desert very briefly under a preheated broiler.
salamander : Definition: [SAL-uh-man-duhr] 1. A kitchen tool used to brown the top of foods. It consists of a long iron rod with a cast-iron disk at one end and a wooden handle at the other. The disk is heated over a burner until red-hot before being passed closely over food. In addition to quickly browning foods, salamanders are used for dishes (such as crème brûlée) that require that a surface layer of sugar be caramelized quickly so that the custard below remains cold. They can be purchased in cookware shops and the kitchenware section of most department stores. 2. A small broiler unit in a professional oven that quickly browns the tops of dishes.
http://desires.com/2.1/Food/Sweet/Docs/sun.html
A salamander, or Creme Brulee iron, is a small iron disk on a long handle. If you don't have one, you can caramelize the sugar topping by placing the desert very briefly under a preheated broiler.
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