Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
make meat dishes go further
English answer:
it means that you can use less meat or
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Rahi Moosavi
Dec 23, 2006 14:21
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make meat dishes go further
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"As well as being wholesome foods in themselves, lentils, beans or tofu can be used to make meat dishes go further"
What exactly does this "make meat dishes go further" mean? the docmunet was talking about consuming less meat up to this point.
What exactly does this "make meat dishes go further" mean? the docmunet was talking about consuming less meat up to this point.
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it means that you can use less meat or
make greater quantities of the dish by adding the lentils, tofu, etc. to the dish
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Comment: "Thanks to all"
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a possible clarification - not for points
Generally speaking 'to make something go further' means to make something do more than it would normally be expected to.
For instance, if you don't have much money (who does?), then you can make your money go further by, for example, shopping in the market just before it closes on the last working day of the week and buying produce which is being sold cheaper - and so on.
http://tinyurl.com/smd32
You can also make something go further by adding to it, or diluting it. So, for example, a none-too-honest hairdresser who has a bottle of shampoo which is enough for 20 hairwashes might add water to it and have enough for 30 hairwashes.
So, in general terms, 'to make something go further' means 'to eke something out':
http://tinyurl.com/yjffzw
or 'to stretch' it:
http://tinyurl.com/y42jes (definitions 8a and 8b).
In the case of your question, it's rather ambigious - partly because you've only given us the one sentence - plus telling us that the text so far talks about eating less meat.
I wonder if what the writer is saying is this? If you wish to use meat, for example for the taste, you can still manage to eat less of it. You can create dishes in which you use some meat for the tase - but, for instance, you could use 1 portion of meat and 'stretch it' to become a four-portion meal by adding other protein-rich foods such as legumes or tofu.
In that way, you have made the meat 'go further' - do more than it would normally - by creating four portions from one. You have also ensured that one portion contains less meat, but is no less nutritious in terms of protein. What's more, if you only wanted to make one portion, then you would use less meat. And whether you make one portion or four portions (or 8 or whatever), you are eating less meat.
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Note added at 5 hrs (2006-12-23 19:41:06 GMT)
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'....ambiguous....' - sorry about the typo
For instance, if you don't have much money (who does?), then you can make your money go further by, for example, shopping in the market just before it closes on the last working day of the week and buying produce which is being sold cheaper - and so on.
http://tinyurl.com/smd32
You can also make something go further by adding to it, or diluting it. So, for example, a none-too-honest hairdresser who has a bottle of shampoo which is enough for 20 hairwashes might add water to it and have enough for 30 hairwashes.
So, in general terms, 'to make something go further' means 'to eke something out':
http://tinyurl.com/yjffzw
or 'to stretch' it:
http://tinyurl.com/y42jes (definitions 8a and 8b).
In the case of your question, it's rather ambigious - partly because you've only given us the one sentence - plus telling us that the text so far talks about eating less meat.
I wonder if what the writer is saying is this? If you wish to use meat, for example for the taste, you can still manage to eat less of it. You can create dishes in which you use some meat for the tase - but, for instance, you could use 1 portion of meat and 'stretch it' to become a four-portion meal by adding other protein-rich foods such as legumes or tofu.
In that way, you have made the meat 'go further' - do more than it would normally - by creating four portions from one. You have also ensured that one portion contains less meat, but is no less nutritious in terms of protein. What's more, if you only wanted to make one portion, then you would use less meat. And whether you make one portion or four portions (or 8 or whatever), you are eating less meat.
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Note added at 5 hrs (2006-12-23 19:41:06 GMT)
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'....ambiguous....' - sorry about the typo
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Alexander Demyanov
: That would be a wonderful explanation if you quoted the original correctly. You say "In that way, you made the meat...", while the original talks about "meat dishes". That is my point that you may be missing.
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Alexander,my point,which you may be missing,is that a meat dish is a dish with meat in it.If you make the meat dish go further,you make the dish go further.In the context,there is a dish with meat in it where the meat gives more portions than 'normal'.
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Will Matter
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Thank you! Wesołych Świąt :-)
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cmwilliams (X)
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Thank you :-)
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Alexander Demyanov
Software Engineering background
Native in: Russian 
Works in: English, Russian, Russian to English, and 1 more.
to make the dishes give you more nutrition + extend the time before you become hungry again
i.e. the dishes will make you more "full"
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It's possible that it's not about a diner more full. However, if one is to assume that the author knows what he/she is writing, it's about making each individual dish by making it a "bigger meal", i.e. more nutritious, and not about "using less meat".
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Note added at 8 hrs (2006-12-23 22:48:52 GMT)
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It's possible that it's not about a diner more full. However, if one is to assume that the author knows what he/she is writing, it's about making each individual dish by making it a "bigger meal", i.e. more nutritious, and not about "using less meat".
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Enza Longo
: go further means to extend, althoughI don't dispute the nutritional value of these products // I think you're making this a lot more complicated than it really is
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Thanks, Enza. I guess you saw my comment on your suggested interpretation.
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Richard Benham
: No, it definitely means that you get a larger amount of food (can feed more people) with a given amount of meat.
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You may be right. Thank you//On 2nd thought, it's unlikely that you are correct. They oridinal doesn't talk about amount of meat but rather about "dishes". Not "making more dishes" but making dishes better.
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RHELLER
: has nothing to do with extending time
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You may be right. Thank you//Actually, I think you are wrong. It has to do w/time. You consume less meat by eating it less often, becaus each meal has improved nutr. value.
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airmailrpl
: Richard Benham nailed it
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You both may be right here. Thank you.//Actually, I have to take that back. See my response to Richard.
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pidzej
: that's what it says (but not what it was meant to mean)
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Thanks, pidzej.
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Caryl Swift
: To make something go further means to make it do more than expected e.g.an amount of meat that normally serves 1 person can serve more people without losing nutritional value//Please read my comment carefully and see my not-for-points answer below :-)
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You are missing how the word "dishes" is used in the original. It's not "make a kilo of meat go further", it's "make dishes go further".
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cmwilliams (X)
: agree with Richard and Caryl on this one. If you add lentils or beans to a meat dish, such as a casserole/stew, the meat will go further because there will be a larger quantity of food.
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And how is that not "the dishes will give more nutrition"++?
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