Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

pièce du boucher

English translation:

butcher's choice

Added to glossary by Yolanda Broad
May 28, 2003 12:43
20 yrs ago
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French term

pièce du boucher

French to English Other cooking/gastronomy
This menu has come back to haunt me. I can't seem to find a satisfactory term for the above.

Proposed translations

+3
40 mins
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butcher's choice

what the butcher would choose for himself if he didn't have to make a living by selling it (often, as implied above, not a 'classic' cut, but something like 'onglet')
Peer comment(s):

agree Elisabeth Toda-v.Galen
14 mins
agree Tamara Salvio : I like this formulation best...
34 mins
agree RHELLER : I think this comes closest - menu indicates what the chef found at the marketplace that day -freshest
36 mins
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "That's great. Thans very much and to all the others who answered"
18 mins

the bucher's piece/ Bucher's special

mon grain de sel
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20 mins

Chuck steak

I think this is what a piece du boucher is. Thick piece of beef, which can also be ground up for hamburger.
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+2
29 mins

butcher's piece of choice

une idée !
la "pièce du boucher" se rencontre souvent en France sur les cartes de brasserie ou restauration milieu de gamme. C'est une façon élégante de désigner un "bifteak français" et c'est aussi une façon d'indiquer que le morceau servi dépend de l'approvisionnement du restaurateur : on peut y trouver une entrecôte persillée, une tranche de rumsteak ou un simple tranche de gite ou de poire.
Peer comment(s):

agree Elisabeth Toda-v.Galen : pour le terme mais avec l'explication de Bourth
25 mins
agree Tamara Salvio : there might be a more elegant way to say it for a menu...but your explanation made me hungry!
44 mins
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39 mins

sirloin steak

'butcher's special': served as a good thick chunk of steak, not too much fat

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Note added at 2003-05-28 13:24:53 (GMT)
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example: http://www.restaurant-lacave.com/carte.htm
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