kompisprodukter

11:23 May 10, 2011
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Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Cooking / Culinary / food
Swedish term or phrase: kompisprodukter
"kompisprodukter" i färdigmatkylen
Presumably, it's not a brand name but means similar products, e.g. one ready meal might use lemon sauce and another might use a Thai spicy sauce. Have I understood this correctly and could anyone suggest a better way of translating it than "similar products"?
TIA asap
Helen Johnson
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:09


Summary of answers provided
3any/other ready made food
Valeria Sciarrillo
3other food that accopmpany this dish
lena helson
3foods that go well together
SafeTex
3foods that compliment each other well
trsk2000 (X)
1companion foods
Heather Howey


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any/other ready made food


Explanation:
http://www.google.it/search?num=20&hl=it&newwindow=1&q="read...

Italian has a beautiful phrase I'd love to add: "del banco frigo", which means "from the store's refrigerator case", which... is way too long for an ad.

Anyway, that's the shortest and catchiest I could come up with... not much, but it bypasses the "kompis" issue.

Valeria Sciarrillo
Italy
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other food that accopmpany this dish


Explanation:
something like that


    Reference: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/accompany?fromRef=tru...
lena helson
Local time: 20:09
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foods that go well together


Explanation:
Hello
After some reading, I think it means that you have foods in your fridge that go well together or compliment each other

SafeTex
France
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foods that compliment each other well


Explanation:
mitt förslag bara

trsk2000 (X)
United Kingdom
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companion foods


Explanation:
Searched on "companion foods," on a whim. No authoritative hits but several discussion sites suggesting "companion foods" are those "foods that go together," e.g. this one...


    Reference: http://www.cookingforengineers.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=11...
Heather Howey
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Local time: 15:09
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