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Spanish term or phrase:
menardices
English translation:
mignardises or petit-fours
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patinba
Dec 10, 2019 11:22
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I'm translating a menu and I came across the term "Bufet menardices" and I have no idea what "menardices" is.
Searching for the exact terms only brings up 4 results, one of which is another menu: http://restauranteadri.com/website/paginas/menu_san_valentin...
Searching for the exact terms only brings up 4 results, one of which is another menu: http://restauranteadri.com/website/paginas/menu_san_valentin...
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mignardises
mignardise (plural mignardises) (French)
A bite-sized dessert sometimes served at the end of a meal.
Course Twelve – Mignardise. At the end of the meal, you can serve a mignardise, which is a tiny, bite-sized dessert or pastry served with tea, coffee, port, brandy, or scotch.
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Best Mignardises Dessert - Bella Esa
https://bellaesa.com › galleries › mignardises-dessert
Browse our Mignardises Dessert collection - you might also be interested in Mignardises Dessert Maison & Mignardises Dessert Buffet - 2019. Click here ...
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A petit four (plural: petits fours, also known as mignardises) is a small bite-sized confectionery or savoury appetizer. The name is French, petit four (French pronunciation: [pə. ti. fur]), meaning "small oven".
Petit four - Wikipedia
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So you could use "petit-fours" to make it more recognisable
A bite-sized dessert sometimes served at the end of a meal.
Course Twelve – Mignardise. At the end of the meal, you can serve a mignardise, which is a tiny, bite-sized dessert or pastry served with tea, coffee, port, brandy, or scotch.
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Best Mignardises Dessert - Bella Esa
https://bellaesa.com › galleries › mignardises-dessert
Browse our Mignardises Dessert collection - you might also be interested in Mignardises Dessert Maison & Mignardises Dessert Buffet - 2019. Click here ...
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A petit four (plural: petits fours, also known as mignardises) is a small bite-sized confectionery or savoury appetizer. The name is French, petit four (French pronunciation: [pə. ti. fur]), meaning "small oven".
Petit four - Wikipedia
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So you could use "petit-fours" to make it more recognisable
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Cecilia Gowar
: Well done Pat!
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Thank you Cecilia!
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neilmac
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Thank you!
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philgoddard
: I'd go for petits fours - Wikipedia has them as synonyms.
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Yes. Thank you!
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Yvonne Gallagher
: yes, petits fours more commonly in English
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Yes. Thank you!
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