Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Main Entry: mise en place*

Apparently, mise en place is IT in professional cooking, meaning, in kitchen-speak, everything in its place. Maybe I should become a mise en place kind of gal; perhaps this is the kind of practicality—aka, in parent-speak: survivor skill—I need to ascribe to.

Only four hours into D.J.'s sick day, and I've already lost myself.
  • Main entry: mise en place
  • Part of Speech: n
  • Definition: in professional cooking, proper planning of equipment and ingredients for a food preparation and assembly station.
  • Etymology: French 'put in place'
  • Usage: cooking
*mise en place. Dictionary.com. Webster's New Millennium™ Dictionary of English, Preview Edition (v 0.9.7). Dictionary.com, LLC. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/mise en place (accessed: February 10, 2009).

1 comment:

  1. ..... stop with your frickin mes in plan!!! im listening to the funny song in your work out dvd. "im coming down the stairs" "stop don't hide, lets go for a ride"

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