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Default OK, Chicken Cordon Bleu

Dan S. wrote:

> cybercat explained :
>> "Dan S." > wrote in message
>> ...
>>>I made it today with some chix breasts and I used bleu cheese crumbles w/ a
>>> slice of american.
>>>
>>> It wasn't bad. I'd always assumed that people who used swiss and american
>>> were doing it wrong. But, the bleu cheese did kind of overpower the ham.
>>>

>> Use bacon! Mmmm! Bacon and bleu cheese go together.

>
> That sounds good. If anyone speaks French, why do they call it "bleu"
> if it doesn't get bleu cheese?


I don't speak French, but "cordon bleu" means "blue ribbon", not "cheese
that is blue". The dish is named after an award.


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