Goomba wrote:

> Dan S. wrote:
>
>>
>> That sounds good. If anyone speaks French, why do they call it "bleu"
>> if it doesn't get bleu cheese?
>
> Cordon Bleu means "blue ribbon"
> I believe it is named after the cooking school, not cheese.

I suspect they borrowed the term.

cordon bleu

1. a first-rate cook, or one worthy to be the cook of the
cordons bleus, or Knights of the Holy Ghost, a
distinguished order of French knights, famous for their
good dinners.

2. the blue ribbon worn by the Knights of the Holy Ghost.

3. [one entitled to wear the cordon bleu[2].] a person of
high distinction.


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