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Default Chicken Amandine


"U.S. Janet B." > wrote in message
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> On Sun, 11 Feb 2018 19:05:16 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
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>>"U.S. Janet B." > wrote in message
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>>> On Sun, 11 Feb 2018 14:31:25 -0800, "Julie Bove"
>>> > wrote:
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>>>>"U.S. Janet B." > wrote in message
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>>>>> On Sat, 10 Feb 2018 14:14:46 -0600, Sqwertz >
>>>>> wrote:
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>>>>>>On Sat, 10 Feb 2018 03:18:59 -0800, Julie Bove wrote:
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>>>>>>> Anyone have a recipe like that?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>This is just another setup for failure. You would poo-poo every
>>>>>>recipes posted. What's preventing you from doing your own internet
>>>>>>search to find one to your liking? Why waste everyone else's time?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>-sw
>>>>>
>>>>> What does Barb call her casserole dishes that are meant to be taken
>>>>> to a gathering? This is one of those dishes. Saw it everywhere when
>>>>> church ladies had meetings back in the day. Maybe not such a fancy
>>>>> name as 'chicken amadine.' (amadine is *******ized Almondine)
>>>>> Ahh! Hot Dish, that's it. It has many iterations. Searching under
>>>>> either name should get her a multitude of recipes. I won't copy out
>>>>> any of mine -- waste of time.
>>>>> Janet US
>>>>
>>>>Amandine isn't the *******ization. Almondine is.
>>>>
>>>>https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/amandine
>>>>
>>>>I will try looking under "hot dish". That is not a term that we use
>>>>here.
>>>>Thanks!
>>>
>>> you are so clueless. The hint word is not hot dish (duh) The hint is
>>> that there are TWO different spellings (duh)

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>>Um... No. There is one correct spelling. Amandine. It's a French word.
>>Duh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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> Dearie, let me explain. If you search almondine you will find
> recipes. If you search amandine you will also find some. Dare I say
> it, there are also recipes under Chicken Almond and Almond Chicken.
> Only a stubborn person would insist on your mother's recipe spelling
> when most likely some mid-western farm woman had a jumped up idea of
> how to make her ordinary casserole sound elegant in the church recipe
> book.
> I sincerely doubt that your recipe is French in origin -- not with
> canned soup.


The word "Amandine" is French. It has a specific meaning. Almond Chicken is
a Chinese recipe. This is all beside the point. Point being, *I* could not
seem to find her specific recipe. Jinx did find one that was close enough so
now it's all really a moot point. No? Oui!