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post #1 of 10
7/22/03 at 2:30am
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Okay, this might be a little off the wall. i got to talking about stuff with my mom, and she told me that she bought me some ramekins, and she was telling me that the clerk didn't know they were called ramekins. So I got to thinking, where does the name come from, like what I mean is why are the called ramekins instead of like sauce dishes ??, just curious.
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post #2 of 10
7/22/03 at 7:35am
From Merriam-Webster on-line:

Etymology: French ramequin, from Low German ramken, diminutive of ram cream
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post #3 of 10
7/23/03 at 9:28am
This is all I got....
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post #4 of 10
7/23/03 at 10:44am
From Larousse

There's a more thorough explanation in Larousse but that's all I'm willing to type :)

Kuan
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post #5 of 10
7/23/03 at 5:35pm
OK , so where did the term monkey dish come from ? People have laughed at me for years when I use this terminology outside of restraunts . I dont know where it came from ! Help . Doug.........
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post #6 of 10
7/24/03 at 6:54am
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Good point Doug, although I've never heard the term monkey dish before please enlighten me., I guess it's sort of like the term sauterne, what's that all about ??. and also at work when somebody says steam kettle, they're refering to the huge soup pot hooked up to the steam source, but at home a steam kettle is what you boil to make a cup of tea.
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post #7 of 10
7/24/03 at 7:10am
Haha! Monkey dish is a 4" dish with flared sides, like if you get a side of brocolli at a diner it'll come in a monkey dish. Can you picture it now? Anyway that's funny... monkey dish :)

Kuan
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post #8 of 10
7/24/03 at 8:26am
you mean a rarebit dish?
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post #9 of 10
7/24/03 at 9:02am
Three versions.

1) the dish resembles the dish used by organ grinder's monkeys to collect tips.
2) a frat house in NY had a monkey that served beer
3) just like monkeys hanging around in trees, the dish hangs around the plate.

jon
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post #10 of 10
8/1/03 at 6:49pm
OK, what about Salamander or Buffalo chopper?
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