The Difference Between Cream and Creme [closed] The first two definitions of "creme" on Merriam-Webster are: 1 : a sweet liqueur 2 : cream or a preparation made with or resembling cream used in cooking The word comes from French crème, which means cream! Cream, in English, is a word that means "that dairy product that comes from the fatty stuff from milk " Cream is used in common foods like whipped cream and sour cream Creme, on the
Origin of cream of the crop - English Language Usage Stack Exchange There is an earlier expression, crème de la crème (often spelled creme de la creme), which is a borrowing from French (where it means, literally, cream of the cream) In both languages, the expression means metaphorically the best of the best, i e the very best
Capitalization in food - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Morning everyone! Translating a Spanish restaurant menu into English, I found myself doubting whether to capitalize sauce names Some examples are romesco and Sriracha Not being familiar with th
You can cream on me - English Language Usage Stack Exchange I was listening to quot;Let it Bleed quot; by The Rolling Stones, and the lyrics say Yeah, we all need someone we can cream on Yeah and if you want to, well you can cream on me On the Cambridge
Sour cream versus soured cream - English Language Usage Stack . . . We were regaled next with creme bouilli, or boiled cream ; the ingredients which enter into the composition of the beverage are sour cream, eggs, and milk hot from the cow, with a little rennet ; we were served with it in pans, with a spoon to sup it, and sugar was given to such as chose it
etymology - Pretty please with sugar on top - English Language . . . According to The Word Detective: The earliest citation in the Oxford English Dictionary for “pretty please” is from 1913, and the earliest for “pretty please with sugar on top” is from 1973 But my guess is that “with sugar on top” actually arose much earlier, at least by the 1950s While sprinkling sugar on food has a long history, it was in the 1950s when ready-made sugar-coated
Usage and origin of sister in expressions like sister company . . . A Sleepe 2005 Independent (Nexis) 5 Feb 45 The drink incorporates creme de mure (blackberry liqueur), the somewhat sweeter sister of creme de cassis (blackcurrant liqueur) Sister, in this [attributive] sense thus pre-dates the nautical influence †10 Nautical Any of various items of tackle having two or more matching components Obsolete
How to distinguish bars of chocolate from candy bars? Coming from German, we have two words for quot;chocolate bars quot;: The Schokoriegel which is a candy bar containing chocolate, and the Schokoladentafel, a large (often 100g) and flat slab (usually