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Thread #140075 Message #3222326
Posted By: MGM·Lion
13-Sep-11 - 02:44 AM
Thread Name: BS: Laugh Out Loud Jokes! :0)
Subject: RE: BS: Laugh Out Loud Jokes! :0)
"Béarnaise sauce (French: Sauce béarnaise) [be.aʁnɛz] is a sauce made of clarified butter emulsified in egg yolks ... Its name is related to the province of Béarn, France." Wikipedia
I only ever heard it pronounced by knowledgeable gourmets {e.g. the chefs in the famous in the 50s-60s French restaurant, Chez Cléo,11 Harrington Gardens, SW7, of which my mother was resident director} as "bay-are-nezz", as phoneticised above.