2016年1月5日 星期二

gateaux, éclair, lovingly named Eclair

Each day, according to the government-backed report, Britons throw away 4.4 million apples, 1.6 million bananas, 1.3 million yoghurt pots, 660,000 eggs, 550,000 chickens, 300,000 packs of crisps and 440,000 ready meals. And for the first time government researchers have established that most of the food waste is made up of completely untouched food products – whole chickens and chocolate gateaux that lie uneaten in cupboards and fridges before being discarded.


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é·clair (ā-klâr', ā'klâr'pronunciation
n.
An elongated pastry filled with custard or whipped cream and usually iced with chocolate.
[French, from Old French esclair, lightning, from esclairier, to light up, from Vulgar Latin *exclāriāre, from Latin exclārāre : ex-, intensive pref.; see ex- + clārus, clear.]


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gâteau

(gă-tō', gä-) pronunciation
A cake or pastry, especially a light one filled with custard, fruit, or nuts.
[French, from Old French gastel, cake, from Frankish *wastil, food.]

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