ou potxé

English translation: poached egg

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Catalan term or phrase:ou potxé
English translation:poached egg
Entered by: Michael McCain (X)

14:59 Jun 3, 2009
Catalan to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Cooking / Culinary
Catalan term or phrase: ou potxé
Certainly sounds like poached egg, but I can find only one reference to this dish anywhere.
Here is the entire entry:
"Espàrrecs verds a la brasa amb cremós d’Idiazabal, ou potxé, pa, pernil i tòfona d’estiu"
S Ben Price
Spain
Local time: 07:48
poached egg
Explanation:
I asked a few Catalans who'd never heard that in Catalan but who all agreed it had to be "poached eggs". I also found this menu:

http://www.hotelmasroig.com/lacarta/estiu_cat_eng.pdf


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Note added at 1 hr (2009-06-03 16:40:58 GMT)
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"Poached" is an anglicized French word, so Spanish and Catalan speakers are certainly entitled to do the same. ;)

"Etymology: Middle English pocchen, from Middle French pocher, from Old French poché poached, literally, bagged, from poche bag, pocket -- more at POUCH
Date: 15th century
: to cook in simmering liquid (Merriam-Webster)"
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Michael McCain (X)
France
Local time: 07:48
Grading comment
Thanks, Michael
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4 +6poached egg
Michael McCain (X)
5poached egg
Peter Guest


  

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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
poached egg


Explanation:
as in the French poché and Spanish poché or escalfados

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Note added at 28 mins (2009-06-03 15:27:48 GMT)
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It's a very widely used term

Peter Guest
Spain
Local time: 07:48
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
poached egg


Explanation:
I asked a few Catalans who'd never heard that in Catalan but who all agreed it had to be "poached eggs". I also found this menu:

http://www.hotelmasroig.com/lacarta/estiu_cat_eng.pdf


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Note added at 1 hr (2009-06-03 16:40:58 GMT)
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"Poached" is an anglicized French word, so Spanish and Catalan speakers are certainly entitled to do the same. ;)

"Etymology: Middle English pocchen, from Middle French pocher, from Old French poché poached, literally, bagged, from poche bag, pocket -- more at POUCH
Date: 15th century
: to cook in simmering liquid (Merriam-Webster)"

Michael McCain (X)
France
Local time: 07:48
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks, Michael

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  brooksa: Seems like a bad translation from Spanish. Pochar http://portalgastronomico.com/Terminos/Glosario/DiccionarioC... Also, Meloso de ternera con huevo de corral poché y salsa de trufa con crujiente de remolacha But lastly: http://www.gastronomiaycia.co
5 mins

agree  Ross Andrew Parker
23 mins

agree  Veronica Lambert Hall: me too, Catalanised verion of French words. I often find this in menus
1 hr

agree  Sheila Hardie
4 hrs

agree  psicutrinius: Yes, but I do not see the point. It should be left "as-is" (poché, in French), or else they should say "potxat" if they want to translate (properly) into Catalan
4 hrs

agree  Etienne Muylle Wallace
11 hrs
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