Food & Wine Miscellany

Cheers! Around the World

Afrikaans: Gesondheid Albanian: Shndeti tuaj / Gezuar Amharic: Desta Arabic: Fi sahitak Armenian: Genatset Asturian: Gayola Austrian: Prost / Zum Wohl Azerbaijani: Afiyt oslun Bali: Selemat Basque: Topa Belgian: Op uw gezonheid Bengali: Joy Bosnian: Zivjeli Brazilian: Saude / Viva Breton: Yec'hed mat Bulgarian: Naz drave Catalan: Salut Chinese: Kong chien / Yum sen / Ganbei Cornish: Yeghes da Creole: Salud Croatian: Zivjeli / U zdravlje Czech: Na zdrav Danish: Skl Das: Cheers Ya' Basturd Dutch: Proost Egyptian: Fee sihetak English: Cheers /Chin Chin Esperanto: Sanon / Salut Estonian: Teie terviseks Farsi: Ba'sal'a'ma'ti Finnish: Kippis French: votre sant / Sant Frisian: Tsjoch Galician: Chinchn / Sade German: Prost Greek: Gia'sou Greenlandic: Kasugta Hawaiian: Hipahipa / Okole maluna HawaIrish: So Lawn chairs

Hebrew: Le'chaim (loc'hiem) Holooe: Kam-poe Hungarian: Egszsgedre Icelandic: Santanka nu / Skl Ido: Ye vua saneso Indian: Apki Lambi Umar Ke Liye Irish: Gaelic Slinte Italian: Salute / Cin cin Japanese: Cumpai / Banzai / Kampai Korean: Konbe /Gombei Latin: Sanitas bona / Bene tibi Latvian: Prieka Lithuanian: I sveikata Malaysian: Minum Mandarin: Gan bei Maori: Kia ora Mexican: Salud Moroccan: Saha wa'afiab Norwegian: Skl Occitan: A la vstra Pakistani: Sanda bashi Philippine: Mabuhay Polish: Na zdrowie / Sto lat Portuguese: Sade Rumanian: Noroc Russian: Vashe zdorovie Serbian: Zivjeli / U zdravlje Sesotho: Nqa Slovak: Na zdravie Slovenian: Na zdravje Spanish: Salud Swahili: Afya / Vifijo Swedish: Skl Tagalog: Mabuhay Thai: Chook-die / Sawasdi Turkish: Serefe Ukrainian: Na zdorov'ya Welsh: Llechyd da / Hwyll Yiddish: Lechaim Yugoslavian: Ziveo / Ziveli Zulu: Oogy wawa

English to American Food Terms

* afters : dessert * aubergine : eggplant * back bacon : similar to Canadian bacon * bake blind : bake a pastry case empty, by covering with wax paper and weighing down with beans * bangers : sausages * baron of beef : two sirloins in one roast * bap : hamburger bun * beetroot : beet * bevvy : alcoholic drink * biscuit : cookie or cracker (sweet biscuit or savoury biscuit) * bevvy : alcoholic drink * bitter : proper beer * boiled sweet : hard candy * brill : something like a small turbot * broad bean : fava bean * brown bread : wholemeal bread * brown stock : beef stock * bubble and squeak : boiled cabbage and sausages * bully beef : corned beef * candyfloss : cotton candy * caster sugar : finely granulated sugar (not as powdery as confectioner's sugar) * Channel Island milk : milk that's almost as thick as light cream * chicory : endive * chipolata : small pork sausage * chips : french fries * chocolate vermicelli : chocolate sprinkles * chump chop : a type of lamb chop * cider : hard cider * clingfilm : Saran wrap * coal fish / coley : black cod * coffee sugar : sugar in large brightly-coloured crystals * conserves : peserves * coriander leaves : cilantro * corn : almost any grain (see maize and sweetcorn) * corned beef : canned pressed ham (see salt beef) * cornflour : cornstarch * cos lettuce : romaine * courgette : zucchini

* cream, double : heavy cream * cream, single : light cream * crisps : potato chips * crumpet : something a bit like an English muffin ("English muffins" do not exist in England) * custard : custard sauce, or sometimes baked custard * cutlet : chop * demerara sugar : light brown cane sugar * Devonshire cream : a particular type of clotted cream * digestive biscuits : something like Graham crackers * double cream : heavy cream * doughnut : jelly doughnut * endive : chicory * entre : appetizer * faggot : meatball * fairy cake : cupcake * fillet steak : tenderloin steak * fish fingers : fish sticks * French beans : string beans * fry-up : breakfast consisting mostly of fried stuff * gammon : large, thick, round piece of ham * garibaldi : hard rectangular currant cookie * ginger nut : ginger snap * golden syrup : something like corn syrup * greaseproof paper : wax paper * green pepper : bell pepper * grill : broil * hundreds & thousands : sprinkles * ice lolly : popsicle * icing : frosting * icing sugar : powdered (confectioner's) sugar * jacket potato : baked potato * jam : jelly * jelly : Jell-O * kipper : smoked herring * liquidizer : blender * liquor : (in some contexts, notably in eel-and-pie shops) parsley sauce * liver sausage : liverwurst * maize : corn * mangetout : snow peas * marrow : squash that looks like a giant zucchini

* mince : ground beef / hamburger * mincemeat : mince pie filling (dried fruit, peel, brandy, etc; very occasionally contains meat) * mixed spice : a mixture of allspice, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, coriander and cloves * muesli : granola * muslin : cheesecloth * offal : liver, kidneys, tongue, tripe and any other animal organs * pasty : meat wrap * paw paw : papaya * perry : hard cider made from pears instead of apples * plonk : cheap wine * plum duff : plum pudding * polony : bologna * porridge : cooked oatmeal * prawn : small shrimp * profiterole : cream puff * pudding : dessert * ring doughnut : doughnut * rump steak : sirloin * salt beef : corned beef * semolina : cream of wheat * shandy : beer and lemonade * silverside : top round * single cream : light cream * sirloin : porterhouse steak * sherbet : powdered candy * snifter : cocktail * sorbet : sherbert * sponge finger : ladyfinger * spring onions : scallions * squash : juice drink * starter : appetizer * stock cube : bouillon cube * sugar crystals : see coffee sugar * sultana : white raisin * sweetcorn : whole-kernel corn * swede : yellow turnip / rutabaga * tart : pie * tin foil : aluminum foil * tinned : canned

* toffee : taffy * treacle : similar to molasses * whipping cream : halfway between light and heavy cream * whitebait : small silvery fish, usually deep-fried whole * white stock : chicken or fish stock

Oenological Patron Saints

St. Vincent of Saragossa Feast: January 22 Born: circa 250 Died: 304 St. Vincent was born in Huesca, Spain. He is one of the great deacons of the Church. St. Vincent suffered martyrdom in 300 A.D. for his defense of Christianity. He is the Patron Saint of Vintners and Wine Growers. St. Amand of Maastricht Feast: February 6 Born: 589 Died: 679 Amand of Maastricht lived in Bourges, France, as a hermit for nearly 15 years before he started converting non-believers to the Christian faith. Because Amand took his message as far as his feet would carry him, never staying longer than necessary in one location, never establishing a home for himself, he is known as the Patron Saint of Hotel Keepers. He is also the Patron Saint of Vintners. St. Gratus of Aosta Feast: September 7 Born: Unknown Died: September 7, c. 470 AD Gratus is the patron saint of Aosta and of Vineyards. St. Morand of Cluny Feast: June 3 Born: Unknown Died: circa 1115 Morand is the Benedictine Patron of Wine Growers. He was born

into a noble family near Worms, Germany, and was educated at the cathedral school. Ordained, he made a pilgrimage to Compostela, Spain, and entered the Benedictines at Cluny. About 1100, Morand was sent to lower Alsace at the request of Count Frederick Pferz, who had just restored St. Christopher Church at Altkirch. Morand became the counts counselor and was revered for his miracles. He is Patron of Wine Makers because he endured one Lent by eating only a bunch of grapes.

On when to Drink Champagne

"I drink it when I'm happy and when I'm sad. Sometimes I drink it when I'm alone. When I have company I consider it obligatory. I trifle with it if I'm not hungry and I drink it when I am. Otherwise I never touch it, unless I'm thirsty." Madame Lily Bollinger There is a Talmud parable which says that Satan came one day to drink with Noah, and slew a lamb, a lion, a pig, and an ape, to teach Noah that man before wine is in him is a lamb; when he drinks moderately he is a lion; when like a sot he is a swine; but after that any further excess makes him an ape that senselessly chatters and jabbers. The French say of wine that makes you stupid, it is vin d'ne; if it makes you maudlin, it is vin de cerf (from the notion that deer weep); if quarrel-some, it is vin de lion; if talkative, it is vin de pie; if sick, it is vin de porc; if crafty, it is vin de renard; if rude, it is vin de singe. The Eight Kinds of Drunkards identified by 16th-century satirist Thomas Nashe: The ape-drunk, who leaps and sings; the lion-drunk, who is quarrelsome; the swine-drunk, who is sleepy and puking; the sheep-drunk, wise in his own conceit but unable to speak;

the maudlin-drunk, who declares he loves all mankind; the martin-drunk, who drinks himself sober again; the goat-drunk, who is lascivious; and the fox-drunk, who is crafty.

Slang for Drunkenness

addled aled up ankled arse over tit arseholed annihilated befuddled bent besotted ball hair battered beered up bevvyed / bevvied / bev'd bitten by the brewers horse bladdered blazing blocked blootered blown bollocksed boozed up bozo'd Brahms and Liszt buckled bulletproof buggered buzzed Bac's high blacked-out blasted blind blind chance. blitzed blotto boiled-as-an-owl bombed buttered canned caked caned chopped clattered cocked cooked crunkedcrushed cucumbered cunted cup-sprung clobbered cockeyed crapulous crocked cut destroyed discombobulated drunk as a rat drunk as a skunk dipso drowned drunk drunk-as-a-lord elephants trunk euphoric faced faded fanny-bawed fannied farshnoshket feck-arsed fecked flaming flushed fly-blown fou' four sheets to the wind frying fucked/fucked up fuck-faced fried giddy

gashed gassed gobbered gone got a crumb in his beard got a skinful gooned gunned guppered guttered groggy hammered had had his wig oiled hairy uncle dan half-cut hammered happy has a guest in the attic has his soul in soak has the mainbrace well-spliced having a drop of the sun in the eye hiccius-doccius honkeyed hoofed hootered hosed hurt high hooched-up hung-one-on inebriated in-one's-cups intoxicated jacked kayleyed korkified juiced lamped legless lacquered lagered up lairy lathered langers lashed

leathered legless lit living in Liquorpond Street locked lorem ipsum lost his sea legs lubricated liquored-up loaded looped mellow maggoted mashed matt baker merry monstered mortal munted nailed nazy newted nuggets nodding obliterated obliviated off his/her/my ass off his/her/my arse off his/her/my face off his/her/my tits off the path on a bender on the piss on the sauce one over the eight one too many (to have had) out of his/her head out of his/her tree out of it out of my skull para paralytic perved pished piss drunk pissed as a fart

pissed as a parrot pissed out of his/her/my mind parcel forced popped pounded pickled pie-eyed pissed plastered plowed plotzed polluted pontooned pot-valiant raddled railed ramped rat-faced rat-arsed / ratted rather hightitty razzed reeled ringpieced ripped to the giddy tits rogered rosinned ruined ripped roaring sauced sauce monster scunnered screwed on booze shikker shit-canned shit-housed shite-holed shnockered shwasted skulled skunked slaughtered slammed sloppy smacked smashed

smells of the cork sniffed the barmaids apron socially confused spice-racked spiced sponged spraked squiffed / squiffy steaming steamboats stocious strungout swallied Schlitzed sea captained sherbetty shickered shit-faced slopped-up sloshed smashed snockered snookered sodden soused sozzled spaced spiffed speechless spooned stewed stiff stinking stinko stoned swacked swattled swiggled tangle-footed tanked tanked up taverned tiddly tipsy tired and emotional trashed

tripping trollied turped twatted tweaking twoasted tied-one-on three-sheets-to-the-wind tight tipsy toasted tweaked twisted under-the-influence under-the-table under-the-weather walloped wankered

wazzocked well-oiled well soused wet whacked whammed whaled whipped wasted wiped-out woozy wrecked yoopered zooted zood zoned zonked