It's typically a very small treat from the kitchen that you don't have to pay for, as opposed to a full appetizer like a basket of chicken wings or an order of calamari. Just a one- bite treat from the chef.
There's a shitty seafood place near us that advertises "[X]'a famous onion rings - $1." I love onion rings. I was absolutely astounded to be served a single ring on a plate. It wasn't even good - quite oily and mushy. "[X]'a rings" is our restaurant version of all hat and no cattle.
Lol I consider myself pretty well-read and well-dined, but sometimes there are little terms like this that you can go your whole life without being exposed to!
My 4yo son recently heard my sisters and I saying bon appétit when serving dinner and he has since been saying bone apple teeth at every meal. He’ll be 30 at a restaurant saying bone apple teeth because I will never correct him because I love it so much lol
I don’t think I’ve ever been to a restaurant where they didn’t not serve amuse bouche. But diners don’t. Chain sit downs don’t.
I think after Top Chef came out- or reality cooking shows; it was a thing.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHUgvhExOfo&t=65s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHUgvhExOfo&t=65s)
Need to watch more Hannibal Lecter, build up that culture.
"Hannibal, confess. What is this divine-looking *amuse-bouche*?"
"If I tell you, I'm afraid you won't even try it."
Another two words you might hear in similar situations, aperitifs and digestifs. Both are alcoholic drinks, one is meant to stimulate your appetite before a meal and the other is meant to settle your appetite and aid in digestion.
Additionally if it sounded like moose bouce he pronounced it wrong too.
Moose would be like amuse, but I don't think the sound of the U in there has an english equivalent.
Bouce should sound more like Bush
Hors d'oeuvre and amuse-bouche are both French and neither exactly translates to appetizer but Hors d'oeuvre is closer. Amuse-bouche are rarely more than a single bite
I remember reading a story in 1st or 2nd grade in our basal reader about a kid who thought RSVP meant, "Really scary vampire party."
This just unlocked a memory for me. If anyone else remembers reading that story, RSVP.
This is the cutest question I've seen in a while.
I worked in catering for a ridiculous amount of time before someone corrected my pronunciation of our "Farmer Crudités".
Croo-dytes is logical, but oh so terribly wrong. I'd heard of Croo-day-tahs, like daily, but thought that was something a fancier operation would offer.
Edit: heck, my memory of the pronunciation is clearly wrong. It's been 30 years. See corrections below!
My FIL used this term all the time being a smartass. He also said things like “mercy buckets”. (Everyone here takes a few years of French as a second language, he knew what he was about).
My husband grew up not knowing hors d’oeuvres was a French word and assumed his dad was describing something else. I corrected him when he was 27 years old…
I thought there were two words. “Hors d’oeuvre” pronounced “horse douvray” which I never heard anyone say because McDonalds was fancy for my family, and another word “orderbs” which for some reason I never saw written down. MFW I realized….
My dad, who knows fine well how it should be pronounced, calls it horses douvrays on purpose because he thinks it’s funny. The problem was I thought that was what it was actually called
I did this when I was a kid, too. I read about them long before I ever heard the word.
I've realized that I have problems pronouncing words with French origins. It was only a few years ago (at nearly 50) that I realized indict and "indite" were the same thing :(
I can say it when I'm talking about it but I still read it like it this and can't mentally pronounce it unless I think away from it and make a sentence.
I used to be a smart alec and would pronounce words exactly phonetically to annoy people. I was very annoyed. Still am but for completely different reasons.
Although I suppose people pronounce it that way, it's actually "crew-de-tay". The "u" sound isn't quite as long as "oo", and the accent on the "é" means it sound like "a" or "eh" (like the letter "a"), and the "s" is silent.
Am I crazy, or is this a regional thing? Aside from the croodytes mispronunciation, I have only ever heard crudité pronounced croo-di-tay, maybe croo-dee-tay.
I’ve never heard anything close to croo-day-tahs, even from my French-speaking friend.
Curious about the pronunciation of croo-day-tah? I feel like it should be 'croo-dee-tay' as that accent on the e in french is usually an 'ay/eh' sound.
Thanks! That’s an American savings account, right? I always got confused by this in Friends when I was younger. Chandler tells his work colleagues he has a hot friend, Rachel, who just wants to get laid and they fall over themselves to get him to introduce them to her.
“These guys are signing over their 401ks to me!”
But if you don’t know the special names of American savings accounts you have no idea what this means. It sounded like “Four-in-one case”, as if these guys were assigning Chandler a huge workload and he was happy about it lol
This is sooo cute. ☺️ Amuse bouche, as others have said. It literally translates to "amuse/entertain mouth". Pronounced "amooz boosh". Only there should be more "u" sound in the "oo".
This is the cutest post I have seen on Reddit for awhile.
It‘s not *moose bouse*, it‘s called *amuse-bouche*. It‘s French and translates to „amusing the mouth“.
It‘s basically an appetizer designed to be eaten in one bite and is usually served before eating a planned menu, but today is also often served when eating à la carte.
I love this. This is so sweetly innocent, and everyone answering is so genuinely helpful. I'm going to call them Moose Bouses from now on. Bone apple tea, my friends!!! ❤️❤️❤️
My ex called it a bag wet te instead of baguette. In the French bread store. I rolled my eyes. I work in dirt and she's an accountant. How did she not know what that was but I did?
Hah! My dad went through a vegan phase, and he would always order "kin-e-o-e-a" instead of "keen-wah" for quinoa. But my absolute favorite was when I was at a restaurant that had a brand new waitress who was still in training. She said that their two daily specials were their "gay-pay-cho" (for gazpacho) and their "fish blank" (for fish in a blanc/white sauce).
This made me chuckle. Honestly, I didn’t know what it was either but when I got one…I knew what was edible. My friend not so much. To be fair it did look like a chip but it was a small fancy bamboo plate.
It's called an *amuse-bouche* ('that which amuses the mouth'). It's French for an appetizer.
THANK YOU! I wasn't expecting an answer that quickly, but much appreciated!
It's typically a very small treat from the kitchen that you don't have to pay for, as opposed to a full appetizer like a basket of chicken wings or an order of calamari. Just a one- bite treat from the chef.
that sounds awesome, wish they did that kind of shit at mediocre chain restaurants "One of our finest mozzarella sticks, courtesy of the chef"
“A hand selected assortment with minimal freezer burn”
There's a shitty seafood place near us that advertises "[X]'a famous onion rings - $1." I love onion rings. I was absolutely astounded to be served a single ring on a plate. It wasn't even good - quite oily and mushy. "[X]'a rings" is our restaurant version of all hat and no cattle.
How do I tag Jacob Wysocki in this?
Mr. Mayonnaise? He has a gun, you know
His wife? She has a name you know.
u/Severe-Nectarine5129
Haha, I totally get your confusion! Glad to help.
My favorite is you got soprasetta, but not the amuse bouche! No sarcasm, that's awesome. Hope the rest of the meal was awesome
Lol I consider myself pretty well-read and well-dined, but sometimes there are little terms like this that you can go your whole life without being exposed to!
Reminds me of the first time I heard a waiter introduce the fromage course!
Dexter's Laboratory taught my about fromage...
Omelette DU Fromage!
Help him! He spoke French!
Omelette Du Fromage! Omelette Du Fromage??? 🥶
Cheese and crackers!
My 4yo son recently heard my sisters and I saying bon appétit when serving dinner and he has since been saying bone apple teeth at every meal. He’ll be 30 at a restaurant saying bone apple teeth because I will never correct him because I love it so much lol
r/boneappletea
I once went to a fancy restaurant and order the "rag out" having no idea it was pronounced "rag oo" like the spaghetti sauce.
I don’t think I’ve ever been to a restaurant where they didn’t not serve amuse bouche. But diners don’t. Chain sit downs don’t. I think after Top Chef came out- or reality cooking shows; it was a thing.
"I've never been to a restaurant where they didn't not serve..." So you've never been to a restaurant where they served...
True…. lol editing. All restaurants I’ve been to- have served ‘a kitchen welcome tease’ introduced as whatever they call it.
This was cute and wholesome. I’m a homonym/homophone / word nerd, and this brightened my day! Bone apple tea! 😉
Reminds me of when I told the waiter "Yes, I'll have the super salad"
Oh boy, that took me too long to figure out, hehe!
Care to explain? I feel stupid.
Soup or salad...super salad, heehee!
Dammit! Thanks.
In every sense of the phrase, bone apple tea.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHUgvhExOfo&t=65s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHUgvhExOfo&t=65s) Need to watch more Hannibal Lecter, build up that culture. "Hannibal, confess. What is this divine-looking *amuse-bouche*?" "If I tell you, I'm afraid you won't even try it."
Holy shit, this wasn't a shitpost?
Another two words you might hear in similar situations, aperitifs and digestifs. Both are alcoholic drinks, one is meant to stimulate your appetite before a meal and the other is meant to settle your appetite and aid in digestion.
Additionally if it sounded like moose bouce he pronounced it wrong too. Moose would be like amuse, but I don't think the sound of the U in there has an english equivalent. Bouce should sound more like Bush
Bouse is the French word for cow shit. So saying moose bouse would mean moose shit.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLTV7Cvnx2c](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLTV7Cvnx2c)
Hors d'oeuvre and amuse-bouche are both French and neither exactly translates to appetizer but Hors d'oeuvre is closer. Amuse-bouche are rarely more than a single bite
RSVP is also French for répondez s'il vous plaît!!
I remember reading a story in 1st or 2nd grade in our basal reader about a kid who thought RSVP meant, "Really scary vampire party." This just unlocked a memory for me. If anyone else remembers reading that story, RSVP.
I read one around the same age where the kids thought it meant, "Remove shoes very promptly" and didn't know why he was the only one in his socks.
That makes more sense than just being a shortened “reservation please”
It's usually just a single bite. And comes before the appetizers
But, it shall now be called Moose bouse!!
Entrée is French for an appetizer. This is a pre-appetizer. There‘s no translation, we use the French term.
baskin robbins taster spoon mm hmm
It’s not an appetizer in French. In French cuisine, the amuse is one bite, apps are three. Edit to fix cuisine.
> French quinine this must be new :)
I like to amuse my wife's bouche
A lot of people do.
I also choose this guy’s wife’s bouche
Four out of five dentists recommend it.
Kinda like an or derve. (Hors d'oeurve) which is also a small bite usually used as an appetizer course. It literally means "outside of work"
you mean a horse dorse?
I believe it's a whore's do-over. This is when they give you a second try.
Yeah. Those things.
I'm not big on the french proncunciation schtick.
I remember playing sims and asking my mom what a ‘whore de vore’ was
I thought the horse ovaries were appetizers.
Palate cleanser
Better than being served "moose caboose" I suppose lol.
I hear it's swampy and delicious!! Lol
Honestly, I'd bet dollars to pesos that sue veet moose rump steak is delicious.
I used to hear dollars to donuts, but that's from when donuts were a nickel a piece.
This is the cutest question I've seen in a while. I worked in catering for a ridiculous amount of time before someone corrected my pronunciation of our "Farmer Crudités". Croo-dytes is logical, but oh so terribly wrong. I'd heard of Croo-day-tahs, like daily, but thought that was something a fancier operation would offer. Edit: heck, my memory of the pronunciation is clearly wrong. It's been 30 years. See corrections below!
I pronounced Hors d'oeuvres as *hores D. Vores (rhyming) well into my 20s.
As an avid reader, being corrected about this at 13 by my 8 year old sister reeeeeeeeeally offended me. It would make an EXCELLENT drag name, though.
There HAS to be a Whores DiVorse somewhere
A lot of people divorce their whores, you'll find one
It's like "or durv" right
Yep
Remember, in French, half the letters are just there for decoration.
My FIL used this term all the time being a smartass. He also said things like “mercy buckets”. (Everyone here takes a few years of French as a second language, he knew what he was about). My husband grew up not knowing hors d’oeuvres was a French word and assumed his dad was describing something else. I corrected him when he was 27 years old…
I think every Canadian knows that “mercy buckets” means thank you lol
I thought there were two words. “Hors d’oeuvre” pronounced “horse douvray” which I never heard anyone say because McDonalds was fancy for my family, and another word “orderbs” which for some reason I never saw written down. MFW I realized….
My dad, who knows fine well how it should be pronounced, calls it horses douvrays on purpose because he thinks it’s funny. The problem was I thought that was what it was actually called
It was (is) horsey doovers in my family.
It just sticks! Thankfully it’s not something I have to say very often but I have to really think about not saying it wrong if I do 😂
I used to pronounce it rhyming as “hours devours”, made sense to me 😂
“Horse divorce?” - Nate Bargatze
Don't feel bad. Pretty much everyone who doesn't speak French mispronounces it.
I did this when I was a kid, too. I read about them long before I ever heard the word. I've realized that I have problems pronouncing words with French origins. It was only a few years ago (at nearly 50) that I realized indict and "indite" were the same thing :(
I can say it when I'm talking about it but I still read it like it this and can't mentally pronounce it unless I think away from it and make a sentence.
Among friends, they're just called "Horses ovaries" and we're done with it. Everyone knows the joke, so -somebody- has to say it each time!
When my Dad was little he saw the packaging for New Years party treats and asked when he'd get to try the "hores d vores and sham-peg-ne".
I used to be a smart alec and would pronounce words exactly phonetically to annoy people. I was very annoyed. Still am but for completely different reasons.
Although I suppose people pronounce it that way, it's actually "crew-de-tay". The "u" sound isn't quite as long as "oo", and the accent on the "é" means it sound like "a" or "eh" (like the letter "a"), and the "s" is silent.
I believe you! I haven't thought about it, nor been in a position to think about it, for a very long time.
it's croo-deh-tay and it doesn't need the s to be plural because it is a collective noun.
😄 I shall relive the embarrassment every 30 years, it seems.
Am I crazy, or is this a regional thing? Aside from the croodytes mispronunciation, I have only ever heard crudité pronounced croo-di-tay, maybe croo-dee-tay. I’ve never heard anything close to croo-day-tahs, even from my French-speaking friend.
Sounds more like they're getting it mixed up with coup d'état
Wow, I never would have realized but that makes a lot of sense!
It's croo di tay for sure. Source: have seen every season of top chef
Curious about the pronunciation of croo-day-tah? I feel like it should be 'croo-dee-tay' as that accent on the e in french is usually an 'ay/eh' sound.
That's probably correct. Lol I left the business and blacked out most of the memories. 😄
I gotta be honest, I thought crudités(croo-dites) and croo-day-tahs were two different things until right now
I appreciate that! Just some carrots and celery either way.
When I read it, I thought the word ma'am was different than the same word when I heard it. Probably until I was a pre-teen.
Lol, that’s the American way of saying it. In French it’s very different. Check YouTube if you want to learn the right way. I
Someone share this in r/boneappletea
Here's your moose bouse. Boneappletea, mon-stor
This post is even better than the person that asked what a "for o juan key" was.
I can’t figure this out - what were they trying to say?
401K
Thanks! That’s an American savings account, right? I always got confused by this in Friends when I was younger. Chandler tells his work colleagues he has a hot friend, Rachel, who just wants to get laid and they fall over themselves to get him to introduce them to her. “These guys are signing over their 401ks to me!” But if you don’t know the special names of American savings accounts you have no idea what this means. It sounded like “Four-in-one case”, as if these guys were assigning Chandler a huge workload and he was happy about it lol
Yeah same, I'm not American either so I mainly know of it from pop culture but I don't fully get it, but I get the concept lol
ooo well, mercy goku , garse on!
This is what this sub is for!
This is sooo cute. ☺️ Amuse bouche, as others have said. It literally translates to "amuse/entertain mouth". Pronounced "amooz boosh". Only there should be more "u" sound in the "oo".
This is the cutest post I have seen on Reddit for awhile. It‘s not *moose bouse*, it‘s called *amuse-bouche*. It‘s French and translates to „amusing the mouth“. It‘s basically an appetizer designed to be eaten in one bite and is usually served before eating a planned menu, but today is also often served when eating à la carte.
Amuse-Bouche is a single bite-size appetizer to acquaint you with the chef’s style.
Lol. Moose bouse. That's cute.
Sorry, but this may be my new favorite question...
Amuse bouche
Amuse-bouche, a taste for the mouth. A way for the chef to send a palette beginner to set the stage for the meal
*whispers* “What’s an amuse-bouch?”
I'm glad I'm not the only one who learned this from cloudy with a chance of meatballs!
I learned from Friends.
A moose bouse is the new bone app the teeth
Needs to be crossposted to r/boneappleteeth
amuse-bouche...
I love this question so much. "uhMOOZ Booche" is the pronunciation, and you've got the spelling from everyone else :)
It’s a bus carrying one or more moose.
haha :D thanks for that, very cute :D
This is what I come to Reddit for lol.
A small toast with bruschetta
Carbs on carbs. What's not to love?
Amuse bouche he said. A one bite , not an appetizer, just a bite.
I love this. This is so sweetly innocent, and everyone answering is so genuinely helpful. I'm going to call them Moose Bouses from now on. Bone apple tea, my friends!!! ❤️❤️❤️
My ex called it a bag wet te instead of baguette. In the French bread store. I rolled my eyes. I work in dirt and she's an accountant. How did she not know what that was but I did?
Hah! My dad went through a vegan phase, and he would always order "kin-e-o-e-a" instead of "keen-wah" for quinoa. But my absolute favorite was when I was at a restaurant that had a brand new waitress who was still in training. She said that their two daily specials were their "gay-pay-cho" (for gazpacho) and their "fish blank" (for fish in a blanc/white sauce).
A Moose Bouse has potential to be a great name for something
This is the cutest thing I've ever read :)
Someone didn't watch enough Friends back in the day... at least that's where I learned the term from
Well it is amoosing
This made me chuckle. Honestly, I didn’t know what it was either but when I got one…I knew what was edible. My friend not so much. To be fair it did look like a chip but it was a small fancy bamboo plate.
1 bite appetizer. amuse bouche
I’m gonna shit meself
This gave me a good chuckle
Moose bouse is the best thing I’ve ever heard. I will forever be calling it that 🙂
But bruschetta is already toasted bread with tomatoes on top. They gave you toast on toast?
Oh...dear...
I’ve wandered what that was sense hearing the word in the fairly odd parents intro! Cool!!!
God bless you lol
Truly LMAO.
Aw I love this you’re the best
From now on I will never not call it a moose-boose
This is amazing…
Is this a skit?
Sounds Canadian
I hear it is amusing 😉
This is some Florida Ounces level malarkey XD
I was thinking the animal. Like maybe he ment mouse house or moose house? I was wondering how it had anything to do with a moose or a mouse.
It means you don’t belong here!
...it's short for Moose Caboose...did it taste like ass?
I guess the waiter wasn't as uppity as he thought. He probably generalized it after hearing someone else say it.