Main course

This article is about the meal component. For the Bee Gees album, see Main Course.

A main course is the featured or primary dish in a meal consisting of several courses. It usually follows the entrée (lit. 'entry') course.

Usage

In the United States and Canada (except Quebec), the main course is traditionally called an "entrée".^[1][2][3] English-speaking Québécois follow the modern French use of the term entrée to refer to a dish served before the main course.

According to linguist Dan Jurafsky, North American usage ("entrée") comes from the original French meaning of the first of many meat courses.^[4]

See also

• Food portal

• Full course dinner

References

1. "entrée". ENTRÉE | meaning in the Cambridge English Dictionary. Cambridge Dictionary.
2. Stewart, Marjabelle Young and Elizabeth Lawrence (1999). Commonsense Etiquette: A Guide to Gracious, Simple Manners for the Twenty-First Century. St. Martin's Press. p. 99. ISBN 9780312242947.
3. "You are what you eat — and how you translate the menu". 22 September 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
4. Porzucki, Nina (22 September 2014). "You are what you eat—and how you translate the menu". The World from PRX. Archived from the original on 13 May 2023. Retrieved 2024-03-11.

Bibliography

• Vergé, Roger (1996). The Main Course. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 0-297-83638-2. Retrieved May 25, 2017.

External links

• Wikibooks Cookbook