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Definition: Roux |
RouxNoun1. A mixture of fat and flour heated and used as a basis for sauces. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "roux" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1900. (references) |
Etymology: Roux \Roux\, noun. [French expression beurre roux brown butter.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Personal Care & Hotels | Is a mixture of flour and fat used to thicken a sauce. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The mixture is cooked by stirring over heat in a pot or pan. The end result is a thickening and flavoring agent. The final results can range from the nearly white to the nearly black, depending on the length of time it is over the heat, and its intended use.
Light rouxs led little flavor other than a characteristic richness to a dish, and are used in French cooking and some gravies or pastries throughout the world. Darker rouxs, sometimes referred to as "blond", "peanut-butter", or "chocolate" roux depending on the color achieved, add a distinct nutty flavor to a dish and are used in Cajun and Creole cuisine for gumbos and stews.
Preparation of a light roux is rather simple; there is a danger of burning a dark roux, especially if it is attempted over high heat. For the novice cook, pre-made dark roux is available by mail-order and at supermarkets and specialty food stores in some areas.
As an alternative to making a roux, which is high in fat and very energy-dense, to flavor gumbo, some Creole chefs have been experimenting with toasting flour without oil in a hot pan. The results are comparable, but this is a rather difficult technique.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Roux."
Crosswords: Roux |
| English words defined with "roux": bechamel, bechamel sauce, brown sauce ♦ sauce Espagnole ♦ white sauce. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Roux" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (foxed, foxy, foxy red, ginger, redhead, redheaded, Sorrel, tan). |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | On board the PRINCESS ALICE II at sea. The lady is Mademoiselle Jeanne Le Roux, an artist accompanying the expedition. Plate VII, print 7. In: "Results of the Scientific Campaigns of the Prince of Monaco." Vol. 89. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
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Joseph Roux | Nothing vivifies, and nothing kills, like the emotions. |
| Science is for those who learn, poetry is for those who know. | |
| Experience comprises illusions lost, rather than wisdom gained. | |
| Philosophers call God ''the great unknown'' ''The great misknown'' is more like it! | |
| A fine quotation is a diamond in the hand of a man of wit and a pebble in the hand of a fool. | |
| Reason guides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or false, and passion, good or bad. | |
| Say nothing good of yourself, you will be distrusted; say nothing bad of yourself, you will be taken at your word. | |
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Health | Raoult, D., and Roux, V. (1997). Rickettsioses as paradigms of new or emerging infectious diseases. (references) | |
Petrovec, M., Lotric-Furlan, S., Zupanc, T.A., Strle, F., Brouqui, P., Roux, V., Dumler, J.S., (1997). Human disease in Europe caused by a granulocytic Ehrlichia species. (references) | ||
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| "Roux" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 72.73% of the time. "Roux" is used about 55 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 72.73% | 40 | 54,274 |
| Noun (singular) | 23.64% | 13 | 97,576 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 3.64% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 55 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "roux" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Roux | Last name | 1,000 | 9,192 |
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Beginning with "roux": roux-en, Roux-en-Y, Roux-en-y, Roux-en-Y bypass. | |
Ending with "roux": Charles-roux. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "roux"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Bulgarian | Запръжка От Масло И Брашно. (various references) | ||||||||||
Chinese | 乳酪面粉糊. (various references) | ||||||||||
German | Schwitze, Mehlschwitze, Einbrenne (browned flour). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | ouxray Unlu Sos, Meyane. (various references) | ||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Roux" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: croux, doux, Foux, groux, Loux, noux, orax, orex, Oruc, orux, orx, oux, preux, Proulx, proux, raoul, Redux, reoux, Rexx, Rieux, rioux, roax, ronuk, rou, roua, roub, rouf, roug, rouj, roul, roum, roun, rous, rouxe, rouxi, rouxo, rouxs, rox, roxy, rpux, ruex, ruix, Ruog, Ru'uf, rux, ruxy, soux, troux, Xoox. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "o-r-u-x" | |
-1 letter: our. | |
-2 letters: or, ox, xu. | |
| Words containing the letters "o-r-u-x" | |
+3 letters: buxomer, uxorial. | |
+4 letters: bordeaux, dextrous, executor, exordium, exposure, fourplex, microlux, morceaux, neuraxon, poxvirus, quixotry, rondeaux, rouleaux, uxorious. | |
+5 letters: auxotroph, dexterous, excursion, executors, executory, exordiums, exposures, expounder, extrusion, foxhunter, luxurious, myxovirus, neuraxons, uxoricide. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 6F 75 78 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-. --- ..- -..- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01101111 01110101 01111000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R o u x |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 006F 0075 0078 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)52818790 |
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