Les Broad Popular Books
Les Broad Biography & Facts
A croque monsieur (French pronunciation: [kʁɔk məsjø]) is a hot sandwich made with ham and cheese. The name comes from the French words croque ("crunch") and monsieur ("gentleman"). History There are references to the dish before the end of the 19th century. In 1891, La Revue Athlétique mentions them: It is late and we are very hungry. What should we do for lunch? Ham becomes monotonous in the long run. The Diplomat, who is a bit of a gourmand, and in this he resembles Talleyrand, has an idea. "Let's make croque-monsieurs". Quickly, the toast, the butter, the Gruyère cheese, the ham, a little cayenne pepper and we are at work. One cuts, another butters, the third puts it all together into sandwiches that Vincent fries in the pan. They are exquisite, the croque-monsieurs, a little big perhaps, made for the jaws of giants, but who cares? We eat them, we come back to them, we are delighted. In the early 1900s, bistro owner Michel Lunarca popularized the croque-monsieur. Preparation A croque monsieur is traditionally made with baked or boiled ham and sliced cheese between slices of pain de mie, topped with grated cheese and lightly salted and peppered, and then baked in an oven or fried in a frying pan. The bread may optionally be browned by grilling after being dipped in beaten egg. Traditionally Gruyère is used, but sometimes Comté or Emmental cheese as well. Some brasseries also add béchamel sauce. Croque monsieur may be baked or fried so that the cheese topping melts and forms a crust. Variations A croque monsieur served with a poached or lightly fried egg on top is known as a croque madame (or, in parts of Normandy, as a croque-à-cheval). According to the Petit Robert dictionary, the name dates to around 1960. The name croque-mademoiselle is associated with its lighter, vegetarian version: made of the same bread, but with ordinary melting cheese, accompanied with chives, cucumber and lettuce. In the United Kingdom, a ham-and-cheese hot snack is called a toastie, and toastie makers are available to buy. In the United States, the Monte Cristo (a ham-and-cheese sandwich often dipped in egg and fried) is popular fare in diners. Variants of the sandwich with substitutions or additional ingredients are given names modeled on the original croque-monsieur, for example: See also References. Discover the Les Broad popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Les Broad books.
Best Seller Les Broad Books of 2024
-
Internet Hornswoggling
Les BroadInternet email scams, mostly originating in West Africa, have been one of the downsides of communicating in cyberspace, but, incredible though it may seem, people have actually res...
-
Movies Worth Watching
Les BroadThe author has a few favourite movies, some well enough known and others rather more obscure, and this little book is a summary of some of them. Several have a science fiction them...
-
History, And More
Les BroadIn this series of four unique essays you'll discover the complete history of the world from the Big Bang until yesterday afternoon, why there are more Greek philosophers that Inuit...
-
Comments On Welsh Politics
Les BroadThere are three essays in this work: a commentary on the Welsh Government's economic development strategy, another on elections to that Government and a third, unrelated, on the po...
-
Focal Point
Les BroadThe moon is a hostile environment in which to work, about as hostile as it's possible to imagine. The men and women who work there are highly trained, disciplined and competent.The...
-
Putting Asunder And Other Stories
Les BroadThe author is perhaps not the most romantic of men, but despite this has, over the years, participated in his share of relationships with those of that incomprehensible breed known...
-
Me
Les BroadFrankie Sidebottom was a (fictitious) soccer player until injury brought his career to a shuddering close. After spells as a television pundit and newspaper columnist – and appeari...
-
Just Money
Les BroadEngland in the early 1990s – a prosperous land where unscrupulous financial cowboys could become rich by ignoring rules. One group of those cowboys hit on a really bright idea when...
-
The Turning Of The Tide
Les BroadThe Simkins family was more or less normal – mother, father, two teenage children – until the father met an attractive American. Then came divorce, followed by the errant father be...
-
Trains, Planes And Taxicabs
Les BroadA comic tale of disaster following disaster, the story follows the attempt of Jim Tubbs to travel from the UK mainland to the Channel Island of Jersey to sell furniture. It was a s...
-
Tea. Drums And Speed
Les BroadTea, Drums And Speed is just one of a set of short stories; it tells of a 1960s pop band metamorphosing. Elsewhere, there's a story speculating on how those bizarre rumours about '...
-
Swift Shifts
Les BroadIn a similar style to the earlier 'Two Galaxies', this trio of unconnected but funny science fiction stories have been well received by those who have read them. The first tells th...
-
The Penny Legacy
Les BroadWhen an old lady dies and leaves a legacy of one penny to somebody neither her only son nor the family solicitor had ever heard of the son is intrigued. So he sets out to discover ...
-
Aupes
Les BroadAfter a global chemical war most of humanity has perished. Those who remain exist in isolated communities, not knowing if any other such communities survive. But the situation is g...
-
Greywinton
Les BroadSitting in a valley in the bleak moorland of northern England, Greywinton is a village that is home to just a few people. The first snow of winter comes early, but one year it brin...
-
Bodily Disfunctions
Les BroadWhen faced with any member of the medical profession, your author does not demonstrate that British ideal of a stiff upper lip. Oh no, as recounted here he becomes a big gibbering ...
-
Two Galaxies
Les BroadScience fiction has no limits except those of the writer's imagination. This trio of short stories is evidence that some scifi writers have very strange imaginations. The first sto...
-
Custodian
Les BroadWhen a multinational corporation becomes so big and so powerful that it is effectively impossible for any Government to regulate or control that corporation can anyone be sure that...