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pousses de jardin

English translation: young salad leaves / garden salad leaves


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French term or phrase:pousses de jardin
English translation:young salad leaves / garden salad leaves
Entered by: Susan McDonald
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18:45 Jun 7, 2011
French to English translations [PRO]
Food & Dairy
French term or phrase: pousses de jardin
This is on a menu - under Starters. The full text is:

La salade de mesclun et pousses de jardin

I think I've got a sense of what this is - it sounds like those wee salad shoots that are cut-and-come again or like lamb's lettuce - picked and served very fresh! But I'm not sure how to render this in English - or perhaps I'm barking up the wrong tree?

Any insights gratefully received!
Susan McDonald
Local time: 12:28
young salad leaves / garden salad leaves
Explanation:
The images for "pousses de jardin" show what I would call "salad leaves" or "young salad leaves" lea:http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&xhr=t&q=pousses de jard...

I don't think English uses the term "garden" to actually describe the young leaves themselves, as this recipe does. Although if it was translated using the term "garden" it would be down to translators choice as there seem to be so many different uses of the term "garden" within the context of salads and lettuce-type leaves. These two links show how a supermarket chain has interpreted the garden idea in a bag of mixed salad containing edible flowers(link 1), and how people generally have designated the term "garden salad" to describe a salad mixture with any other multicolored ingredients (link 1):http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.freshinfo.c...
(link 2):http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=garden salad&hl=en&biw=1066...
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LaraBarnett
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:28
Grading comment
Many thanks for this, Lara!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4young salad leaves / garden salad leaves
LaraBarnett
4 +2garden shoots
Katarina Peters
4seedlings
Gilla Evans
4(mixed) baby greens
Wendy Streitparth
3 -1garden sprouts
SafeTex


Discussion entries: 3





  

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40 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
garden shoots


Explanation:
:)

Katarina Peters
Canada
Local time: 07:28
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  piazza d
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, piazza d.
agree  Heloise Harrap: Definitely!
14 hrs
  -> Thank you, Heloise!
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
garden sprouts


Explanation:
I've always used this expression and internet confirms it as a contender

SafeTex
Local time: 13:28
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  piazza d: I agree too
1 hr
disagree  B D Finch: I'd interpret that as home-grown brussel sprouts!
14 hrs
disagree  LaraBarnett: We either say "Bean sprouts" or "Brussel Sprouts" but neither of these are salad leaves.
14 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
(mixed) baby greens


Explanation:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/tyler-florence/mixed-baby...

Wendy Streitparth
Local time: 13:28
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
young salad leaves / garden salad leaves


Explanation:
The images for "pousses de jardin" show what I would call "salad leaves" or "young salad leaves" lea:http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&xhr=t&q=pousses de jard...

I don't think English uses the term "garden" to actually describe the young leaves themselves, as this recipe does. Although if it was translated using the term "garden" it would be down to translators choice as there seem to be so many different uses of the term "garden" within the context of salads and lettuce-type leaves. These two links show how a supermarket chain has interpreted the garden idea in a bag of mixed salad containing edible flowers(link 1), and how people generally have designated the term "garden salad" to describe a salad mixture with any other multicolored ingredients (link 1):http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.freshinfo.c...
(link 2):http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=garden salad&hl=en&biw=1066...


LaraBarnett
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:28
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Many thanks for this, Lara!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Claire Cox: or baby salad leaves
6 mins
  -> Thank you.
agree  Jeux de Mots: young garden salad leaves
11 mins
  -> Thank you.
agree  gallagy2: baby salad leaves
3 hrs
  -> Thank you.
agree  B D Finch
13 hrs
  -> Thank you.
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
seedlings


Explanation:
There are numerous ways of describing these so0called "superfoods".

The inimitable Nigel Slater refers to them as "seedlings" or "sprouted seeds" and I like "seedlings for a menu:

“The leafy base may include some of the crisp, refreshingly bitter chicories and mild, mixed spring leaves but this is also when sprouted seeds and members of the cress family can be used to add everything from mustardy heat to a soft, earthy sweetness. Depending on the occasion, a spring salad can contain anything from noisettes of lamb to shavings of farmhouse cheese or some cheap and cheerful chicken livers. The protein element is really playing a supporting role to the wealth of new spring leaves and seedlings.”

http://uk.lifestyle.yahoo.com/food-drink/nigel-slaters-main-...


Gilla Evans
Local time: 12:28
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20
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