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French term or phrase:	tour de main
English translation:	technique
Entered by:	philgoddard

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19:37 Oct 27, 2011

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Food & Dairy

French term or phrase: tours de main

P.M.I. implantée dans l’Indre à Argenton-sur-Creuse, nous avons pour vocation de fabriquer des produits sur la base de recettes et de « tours de main » artisanaux auxquels nous appliquons une rigueur et des principes industriels (notamment H.A.C.C.P./ Certification IFS).

and

En effet, l’entreprise, peut produire jusqu’à 30 tonnes de pâtisseries par jour avec la rigueur industrielle (régularité, traçabilité, sécurité alimentaire, HACCP, IFS) tout en conservant les « tours de main» essentiels à la qualité de ses produits.

This is from a leaflet advertising a company selling bakery products.

hkeet KudoZ activity Questions: 74 (9 open) (1 without valid answers) Answers: 3
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techniques

Explanation:
Or methods.
It often translates either as 'knack" or "flick of the wrist", but this is obviously what it means here.

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techniques

Explanation:
Or methods.
It often translates either as 'knack" or "flick of the wrist", but this is obviously what it means here.

Reference: http://en.bab.la/dictionary/french-english/tour-de-main

philgoddard
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I've looked at several different definitions of 'en un tour de main' and all agree with one another that this expression means to do something in an instant (faire qqch en un tour de main). Apparently the term goes back to the 17th century and means literally to do something in the time it takes to turn your hand or flick your wrist, as mentioned in the previous post.

I've found some links below so you can see how the expression has been used in culinary contexts.

Example sentence(s):

http://www.lhotellerie-restauration.fr/blogs-des-experts/Tour/sommaire.asp?abo=o&a=&s=%2Fblogs%2Ddes%2Dexperts%2FTour%2FConfection%5Fpate%5Fbrioche%2Ehtm#abo

Reference: http://www.linternaute.com/expression/langue-francaise/198/e...
Reference: http://cuisine.larousse.fr/lecon-experts/tours-de-main/reche...

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