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As with the canapés we can either serve this by moving through your guests with large trays with a selection of appetising bowl food or we can create ‘stalls’ each specialising in a flavour of food.
- 8 hour braised shin of Welsh beef, horseradish mashed potatoes
- Greek salad, roasted vine tomatoes, marinated feta & black olives
- ‘Coq au vin’ creamed potato
- Braised belly of Cheshire pork, choucroute & Toulouse sausage
- Crisp confit duck, cassoulet of haricot beans, herbed crumbs
- Seared fillet of tuna Nicoise, shallot & balsamic
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Dear Jeux_de_Mots, sorry for not giving you the points earlier. It was my first question and I made a mistake when submitting the Kudoz-points. Thank you for your tips and help.
Kind regards,
ViFeind 4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer
I don't think that you upset anybody. It is the community that makes suggestions. These of course arise from different perspectives and every one might just have a personal association to the subject. Everybody tries to help you and make a suggestion you might be comfortable with, but in the end it is your decision what to use.
I don't think that you upset anybody. It is the community that makes suggestions. These of course arise from different perspectives and every one might just have a personal association to the subject. Everybody tries to help you and make a suggestion you might be comfortable with, but in the end it is your decision what to use.
If Jeux_de_Mots provided the most helpful answer, you should give her the points. It is not too late to do this if you contact a Mod or put in a support request (the box for this is right at the bottom of this page). I'm sure things will work out better next time!
I'm glad you challenged Victoria on this - it is much better than being "peeved" but not voicing your misgivings, and every novice should be given the benefit of the doubt until they know the ropes.
@Craig: Sorry and yes, you are quite right, it was my first question and I am not firm with how you handle these. I will do it better next time.
@all: Thank you for all your answers and help. I went with Jeux_de_Mots answer "a hot dish served by our waiting staff " because it fit best. Thanks again!
Since this appears to be your first KudoZ question, a word of advice - we're all keen to help, but I personally only continue to help if there is some sort of helpful collaboration from the asker themself. That means taking part in the debate to try and come to the ideal solution together. If it was as simple as "just finding the English word" then we wouldn't need this forum because every dictionary would do the job just as well.
And helpful collaboration includes not leaving us in the lurch at the end, - WE also want to know what answer you chose, were our comments helpful, where did you find the solution etc ...
Yours slightly peeved,
Craig
I can understand the importance of mentioning a ladle if the document is meant to be 'technical' or destined for the organisation of the kitchen and its staff, but I'm sure at a trade fare or exhibition, customers don't care whether it is served with a ladle, wooden spoon or any other implement. Customers will want to know that they'll be eating something warm and satisfying, easy to eat even if they have to stand, and that they are waited on, rather than wasting precious time and energy in a queue. From my experience, the sort of food that leads the customer to worry about WHAT IMPLEMENT is actually going to be used are things like fondues, Chateaubriand, or fish filleted at the table. (Oh, and snails, of course!)
If the emphasize is on the technical serving side, imo the technical "ladled dish" fits well. As far as being appetizing--"Schöpfgericht" doesn't score very high on the allure scale. And whereas "stew" is too specific (a "Schöpfgericht" might be anything from risotto to creamed corn, "hot dish"--since it would include foods poured or placed in the thermo bowls--is too general.
Thanks for your support. I definitely agree that the word "stew" unless we are referring to, say, Irish stew, is not particularly appealing. We want to get away from anything smacking of canteens etc. Whereas to my mind "hot dish" sounds substantial without being stodgy.
British Diana is definitely on the right tracks here. Although a ladled stew-type dish is what a Schöpfgericht is, ladles and stew conjure up thoughts of school dinners for me, where a ladle of unappetising food was dolloped in an unattractive heap on my plate. I don't think this is the image that any catering service wants to portray, personally.
Not exactly exotic words. "Ohh, they're serving ladled stew! I've never heard of that!" I think international readers deserve a modicum of credit, especially when it comes to culinary matters. Never underestimate your audience. Besides, if it makes a humdrum stew served "on the fly" in a "thermo-bowle" sound slightly exotic, more power to it!
"Ladle: A deep-bowled long-handled spoon used especially for dipping up and conveying liquids" (Webster's). Sounds like a slam-dunk definition for that big spoon-like thing-a-ma-jig that folks use to ladle up "flying" food in "thermo-bowles."
The normal way that a Schöpfgericht is served is from a heated dish on a buffet, which could easily translate as warm buffet dish (as opposed to plated). However, you say this is served in a thermo-bowl from a tray? The thermo bowl sounds quite large and I am struggling to picture this passed around exhibition visitors on a tray. Or perhaps they are individual portions - in which case, warmed 'buffet' dish would no longer apply. Do you have any photos?
That much we knew already. What I wanted to know, for example, if the context (i.e. the text surrounding the sentence) doesn't mention any other hot food, you can just translate it as 'hot dish'.
But if it mentions something hot that is not a 'hot pot', 'casserole', 'ragout' or other similar dish, then you need something specific.
And the question again - do you need help to understand the German term or do you know what is meant, but just need an English term for that (which in this case, there probably isn't a direct equivalent).
It´s about what is served at a fair trade booth. They serve snacks and from 11 am to 3 pm a hot "Schöpfgericht", that´s all the party service says here. I guess a general term is good enough.
Does the context require you to distinguish this from another type of dish that is not "served with a ladle"? Does the document go on to list the specific examples that are served within this category of dish?
Do you know what a Schöpfgericht is, but need help with the translation, or do you need help to understand what the word means?
Geht es hier um ein Eintopf das gereicht wird bzw. ist mit Schöpfgericht Eintopf gemeint?
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hot pot
Explanation: which is ladled out ...
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Hermann Local time: 23:39 Works in field Native speaker of: English, German PRO pts in category: 24
34 mins confidence:
pot-cooked dish
Explanation: HAANDI £13.50
This is a traditional pot-cooked dish which, is cooked in its own steam to seal the flavour within. It is a medium hot, freshly spiced cooked dish with a combination of tomatoes and green peppers. A dish served for two persons. http://www.el-halal.co.uk/printer_friendly.htm
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On second thoughts:
dish served in a pot
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A 'Tellergericht' is a 'dish served on a plate'.
A 'Schöpfgericht' is probably a 'dish served in a pot'.
Explanation: Difficult w/o more context, but it sounds more (catering) serving process-oriented than an actual food composition-focussed type of "Gericht", which would call for a more literal translation:
"A warm dish ladled into thermo bowls..."
Lonnie Legg Germany Local time: 00:39 Works in field Native speaker of: English, German PRO pts in category: 15
3 hrs confidence:
hot stew
Explanation: Depending on the audience and content: English speaking people would understand "stew" otherwise I would be a bit wordy and use "warm dish/meal served from a (large?) pot"
phillee Local time: 23:39 Native speaker of: English
22 hrs confidence:
a hot dish served in an individual bowl with a spoon
Explanation: We all know what is meant, but I think when translating, and the text is meant as info for the caterers' potential customers, the emphasis should not be on the "Schöpfen" (ladelling?) but on what the guests are going to get.
Here the key words are hot (not warm, of course) dish (=a kind of main course, not just a thin soup) individual bowl (aha, it is soupy)and spoon (it can be eaten on the run, or as the Germans might say, it is a "Schöpfgericht to go")
British Diana Germany Local time: 00:39 Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 8
3 days11 hrs confidence:
bowl food
Explanation: "Hot bowl food" seems to be the term used by events and exhibitions catering services to express the idea of a Schöpfgericht:
As with the canapés we can either serve this by moving through your guests with large trays with a selection of appetising bowl food or we can create ‘stalls’ each specialising in a flavour of food.
- 8 hour braised shin of Welsh beef, horseradish mashed potatoes
- Greek salad, roasted vine tomatoes, marinated feta & black olives
- ‘Coq au vin’ creamed potato
- Braised belly of Cheshire pork, choucroute & Toulouse sausage
- Crisp confit duck, cassoulet of haricot beans, herbed crumbs
- Seared fillet of tuna Nicoise, shallot & balsamic
http://www.lgarena.co.uk/planningavisit/foodanddrink
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Jeux de Mots Germany Local time: 00:39 Specializes in field Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 44
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Dear Jeux_de_Mots, sorry for not giving you the points earlier. It was my first question and I made a mistake when submitting the Kudoz-points. Thank you for your tips and help.
Kind regards,
ViFeind
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