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Pig de Resistance

English translation: play on words

12:43 Feb 22, 2007
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Cooking / Culinary
English term or phrase: Pig de Resistance
That'w what a cook calls one of his dishes: herb-rubbed, organic, whole suckling pig.

Do you know what this name may refer to? Why Resistance? Apparently the name was also used in The Simpsons show - does this have anything to do with that?
Joanna Borowska
Poland
Local time: 21:28
Selected answer:play on words
Explanation:
pièce de ré·sis·tance (pys d r-z-stäs)
n. pl. pièces de ré·sis·tance (pys)
1. An outstanding accomplishment: "The bison is an evolutionary pièce de résistance, the result of thousands of years of genetic development under the toughest weather and geographical conditions" B.J. Roche.
2. The principal dish of a meal.

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Jalapeno
Local time: 21:28
Grading comment
Thank you, everybody!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +19play on words
Jalapeno
4 +7party piece
Noni Gilbert Riley
4 +7piece de resistance.......
David Cahill
4 +3cf pièce de résistance
Els Spin


  

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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +19
pig de resistance
play on words


Explanation:
pièce de ré·sis·tance (pys d r-z-stäs)
n. pl. pièces de ré·sis·tance (pys)
1. An outstanding accomplishment: "The bison is an evolutionary pièce de résistance, the result of thousands of years of genetic development under the toughest weather and geographical conditions" B.J. Roche.
2. The principal dish of a meal.



Example sentence(s):
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Jalapeno
Local time: 21:28
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you, everybody!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marie-Hélène Hayles
0 min
agree  cmwilliams (X)
4 mins
agree  avsie (X)
13 mins
agree  Nick Nott
24 mins
agree  Norbert Hermann
41 mins
agree  Alfredo Tutino: the origins of the term are in mountebanks' show, I think: "tour de force", "pièce de résistence"...
54 mins
agree  Sarah Ponting
1 hr
agree  William [Bill] Gray: Definitely a (clever) joining of two ideas!
1 hr
agree  Kim Metzger: There's also a nice ironic contrast between the plain Anglo-Saxon "pig" and the posh French.
1 hr
agree  Craig Meulen
2 hrs
agree  airmailrpl: -
3 hrs
agree  jccantrell: Yes, agree with Kim, and leave it to the Simpson writers to raise the level of the average American's education!
3 hrs
agree  Will Matter: with Kim and jccantrell
4 hrs
agree  Elena Aleksandrova
5 hrs
agree  Cristina Santos
7 hrs
agree  Sophia Finos (X)
8 hrs
agree  Paula Vaz-Carreiro
12 hrs
agree  Alexandra Tussing
13 hrs
agree  Alfa Trans (X)
18 hrs
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
pig de resistance
party piece


Explanation:
Playing with the term "pièce de résistance" which means a party piece, your star turn etc. A suckling pig certainly fits the bill - a very showy dish.

Noni Gilbert Riley
Spain
Local time: 21:28
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jack Doughty
9 mins
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agree  vixen
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agree  Sarah Ponting
1 hr
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agree  Will Matter: Yes, but it's also a pun. Welcome to ProZ. // Hey, don't hog all of the jokes, OK?
4 hrs
  -> A tour de pork?! Thanks Will.
agree  NancyLynn
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agree  Alexandra Tussing
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agree  David Cahill: thanks
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
pig de resistance
piece de resistance.......


Explanation:
.......It's a play on words with "piece de resistance" which is generally the chef's "masterpiece" or best dish



David Cahill
Local time: 21:28
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Els Spin: Sorry David! Lines crossed.
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agree  vixen
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agree  Alison Jenner
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
pig de resistance
cf pièce de résistance


Explanation:
This refers to

pièce de résistance /ˌpjɛs də reɪʹzɪstɒ̃s, French pjɛs də ʀezistɑ̃s/
► noun [in sing.] (especially with reference to creative work) the most important or remarkable feature: the pièce de résistance of the meal was flaming ice cream.

ORIGIN
French, literally ‘piece (i.e. means) of resistance’.

[from OED]

Els Spin
Netherlands
Local time: 21:28
Native speaker of: Dutch

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