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aillette

English translation: fresh garlic shoots

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French term or phrase:aillette
English translation:fresh garlic shoots
Entered by: Claire Cox

12:03 Jan 20, 2009
French to English translations [PRO]
Food & Drink
French term or phrase: aillette
Food item on sale in supermarket. Clearly garlic onion family but what precisely?
Robin Hardy-King
Local time: 03:43
fresh garlic shoots
Explanation:
See:

http://kitchen-notebook.blogspot.com/2007/05/ailee-fresh-gar...
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Claire Cox
United Kingdom
Local time: 03:43
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4 +5fresh garlic shoots
Claire Cox


  

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fresh garlic shoots


Explanation:
See:

http://kitchen-notebook.blogspot.com/2007/05/ailee-fresh-gar...

Claire Cox
United Kingdom
Local time: 03:43
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 32
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  MurielP (X): you beat me to it!
1 min
  -> Sorry...
agree  Lingua 5B
3 mins
  -> Thanks
agree  MoiraB: yes, I found the same site googling for aillette + garlic. Apparently edible from the green shoots to the bulb.
8 mins
  -> Thanks Moira - I wondered if it might be garlic chives at first, but this is obviously it.
agree  jean-jacques alexandre
14 mins
  -> Thanks
agree  Carol Gullidge: lovely blog!
1 hr
  -> Thanks Carol - I had to avoid the temptation to get distracted...
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