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HACHÉ (-E)
Chopped. Minced. Sauce hachée: tomato sauce with vinegar, capers, ham and mushrooms. See also bifteck.
HACHIS
Minced meat. Hash of chopped-up leftovers in a sauce. Hachis Parmentier: shepherd's pie, sometimes served in potato jackets. (Périgord) Mixed fried vegetables for soups.
HARICOT
Bean.
HARICOT ROUGE
Red kidney bean.
HARICOT VERT
French bean, string bean.
HAUT (-E)
High.
HERBE
Lit.: 'grass.
Herbes aromatiques / potagères: kitchen or pot herbs.
HIVER
Winter.
HOMARD
Lobster. Often priced on the menu according to size (selon grosseur-SG).
HORS D'OEUVRE
First course, starter.
Hôte
Host.
HÔTEL
Hotel.
HÔTESSE
Hostess.
HUILE
Oil.
HUiTRE
Oyster.
HYSOPE
Hyssop, the herb.
Inspired by a dear book to me I discovered in Le Prieure Bourg Charente
The taste of France. A dictionary of French food & Wine
Published in 1982