Cryptic food and drink

[Duck59]

Not hate, merely indifference.

Think French cuisine.

 

[Morning Glory]

Well, I realised it was French but I'm still stuck - Tripe a la 'something or other'. But I don't think that is right.

 

[Duck59]

The "a la" bit is right.

Consult Chas and Dave for a further hint.

 

[Morning Glory]

Well now, I thought of Lapin a la Moutarde early on but rejected it due to the fact that in my French dictionary, Moutarde has an ''e' on the end.

 

[Duck59]

Indeed so. My mistake was believing what I was reading on the internet, not something I am normally susceptible to. Having done a search, "Lapin a la moutard" appears in a vast number of places, but all of them must be wrong.

My second error was not checking with an authoritative source. Indeed, there is a fluent French speaker in this very house and she has informed me that there is a word "moutard," but it is a term used to refer to an annoying brat or some such irritant. So what I seem to have prepared is rabbit in brat sauce. Hmm.

 

[Duck59]

Further to the above, I recall a trip to Bucharest (we were visiting Count Duckula) and seeing "Bear in mustard sauce" on the menu of one particular restaurant. Being vegetarians, we naturally did not take up this option, so I am unable to say whether the bear in question was whole or cut into smaller parts.

 

[Morning Glory]

Does French dish unexpectedly evoke a trip down under? (5,2,6)

 

[Duck59]

 

[Morning Glory]

Its a meat dish.

 

[Duck59]

Meat dishes are not one of my specialist subjects.

Ha! That reminds me. I must leap to another site and order some beer.

 

[Morning Glory]

The first word is an English word but is used in the French name of the dish.

 

[Duck59]

Somewhere, there is an anagram, but I fail to see it.

I've just realised that my "mallard" clue was, in fact, correct. I got the anagram right, but for some reason got the number of letters wrong. So 'moutarde' fits perfectly well as the last word, or would have if I had typed '8' instead of '7'. Brain malfunction. Senility. Who knows?

 

[Morning Glory]

Somewhere, there is an anagram, but I fail to see it.

I've just realised that my "mallard" clue was, in fact, correct. I got the anagram right, but for some reason got the number of letters wrong. So 'moutarde' fits perfectly well as the last word, or would have if I had typed '8' instead of '7'. Brain malfunction. Senility. Who knows?

Its quite possible my anagram is incorrect but I did check Guardian 'abbreviations' for cryptic crosswords - the case in point being 'down under'.

 

[Morning Glory]

Here is another anagram for the same:

Sauté pork? I've a recipe (French). (5, 2, 6)

 

[Morning Glory]

But I was staying with my friend who

Somewhere, there is an anagram, but I fail to see it.

I've just realised that my "mallard" clue was, in fact, correct. I got the anagram right, but for some reason got the number of letters wrong. So 'moutarde' fits perfectly well as the last word, or would have if I had typed '8' instead of '7'. Brain malfunction. Senility. Who knows?

If I'd been quicker off the mark I would have challenged you on the '7' to start with. But as I said to my friend, "@Duck59 is very accurate (and has been known to be pedantic) so I can't believe he has it wrong."