Purée.—Vegetables or meat reduced to a very smooth pulp, which is afterwards mixed with enough liquid to make it of the consistency of very thick soup.

Ragoût.—Stew or hash.

Remoulade.—Salad dressing.

Rissoles.—Pastry, made of light puff-paste, and cut into various forms, and fried. They may be filled with fish, meat, or sweets.

Roux.—Brown and white; French thickening.

Salmi.—Ragoût of game previously roasted.

Sauce Piquante.—A sharp sauce, in which somewhat of a vinegar flavour predominates.

Sauter.—To dress with sauce in a saucepan, repeatedly moving it about.

Tamis.—Tammy, a sort of open cloth or sieve through which to strain broth and sauces, so as to rid them of small bones, froth, &c.