How does a chocolate bar connect with a term used to describe a small and dainty boneless piece of meat?

MaggieG 5

Is this anything to do with noisette which is described as a small thick round slice of boneless meat, especially lamb, and is also hazelnut chocolate? Apr 08 05, 4:57 AM

peasypod

Um....nope. Apr 08 05, 7:57 AM

lanfranco

Peasy, I am dying to know the answer to this question. How long does one normally have to wait to be put out of one's misery? Apr 08 05, 4:20 PM

peasypod

I'm not that easy.... Apr 08 05, 4:23 PM

peasypod

Perhaps if you look for the origin of the meat... Apr 08 05, 4:25 PM

lanfranco

But I don't know what sort of meat it is! Lamb, as Maggie suggests? Apr 08 05, 4:39 PM

peasypod

This is where word etymology comes into play. Apr 08 05, 4:44 PM

lanfranco

Veal? Apr 08 05, 6:02 PM

lanfranco

Escalopes? (Am I getting warmer?) Apr 08 05, 7:13 PM

peasypod

Um....there IS a word to describe "a small and dainty boneless piece of meat" and it was first used in the early part of the 1900's in a certain book... Robboy has answered this (sort of) in a PM to me, so I guess if you want to schmooze with him and bribe him with some peanut butter cookies, go right ahead but I doubt whether he'll give it up. ;) Apr 08 05, 9:36 PM

lanfranco

Robboy! I make great peanut butter cookies! Also succotash (with tomatoes and peppers). What else do you want from me in return for this answer? Apr 08 05, 10:27 PM

peasypod

He's a sucker for seafood lanfranco, but he's pretty fond of my very rare Chateaubriand.... (That's a hint by the way, obscure, but a hint nonetheless) Apr 08 05, 11:17 PM

onlytrivial

Peasy, how long do we have to wait for an answer. Hmmmm...chocolate bar, boneless meat, and chateaubriand...should something spring to mind? Nothing has. Apr 09 05, 12:18 AM

SOTHC

Could it be a sad castrated sheep - A Wool Nut Weep? Apr 09 05, 1:05 AM

lanfranco

Tenderloin comes to mind, and there was a book by that title -- but mid-century, I think. However, I still can't quite connect that with a candy bar. "Very rare Chateaubriand" is beginning to suggest something obscene, especially in combination with "tenderloin." Do we want to go there? Apr 09 05, 8:09 AM

peasypod

Gee, how's about Googling the words "small and dainty boneless piece of meat" and see what comes up, eh? Can't be more bleeding obvious than that fellas. ;) Oh and by the way, just like the Chateaubriand, it does moo. Apr 09 05, 9:46 AM

lanfranco

Well, I tried it, and the first thing I came up with was your question. But how about "medaillon"? I still can't figure out that connects to a candy bar. Apr 09 05, 10:05 AM

MaggieG 5

Filet mignon is another possibility, but it doesn't sound chocolatey to me. Apr 09 05, 1:33 PM

SOTHC

I was going to suggest Willy Wonka but decided that it would understate the situation Apr 09 05, 1:55 PM

peasypod

Maggie Babe! You got it! Filet Mignon it is.....Now find the history of it, and you have your candy bar. Apr 09 05, 4:33 PM

lanfranco

O. Henry, "The Four Million," 1906. But Maggie gets the yay. Apr 09 05, 4:53 PM

peasypod

Oh, I think it was a combined effort there, so a double yay for yourself and Maggie. Now you can sleep soundly lanfranco.... Apr 09 05, 4:55 PM

peasypod

Perhaps some added info for the rest, O' Henry was the pen name of William Sydney Porter, who wrote wrote the book 'The Four Million' in 1906, and he was the first to use the term filet mignon. Apr 09 05, 4:58 PM

MaggieG 5

I still don't understand the chocolate bar connection... Apr 09 05, 5:10 PM

peasypod

Not being a US citizen myself I'm not a connosieur of the actual bar myself but apparently it is 2 Peanut fudge and caramel covered in rich milk chocolate. I have however, clocked up enough hours slobbing in front of the TV late at night long enough to watch enough riveting US television to get up with the whole candy bar bit. But you should know my questions aren't exactly straight forward, an element of mere coincidence with this one, I must admit! Apr 09 05, 5:20 PM

MaggieG 5

Oh! I just found them. Never heard of 'em. They don't do them in our Spar or Londis... Apr 09 05, 5:20 PM

lanfranco

Lucky you. I wouldn't eat an O Henry bar to save my life. Apr 09 05, 5:32 PM

peasypod

Me neither, mind you, each time I visit the US, I do look forward to a Mars Bar. It's very different to our Mars Bars, alot fluffier and very much like our Whip, which I can't seem to find anywhere these days---shady, do you have them in QLD?? Apr 09 05, 5:42 PM