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    Tonight, I'm cooking a dish that takes its name from a foreign word implying that it should be served cold, because that is the appetizer version best known to speakers of this language. However, the version I'm preparing, closely associated with speakers of yet another tongue, is a main dish baked and served hot. What am I making, and can you name a tongue-in-cheek horror film in the title of which this delicious item figures?

    Question #76831. Asked by lanfranco. (Mar 06 07 5:04 PM)


    banshee12

    		Revenge of the Tomatoes?!

    Mar 06 07, 5:29 PM
    lanfranco

    		Er, no. The film in question actually includes the name of the dish in the title.

    However, tomatoes are among the ingredients.

    Mar 06 07, 5:34 PM
    tragic_flawed

    		amuse-bouces?

    Mar 06 07, 11:08 PM
    lanfranco

    		No, an "amuse-bouche" is a general term for a small appetizer, though the cold version of this dish could be served as one.

    The name does not come from a Romance language, though the dish is topped with something that is often described by a Romance-language word.

    Mar 07 07, 8:17 AM
    tragic_flawed

    		foie- gras pate- In Silence of the Lamb- probably

    Mar 07 07, 9:00 PM
    tragic_flawed

    		Was it sweetbreads? I am a vegan-so I am feeling faint already.

    Mar 07 07, 9:03 PM
    lanfranco

    		Nope. Again, give up on French, except for the topping, which CAN be called by a French term, if you insist.

    This is a Mediterranean dish that is layered and baked. And it is not lasagne.

    Mar 07 07, 9:04 PM
    peasypod

    		Oh dear Lord. Don't tell me the movie was 'The Attack of the Giant Mousaka'?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moussaka

    Mar 07 07, 10:40 PM
    lanfranco

    		That's it! And MY moussaka was just yummy, though maybe not large enough to threaten anyone even if it were to be animated.

    A silver eggplant to you, peasy!

    Mar 08 07, 8:05 AM

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