Word: gratin
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Richard J. Montville, Holcombe's supervisor, had said he suspended Holcombe because Holcombe cooked the cauliflower au gratin for dinner in the North House dining hall too soon...
...They had a right not to pour on that au gratin sauce until at least two hours later," Holcombe said...
Back in February, the University gave Radcliffe dining hall shop steward Sherman Holcombe his walking papers; Holcombe claimed it was because of his union activity, but the University said it was only because he cooked a batch of cauliflower au gratin too early. Well, we like our cauliflower au gratin cooked right just as much as the next guy, but we can't help doffing our hats to that feisty shop steward who set the Food Services on their ear for a couple of months. Holcombe's suspension inspired brunch boycotts, demonstrations, and the most protracted rash of protest song...
...expects the best cuts of meat defatted, deboned, rolled and tied up. She buys her potatoes dried, flaked, precooked, double-baked in foil shells, French fried, hash browned or au gratin. Vegetables must be fresh, in or out of season, or frozen in boilable plastic pouches with butter, cream or hollandaise sauce. If the modern American housewife expects groceries to cost what her grandmother paid, she should be willing to shop, cook and eat like her grandmother...