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  • noun Plural form of fumet.

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Examples

  • Fish stocks, or fumets from the French for “aroma”, are also generally prepared in an hour or less, since longer simmering of fragile fish bones can dissolve calcium salts that then cloud the liquid and give it a chalky taste.

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

  • Fish stocks, or fumets from the French for “aroma”, are also generally prepared in an hour or less, since longer simmering of fragile fish bones can dissolve calcium salts that then cloud the liquid and give it a chalky taste.

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

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  • OED says: The excrement (of a deer). rare in sing. In the usage notes, it is more often spelled fewmets, yet there is no listing in the OED for that spelling.

    February 27, 2007