Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A Greek appetizer made of cheese that is dredged in flour, fried or flambéed, garnished with lemon juice, and traditionally served in the same pan in which it is cooked.
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- noun Any of various
Greek dishes cooked in a smallfrying pan , especially anappetizer of pan-seared cheese .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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As to the flambeing, well, when we have saganaki, which is sizzling hot, the waiter always has to ignite it with a lighter.
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When I think of 'saganaki', I think of salty flaming cheese with ouzo and crusty bread …. .and then I sigh, smile, and daydream about gooey cheese until someone comes along to trip over me and break the reverie.
Damn Hell Ass Kings michaelsmyth 2010
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The word 'saganaki' actually refers to the cooking vessel, a flat little metal frying pan with squat handles on both sides.
Damn Hell Ass Kings michaelsmyth 2010
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In Detroit's Greektown, you can yell "oompah" to saganaki -- cheese grilled in brandy and lit on fire!
April Rudin: This Is My Detroit: What the Motor City Means to Me April Rudin 2011
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Being Greek and a Chicagoan, I can tell you that saganaki (the flaming cheese) was actually invented in Chicago, at the Parthenon restaurant.
That Toddling Town grrm 2010
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In Detroit's Greektown, you can yell "oompah" to saganaki -- cheese grilled in brandy and lit on fire!
April Rudin: This Is My Detroit: What the Motor City Means to Me April Rudin 2011
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We especially love the mezedes, a selection of appetizers like tomato fritters, grilled octopus and saganaki fried cheese with honey and sesame.
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In Detroit's Greektown, you can yell "oompah" to saganaki -- cheese grilled in brandy and lit on fire!
April Rudin: This Is My Detroit: What the Motor City Means to Me April Rudin 2011
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In Detroit's Greektown, you can yell "oompah" to saganaki -- cheese grilled in brandy and lit on fire!
April Rudin: This Is My Detroit: What the Motor City Means to Me April Rudin 2011
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Like at almost all restaurants on Karpathos, there were makarounes, a whole-wheat pasta dressed with fried onions, olive oil and aged feta, and saganaki, a pan-fried fresh goat cheese.
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