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Parmesan

Parmesan \Par`me*san"\, a. [F. parmesan, It. parmigiano.]

  1. Of or pertaining to Parma in Italy.

  2. Parmesan cheese.

    Parmesan cheese, a kind of cheese of a rich flavor, though from skimmed milk, made in Parma, Italy.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Parmesan

type of dry, hard cheese, 1550s, from Italian Parmegiano "of Parma," from Parma, city in northern Italy, one of the places where the cheese is made. Full form parmeson chese is recorded from 1510s. The place name ultimately is Etruscan.

Wiktionary
parmesan

n. 1 A hard, full-fat Italian cheese from Parma. 2 A similar cheese produced elsewhere.

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Parmesan (disambiguation)

Parmesan is a style of cheese.

Parmesan may also refer to:

  • Parmesan, an adjective meaning related to the city or province of Parma
  • The Parmigiano dialect
  • Parmo or Parmesan, a breaded cutlet dish originating in Middlesbrough

Usage examples of "parmesan".

Katrina tossed a salad and warmed dinner rolls, Caleb prepared a Risotto of arborio rice, broccoli raab, toasted pecans, and shredded Parmesan cheese.

You will also want to pick up half a pound or so of fontina and Parmesan.

Parmesan cheese, for I knew that so much will be found in the inns all over Italy.

Austrian s and Piedmontese were distributed in the Modenese and Parmesan.

Indian chutney, cottage cheese, gooseberry jam, gingerbread, a cheese slipover consisting of a deep-dish apple pie with a Welsh rabbit melted over it, lobster stuffed and baked, broccoli Parmesan, crisp endive with Roquefort dressing, baked Alaska, coffee with grated orange peel and a clove, a Bacardi swizzle and a bottle of Fiora del Alpina, with a cashew nut to nibble and any other expensive or out of season comestibles obtainable or not.

Or a tasty Mediterranean luncheon, say, carpaccio over arugula with thin shavings of Parmesan and a glass of Merlot, with Yuki and her snake-charming mom?

I bought numerous translation, which I was surprised to find at Lodi, which hitherto had been only famous in my mind for its cheese, usually called Parmesan.

Are the Parmesans satisfied with being the subjects of a Spanish prince?

I laughed in the landlord's face, and told him to bring me his butter, his eggs, his macaroni, a ham, and some Parmesan cheese, for I knew that so much will be found in the inns all over Italy.

The limousine was trapped by bagpipers ahead, and, behind, by a squad of gold-epauleted Royal Parmesans, who had sallied from an Automatic Market across the street from the courthouse.

On each she had arranged caramelized onions, chopped olives, pine nuts, grated Parmesan cheese.

At intervals along the bar, there were collections of assorted popcorn seasonings: garlic salt, lemon pepper, Cajun spices, curry powder, and Parmesan cheese in a green cardboard container.

Cachundo immediately begins picking chervil tops, arranging garnishes, filling small crocks with grated Parmesan, harissa sauce, rosemary and thyme, gaufrette potato chips, and picking out my favorite saucing spoons from the silver bins.

Now he gobbled wet bread, tore into the cookies and damn the Wisk, ate some mushy grapes and a piece of fiercely hard Parmesan slopped in peach yogurt.

After some thought, I sketched out a simple plan for the evening meal: lamb roast with pan gravy and mint jelly, baked potatoes, steamed haricots verts, a large tossed salad with grated fresh Parmesan cheese, and homemade bread.