Mother Sauces & Beurre Blanc

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Posted at December 27, 2011, 8:30 am:

Unemployment is a strange thing, can't say that I really enjoy it all that much. I have no purpose, enough money for cigars, but not enough money for Scotch or B&B. I also have plenty of time to think...

I was trying to name the five mother sauces off the top of my head, I kept getting six... So, I looked in my Larousse Gastronomique, first English edition, badly translated. They had a huge section on sauces, but never came right out and put all of the mother sauces together in one spot.

So, I checked a few other books and couldn't get a definitive answer.

Finally I find this at http://www.whatscookingamerica.net/H...uceHistory.htm

So my question is, "Is Beurre Blanc a mother sauce, or a variation of Béarnaise?"

Without eggs, I just don't see it as a Béarnaise at all.

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BTW.

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Mikeb, no debate as to what the five sauces are.

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Oh My, Thats Really funny!! Tony

Just another reason I love cheftalk!!!

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