crepe suzette

plural crepes suzette · plural crepe suzettes

1. alternativeAlternative form of crêpe Suzette.

   After which, they shared a crepe suzette with rich vanilla ice cream.

   2010, Malcolm Boyd, MMX, Pittsburgh, Pa.: RoseDog Books, →ISBN, page 25

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   A man’s burning ought to be pure!—not like mine—(a crepe suzette—burned in brandy . . .)

   1953, Tennessee Williams, “Block Eight”, in Camino Real, Norfolk, Conn.: New Directions, →OCLC, page 75

   Buyers were drawn to Mrs. Stanley Kaza’s delicatessen booth by the distinctive aromas of Polish dishes. These included cabbage rolls, Polish sausage, pierogi — dumplings filled with cabbage, cheese or meat, nalisniki — crepe suzettes, plus many other mouth-watering items.

   1972 March 20, “Spring atmosphere fills hall”, in The Brantford Expositor, Brantford, Ont., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 16, columns 1–2

   Nonetheless, there is a work load problem. If we add crepes suzette, or any other item that requires more time to serve, we will have to add a fifth girl, at least on some flights.

   1976, C[harles] J[ohn] Constable, C[olin] C. New, Operations Management: A Systems Approach Through Text and Cases (A Wiley–Interscience Publication), London; New York, N.Y.: John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 374

plural crepes Suzette · plural crepe Suzettes

1. alternativeAlternative form of crêpe Suzette.

   Have you ever tasted crepes Suzette with no orange juice, Sheriff?

   2015, Ian C. Simpson, chapter 11, in Sons of the Fathers, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire: DB Publishing, →ISBN, page 188

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   Reinhart served him a crepe Suzette. The old-timer took the entire triangle of it into the back of his mouth and swallowed it whole, as if it were an oyster.

   1981, Thomas Berger, chapter 6, in Reinhart’s Women, New York, N.Y.: Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence, →ISBN, page 87

   Some people aren’t easily impressed. Linda Dudicz O’Meara, for example, remembers a time when her family went to a fancy restaurant where a waiter proudly presented crepes Suzette as the ultimate dessert. “My dad said, ‘Gee, they look just like nalesniki,’” laughs Linda, of Elmer Drive NE, “and we’ve had those all our lives!”

   1990 June 11, Karin Orr, “Ukrainian crepes just like Suzettes”, in The Grand Rapids Press, Grand Rapids, Mich., →ISSN, →OCLC, page D3

   But for the diplomats—fearful of another world war but unwilling to spend the money or make the effort to maintain the military strength to truly deter aggression—the crepe Suzettes in Paris were absolutely scrumptious.

   2011, Peter Bales, “Depression and World War II or The Greatest (and Most Full of Themselves) Generation”, in “Who Cares…They Are All Dead Anyway”: A Factual and Funny Survey of American History from Reconstruction through the Twentieth Century, Huntington, N.Y.: Maple Hill Press, →ISBN, page 92