Sunday Rest: crudités. Word Not To Use Today.

Crudités are healthy, and a boon to frazzled hostesses juggling three saucepans, a grill, and someone who's just said oh, but I thought you knew I was a gluten-free vegan. But, admit it, crudités are nearly always a bit of a disappointment

People only eat them on the understanding that chomping gamely through so much rabbit food must in simple justice make an extra helping of pudding entirely calorie-free. 

The word itself doesn't help. Crudités: it manages to combine a suggestion of crude with a French ending, which in a domestic setting is bound to come across as pretentious.

Still, there is one very good thing about crudités.  

They seem largely to have gone out of fashion.


Photo Phoenixcatering


Sunday Rest: crudités. This word comes from the French crudité which means rawness, and is related to the Latin crūdus which means bloody.

Lovely.