Associations to the word «Roux»

Wiktionary

ROUX, noun. A mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews.

Dictionary definition

ROUX, noun. A mixture of fat and flour heated and used as a basis for sauces.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope