thermidor

Shell-served seafood dish

Thermidor appears almost exclusively in the phrase lobster thermidor, a rich French dish of lobster meat in cream sauce, returned to the shell and browned.

The name comes from a French Revolutionary calendar month associated with heat, connecting to the dish's broiled finish.

Beyond the recipe, thermidor rarely appears except in historical discussions of the French Revolution.

revolution

Robespierre

Revolutionary who devoured himself

guillotineVertical beheading apparatus
Thermidorian ReactionConservative backlash after Terror
coupAbrupt seizure of power

overthrow · Jacobins · Montagnards · National Convention · counterrevolution · radicals · moderates · purge · executions · regime change

calendar

Republican

GOP party member

decadeTen-year span
monthYear's twelfth part
summerYear's warmest season

July · August · heat · seasonal

culinary

lobster

Large marine shellfish

seafoodMarine creatures as cuisine
shellfishAquatic creatures with exoskeletons
sauceLiquid food accompaniment

creamy · buttery · mustard · brandy · cognac · gratin · béchamel · French cuisine · luxurious · rich

Opposites

culinary preparation style

thermidorboiled

Heated until bubbling

steamed · plain · poached · unadorned · naturel

political/revolutionary meaning

thermidorReign of Terror

Revolutionary mass execution period

revolutionary tribunal

revolutionary political trajectory

thermidorradicalization

Shift toward extreme ideology

Terror · revolutionary fervor

Phrases

lobster thermidorRich French shellfish preparation

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