# "Au Jus" as a noun **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 17, 2006, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/au-jus-as-a-noun/344945 "2006-02-17T14:47:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/au-jus-as-a-noun/344945/101 "2017-11-20T03:43:28Z")
Mmmm, yorkshire pudding au jus… ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/au-jus-as-a-noun/344945/102 "2017-11-20T10:26:08Z")
I just don’t think people would realize what you meant if you said _jus_ by itself (unless context made it very clear). The phrase has become fixed as _au jus_. If the grammar bothers me, I’d just figure out a way to get it to work with “with juice.” For example, “I need a some more in my cup _au jus_.” ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/au-jus-as-a-noun/344945/103 "2017-11-20T12:59:57Z")
(Very old) thread relocated from IMHO to Cafe Society. Beware that you may be responding to someone who is no longer on the board. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/au-jus-as-a-noun/344945/104 "2017-11-20T13:42:57Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > I just don’t think people would realize what you meant if you said _jus_ by itself (unless context made it very clear). Somehow the rest of us (British, South African, probably others) manage… ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/au-jus-as-a-noun/344945/105 "2017-11-20T14:32:30Z")
I’m not going to check the whole thread to see if I posted this before (I probably did, if I was posting at the time). But it always bothered me that, when Carl’s Jr. was selling a roast beef sandwich, they would truck to the store boxes which contained “Au Jus”. I always thought it amusing to ask my spouse (who ran a CJ’s) how much with juice came in the morning delivery. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Yorkshire\_Pudding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/59ef9b/32.png) [@Yorkshire\_Pudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorkshire_Pudding)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/au-jus-as-a-noun/344945/106 "2017-11-20T21:51:58Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > Mmmm, yorkshire pudding au jus… Nice…but although jus is pretty traditional with roast beef and Yorkies, I was brought up to appreciate something with a bit more body. I can still hear my Grandma saying - as she mercilessly beat flour into the meat juices with a fork - “I don’t like wishy-washy gravy”. Good lord but that woman made some astonishing Yorkshire puddings… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/au-jus-as-a-noun/344945.md?page=5)