# Demi Glas or something? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 9, 2000, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demi-glas-or-something/44714 "2000-12-09T01:10:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![poppyp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/87869e/32.png) [@poppyp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poppyp)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2000, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demi-glas-or-something/44714/1 "2000-12-09T01:10:27Z")
What is the name of that stuff you get from cooking down about 50 cows? ---
**Author:** ![poppyp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/87869e/32.png) [@poppyp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poppyp)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2000, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demi-glas-or-something/44714/2 "2000-12-09T01:36:34Z")
Well, I guess I don’t feel so bad for not remembering. It must be more rare than I imagined. ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2000, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demi-glas-or-something/44714/3 "2000-12-09T01:44:36Z")
Ask and ye shall receive: Demi-glace Definition: [DEHM-ee glahs] A rich brown sauce that begins with a basic espagnole sauce, which is combined with beef stock and madeira or sherry and slowly cooked until it’s reduced by half to a thick glaze that coats a spoon. This intense flavor is used as a base for many other sauces. from [FoodTV’s dictionary](http://www.foodtv.com/terms/tt-g1/0,1986,,00.html) ---
**Author:** ![poppyp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/87869e/32.png) [@poppyp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poppyp)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2000, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demi-glas-or-something/44714/4 "2000-12-09T01:50:31Z")
Thanks Mike G, it was driving me nuts. I wonder if it really takes that many cattle to produce. Thanks again. ~bb~ ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2000, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demi-glas-or-something/44714/5 "2000-12-09T01:55:48Z")
No problem! It doen’t take that many cows either. When I want to go all out and make some, I usually go to my butcher and get 4-5 lbs. of good beef bones-- That will do the trick . I was waiting for **zenster** to come share his wisdom, but he’s over arguing about some salt and pepper nonsense. ::dancing ala Snoopy:: “I beat **zenster** to a foodie thread!! I beat **zenster** to a foodie thread!!” ---
**Author:** ![poppyp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/87869e/32.png) [@poppyp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poppyp)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2000, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demi-glas-or-something/44714/6 "2000-12-09T01:58:18Z")
LMAO ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Lord\_Davidson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bc8723/32.png) [@Dark\_Lord\_Davidson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Lord_Davidson)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2000, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demi-glas-or-something/44714/7 "2000-12-09T01:59:07Z")
I thought the topic of this thread was referring to some kind of ultra-Plexiglas… So sue me! ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2000, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demi-glas-or-something/44714/8 "2000-12-09T02:27:56Z")
Was poppyp watching a rerun of _Northern Exposure_ by any chance? ---
**Author:** ![poppyp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/87869e/32.png) [@poppyp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poppyp)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2000, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/demi-glas-or-something/44714/9 "2000-12-09T02:32:30Z")
Yes, Adam, Ya’ got me …I just couldn’t believe that 50 cow thing. Thanks for the reply