# What sort of recipe would make a dish called Porkmanteau? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 2, 2019, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-recipe-would-make-a-dish-called-porkmanteau/831930 "2019-04-02T17:18:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-recipe-would-make-a-dish-called-porkmanteau/831930/1 "2019-04-02T17:18:31Z")
I forget where I came across the word porkmanteau, but I keep thinking that it should be the name of an entree. Possibly ground pork balls\* with a filling that contains another protein. That’s in honor of ‘portmanteau words’. And there are already many recipes for cheese-stuffed pork balls, so it has to be something besides, or at least more than cheese. The only filling I can think of offhand is turkey and stuffing. Does anyone have better ideas? - I think the ‘balls’ should be pressed into rectangles. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-recipe-would-make-a-dish-called-porkmanteau/831930/2 "2019-04-02T17:39:45Z")
Bacon and apples. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-recipe-would-make-a-dish-called-porkmanteau/831930/3 "2019-04-02T17:44:34Z")
Stuff a turducken inside a roast pig? ---
**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:** [April 2, 2019, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-recipe-would-make-a-dish-called-porkmanteau/831930/4 "2019-04-02T18:09:35Z")
A portmanteau is a bag (e.g. a Gladstone bag), so possibly pork \*inside \*a pastry case of some sort. Pork Wellington, if you would. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-recipe-would-make-a-dish-called-porkmanteau/831930/5 "2019-04-02T18:20:30Z")
One of my relatives makes pork tenderloin stuffed with sausage, wrapped with bacon. We call it the basausaloin, but porkmanteau could also be a good name for it. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-recipe-would-make-a-dish-called-porkmanteau/831930/6 "2019-04-02T22:57:08Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > Bacon and apples. I hadn’t considered apples. Now I’m drooling. > [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Stuff a turducken inside a roast pig? Hah! If my oven was big enough, I’d be tempted. > [@MrDibble](#): > > A portmanteau is a bag (e.g. a Gladstone bag), so possibly pork \*inside \*a pastry case of some sort. Pork Wellington, if you would. Ah. And the crust could be shaped like a portmanteau. Nice. I still think it needs a stuffing, but I like the idea of adding a pastry case. > [@TroutMan](#): > > One of my relatives makes pork tenderloin stuffed with sausage, wrapped with bacon. We call it the basausaloin, but porkmanteau could also be a good name for it. It certainly could. And it sounds tasty. Thanks for the ideas. I’ll probably be mulling things over for weeks, but I think I’ll be making at least a first attempt. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-recipe-would-make-a-dish-called-porkmanteau/831930/7 "2019-04-02T23:30:38Z")
I think it needs to use Spam as an ingredient, since the name Spam may be a portmanteau of “spiced ham.” ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-recipe-would-make-a-dish-called-porkmanteau/831930/8 "2019-04-03T01:17:22Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > I think it needs to use Spam as an ingredient, since the name Spam may be a portmanteau of “spiced ham.” [Spam sausage](https://www.spam.com/images/products/SPAM_Portuguese_Sausage-455.png)? ---
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-recipe-would-make-a-dish-called-porkmanteau/831930/9 "2019-04-03T09:08:24Z")
I think you should be looking for some sort of variation on a [Carpetbag steak](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpetbag_steak). ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-recipe-would-make-a-dish-called-porkmanteau/831930/10 "2019-04-03T16:18:47Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > I think it needs to use Spam as an ingredient, since the name Spam may be a portmanteau of “spiced ham.” Snerk! I’m starting to lean towards a stuffing of apple and winter squash. Spam might go with that as well as bacon. Could need a piece of pork, rather than ground pork. And the crust. > [@WotNot](#): > > I think you should be looking for some sort of variation on a [Carpetbag steak](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpetbag_steak). Oh, I want to try that by itself. That sounds delicious. ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-recipe-would-make-a-dish-called-porkmanteau/831930/11 "2019-04-03T20:58:08Z")
Hmm, I’m thinking of something like a turducken, you know Pork stuffed with a manXXX (or XXXman) stuffed with a XXXteau. Gotta be some foods with those syllables… let me google a sec… well, mangos and gateau? Ohhhh that sounds awful. Would not eat. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-recipe-would-make-a-dish-called-porkmanteau/831930/12 "2019-04-03T21:17:29Z")
> [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > Hmm, I’m thinking of something like a turducken, you know Pork stuffed with a manXXX (or XXXman) stuffed with a XXXteau. Gotta be some foods with those syllables… let me google a sec… well, mangos and gateau? Pork stuffed with Soylent Green. It’s [del]people[/del] man! ---
**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:** [April 4, 2019, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-recipe-would-make-a-dish-called-porkmanteau/831930/13 "2019-04-04T05:04:49Z")
> [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > Hmm, I’m thinking of something like a turducken, you know Pork stuffed with a manXXX (or XXXman) stuffed with a XXXteau. Gotta be some foods with those syllables… let me google a sec… well, mangos and gateau? > > Ohhhh that sounds awful. Would not eat. Manchego cheese and … something? **Not** gateau, though. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2019, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-recipe-would-make-a-dish-called-porkmanteau/831930/14 "2019-04-07T02:39:48Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Manchego cheese and … something? > > **Not** gateau, though. Checking the rhyming dictionary: dough, crow, roe, sloe, Bordeaux, cocoa, Merlot, pinto (beans, I assume), rhino, buffalo, risotto, tomato, potato, oregano, portobello, sweet potato, and actually, Manchego rhymes as well. I already wanted to use dough, and both Merlot and Bordeaux would be easy to add. I think the sweet potato would fit with the ideas I keep coming back to. ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2019, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-recipe-would-make-a-dish-called-porkmanteau/831930/15 "2019-04-07T05:19:20Z")
Chateaubriande might work ?? Or Chateau Anything wine.