Scalloped Potato

Gratin

Gratin is a culinary technique in which a dish is topped with a browned crust, often using breadcrumbs, cheese, or egg. The term may be applied to any dish made using this method. Gratin is usually prepared in a shallow dish. A gratin is baked or cooked under an overhead grill or broiler to form a golden crust on top, and it is often served in its baking dish.

Scallop

Scallop is a common name that encompasses various species of marine bivalve molluscs in the taxonomic family Pectinidae, the scallops. However, this common name is also sometimes applied to species in other closely related families within the superfamily Pectinoidea, which also includes the thorny oysters.

Potato

The potato is a starchy tuberous vegetable native to the Americas that is consumed as a staple food in many parts of the world. Potatoes are underground stem tubers of the plant Solanum tuberosum, a perennial in the nightshade family Solanaceae.

scalloped

Verb

1. simple past and past participle of scallop

Adjective

1. Having an edge or border marked with semicircles.
2. Cooked gratin; baked in a typical type of sauce, usually with cheese, as a casserole, e.g. scalloped potatoes; scalloped corn

potato

Noun

1. The edible starchy tuber of the plant species Solanum tuberosum.
2. The plant that produces this tuber.

Verb

1. To hit very hard; to pummel.
2. To hit with a thrown or fired potato.