manzo meal

Definition

A comically oversized meal—the kind of portion that exists somewhere between a normal dinner and a structural engineering project. It's what you order when 'extra large' just isn't enough.

Example Usage

He ordered a manzo meal from that Brazilian steakhouse and couldn't move for three hours afterward.

Source: Urban Dictionary (https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=manzo%20meal&defid=1608815)

Related Terms

Beginner

Reduce

Simmering a liquid until some of it evaporates, concentrating the flavor into a thicker, more intense sauce. It's basically boiling patience into deliciousness. The hardest part is not getting bored and wandering away, which turns 'reduce' into 'burn.'

🍳 Food / Culinary

Advanced

Brunette

A beurre blanc-style sauce that uses brown butter instead of clarified butter. It's essentially a beurre blanc going through an identity crisis.

🍳 Food / Culinary

Intermediate

Dirty Sax

A gritty saxophone technique where the player hums intensely into the instrument to create a grinding, growling sound—commonly used in blues, jazz, and rock to add raw attitude and edge.

🍳 Food / Culinary

Intermediate

the wood

Cutting boards, particularly large wooden ones used for carving meats or preparing ingredients. Curiously revered in professional kitchens despite being bacteria hotels.

🍳 Food / Culinary

Advanced

Turnspit

A small dog breed, historically bred to run inside a wheel-driven mechanism to rotate meat over a fire, or the person who performed this task in a kitchen. The breed is now extinct, though the term persists in culinary and historical contexts.

🍳 Food / Culinary

Advanced

Mâche

To thoroughly work dough or batter into a smooth, cohesive mass by vigorous mixing or kneading. It's the aggressive approach to dough work.

🍳 Food / Culinary

Translate This Term

See “manzo meal” in Corporate Speak, Gen-Z Slang, Pirate Speak, and more.

Try the Translator

Share This Term

Post on X Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn

Discover a Term

Intermediate

Haram ball

A defensive-heavy, hyper-conservative style of football where all 11 players park themselves behind the ball to frustrat...