Ingredient
Crouton
Nine plates at seven of the kitchens we read carry crouton. Four of them sit under appetizer, and it comes as a salad more often than anything else, on four.
From 40 menus · crouton is on 9 plates · How we read them
For the curious: the data views
Some of these were read by a script, not a person — those chips have a hollow dot. About the method →
How it comes
The forms it turns up in, most first.
Where on the menu
The menu sections the dishes sit under, most first.
How it's cooked
How the kitchens cook it, counting the word on the component as well as the plate.
See it on the mapThe journey of crouton
The same 9 plates read outward from the middle: how the kitchens cook it, how it then arrives, and which part of the menu it arrives in. A wedge too narrow for its word carries it in the table underneath.
| Ring | Commonest | Plates |
|---|---|---|
| How it's cooked | fried | 4 |
| How it comes | salad | 2 |
| Where on the menu | appetizer | 2 |
| Other | 14 other steps, added up | 14 |
| Not stated | the menu never printed that detail | 5 |
Every wedge, as a table
| Cooked | Arrives as | Course | Plates |
|---|---|---|---|
| fried | — | — | 4 |
| fried | salad | — | 2 |
| fried | salad | appetizer | 2 |
| fried | not stated | — | 1 |
| fried | not stated | appetizer | 1 |
| fried | side | — | 1 |
| fried | side | appetizer | 1 |
| blackened | — | — | 1 |
| blackened | wrap | — | 1 |
| blackened | wrap | not stated | 1 |
| grilled | — | — | 1 |
| grilled | salad | — | 1 |
| grilled | salad | entree | 1 |
| raw | — | — | 1 |
| raw | salad | — | 1 |
| raw | salad | not stated | 1 |
| seared | — | — | 1 |
| seared | not stated | — | 1 |
| seared | not stated | entree | 1 |
| simmered | — | — | 1 |
| simmered | soup | — | 1 |
| simmered | soup | not stated | 1 |
Travels with
What shares a plate with it, counted inside a course and never across one. A partner marked distinctive turns up together far more often than chance.
- Romaine3read by scriptall Romainedistinctive
- Dressing2read by scriptall Dressingdistinctive
Dishes
Known for: charred, grana, raw.
Our reading of the menu turns up roll, pickle and butter.
Our reading of the menu turns up cracker, fruit and cod.
Show all 7 kitchens
Our reading of the menu lists: vegetable, brioche, tartar.
Our reading of the menu lists jerk, sliced and jerk chicken.
Known for: jus, Beurre Blanc Sauce, duck.
In the family
Where it sits in the ingredient lexicon.
One entry is all the menus we read give this. All bread
Where on the island
The 7 kitchens above, by district. Counted off the menus we read, in order up the island — not a ranking of neighbourhoods.
| District | Kitchens | Side of the island |
|---|---|---|
| Midtown | 1 | oceanfront |
| Uptown | 1 | bayside |
| North OC | 1 | inland |
| West Ocean City | 2 | harbor |
| Day-trips ring | 2 | inland |