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[radiantfracture]

Overtired and writing a poem about a jellyfish, so -- same old.

There's a cooking word I'm trying to remember that's something like concatenation or conglomeration but not those. It's lurking in the right rear quadrant of my mental space with a picture of a big pot or dish and some voiceover from a cooking show, though it could also have something to do with baking. The colours associated with it are pale ones. It might mean something like putting a big mess of different things together. It may not exist. Perhaps it is simply a product of my need for there to be such a word.

Any thoughts? Precision is of little concern.

...I wonder if it's concoction. That seems likely but pointier than I was expecting.

Anyway

carry on

[ETA: if for some reason you feel like joining this quixotic linguistic treasure hunt, I will add that I feel like it starts with con- or comp-. In the meantime, I have used congeries, as suggested by oursin .]

Comments

[glinda]

Concoction is the word that comes to mind based on your description but I’ve no idea if it’s the one about which you’re (almost) thinking.

[oursin]

Congerie?

[radiantfracture]

CONGERIE

if it wasn't that it should have been

[radiantfracture]

I suspect I'm poking at a word-cloud rather than a specific word, but that can be fun too.

[ratcreature]

A medley?

[radiantfracture]

Good one, but I really feel it begins with C

which means actually nothing

[ratcreature]

Composite maybe? That's not very appetizing when it comes to foods though, more a technical term...

[radiantfracture]

Composite maybe


It's definitely in that family of the con- and com- words.

[ratcreature]

Commixture? I don't think I've ever seen that in a cooking context rather than just mixture.

[sovay]

It might mean something like putting a big mess of different things together.

Congeries?

[edit] I see already suggested!

[moon_custafer]

Congee? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congee

[elusis]

Concatenation?

[highlyeccentric]

I agree that congerie is probably the best option here. I was thinking 'congelée' in French. Turns out that means frozen, and not, as I misremembered, brought together in a jelly like way.

[radiantfracture]

My favorite so far though.

[sovay]

My favorite so far though.

It's an especially good word for a jellyfish poem, I think.

[agoodwinsmith]

There could be a confit or a compote.

[yarrowkat]

compote? tho i like concatenation better; i associate concatenation with witches. possibly due to overexposure to witches. >_>

[jesuswasbatman]

Confection?