la cotoletta
🇮🇹 Italian slang from Milan
What does “la cotoletta” mean?
Milanese breaded veal chop
Example
“Una cotoletta alla milanese, grazie.”
A Milanese veal cutlet, thanks.
Good to know
On the bone, fried in butter: "orecchia d’elefante" if pounded thin.
Who you can say it to
Fine with anyone
🌮 Food
The textbook way to say it: cotoletta alla milanese
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