| Daily specials are written on a board and include fresh fish and pintade, along with hearty vegetable and meat stews featuring eggplant, spinach or the more exotic mirliton. |
| Bruant ran the mirliton on the principle that the less easily pleasure is come by, the more it will be prized. |
| Driven forth again I fly home, accompanied by the unnerving tones of the mirliton pipes. |
| She didn't have any fresh xuxu either, a squash-like veggie also known as chayotte or mirliton. |
| To make the mirliton, in a bowl, break the eggs, add both the sugars, the double cream, almond meal, lemon zest and melted butter. |
| The mirliton turned out to be the Louisiana name for chayote, a light-green ridged fruit you may have seen in ethnic grocery stores. |
