stirvigil
/ˈstɜːˌvɪdʒɪl/nounVerified NewAlso in: Rührwache (Deutsch) · risovigilia (Español) · risovigie (Français)
The dish, usually risotto, that demands a person stand and stir without pause or parole.
The stirvigil is a sentence served at the hob: the stock goes in slowly and the stirring may not stop. Phone calls are declined; the doorbell is ignored. The sentence ends when the rice decides it has, and the cook is released back into the household, briefly changed.
Etym. — stir + vigil — the standing watch kept by risotto's law.
Rel. — lumpvigil · boiloveromen
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