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The main course is food that is served as the main dish in a multi-course meal. It is often served after the entrée. In the United States, the main course may be called the “entrée”. The main course is usually the biggest dish on the menu. The main ingredient is often meat or fish. It most often follows an appetizer, soup, or salad, and is often followed by a dessert.
The main course is the featured or primary dish in a meal consisting of several courses. It usually follows the entrée course. In the United States, it may in fact be called an “entree”. The main dish is usually the heaviest, heartiest, and the most complex or substantive dish on a menu. The main ingredient is usually meat or fish; in vegetarian meals, the main course sometimes attempts to mimic a meat course. It is most often preceded by an appetizer, soup, and/or salad, followed by a dessert. For those reasons the main course is sometimes referred to as the “meat course”.