calf's-foot jelly

British  

noun

1. a jelly made from the stock of boiled calves' feet and flavourings, formerly often served to invalids

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Example Sentences

Then boil down the strained liquor to half of its bulk and add its own weight of calf's-foot jelly; season with allspice or white pepper and boil down to the consistence of jelly.

From Mushrooms: how to grow them a practical treatise on mushroom culture for profit and pleasure by Falconer, William

As soon as cold, cut the cover all around and remove it; fill the empty places with meat or calf's-foot jelly and put it on the dish.

From Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks by Blot, Pierre

This film appears like an ill-cleared piece of calf's-foot jelly spread over the eye, but does not strike you as a natural part of the fish, but rather as something extraneous.

From Notes and Queries, Number 229, March 18, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Various

"If you please, I've brought some calf's-foot jelly for Mr. Pendleton," smiled Pollyanna.

From Pollyanna by Porter, Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman)

There being no teeth to modulate the voice, it had a mumbled fierceness, not passionate, but stern, which absolutely made me quiver like calf's-foot jelly.

From Mosses from an Old Manse and other stories by Hawthorne, Nathaniel