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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calf's-foot jelly

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

Another startling innovation was the use of calves’ feet in the preparation of calf’s-foot jelly.

From If Winter Don't A B C D E F Notsomuchinson by Barry Pain

Pollyanna was carrying calf's-foot jelly to Mrs. Snow to-day.

From Pollyanna by Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter

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 William Falconer

"Ain't Mrs. Pennycook been down with a plate o' calf's-foot jelly or somethin' o' that nature?" he asked.

From The Long Chance by Peter B. (Peter Bernard) Kyne