fricandeau
Americannoun
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fricandeaus,
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fricandeaux
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of fricandeau
1700–10; < French, Middle French, equivalent to fric ( asser ) to fricassee (with -asser taken as a suffix) + -ande noun suffix ( see viand) + -eau diminutive suffix (≪ Latin -ellus; see -elle)
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Serve it with the remainder of the glaze in the dish, and sorrel sauce in a tureen.—The following is a cheaper way of making a good fricandeau of veal.
From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Mary Eaton
I tell you I'm nothing but a huge fricandeau; you may cut me in slices, and take me out piecemeal.'
From Forgotten Tales of Long Ago by F. D. Bedford
Put the bones in with a little water, which will serve to moisten the fricandeau: they should stew about 1-1/2 hour.
From The Book of Household Management by Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton
Lay the fricandeau over the bacon, sprinkle over it a little salt, and pour in just sufficient stock to cover the bacon, &c., without touching the veal.
From The Book of Household Management by Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton
Would a well-baked omelette and a bit of fricandeau suit the gentlemen?—Admirably?
From The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
I am, I hope, in the last week of my stay in this paradise of mud, and fricandeaus.
From The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli, Volume I (of 3) by John Knowles
Their talk was of sauces and of cooks, what dishes each cook was famous for; whether his forte lay in white sauces or brown, in soups, lentilles, fricandeaus, bechemele, matelotes, daubes, &c.
From Tales and Novels — Volume 04 by Maria Edgeworth
The leg is used for cutlets, fricandeaux, stews and roasts, and for braising.
From Miss Parloa's New Cook Book by Maria Parloa
Entrées.—A name for side dishes, such as cutlets, fricassées, fricandeaux, sweetbreads, etc.
From The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 355, October 16, 1886 by Charles Peters
Veal, a white fricandeaux of, 62. brown, do.
From The Jewish Manual Practical Information in Jewish and Modern Cookery with a Collection of Valuable Recipes & Hints Relating to the Toilette by Lady Judith Cohen Montefiore
These are very small fricandeaux, two or three of which are served on one dish, and they sometimes also are delicate, but highly-flavoured minces, formed into any approved shapes.
From The Jewish Manual Practical Information in Jewish and Modern Cookery with a Collection of Valuable Recipes & Hints Relating to the Toilette by Lady Judith Cohen Montefiore
All the meat, ragouts, fricandeaux, and roasts, which are served round at dinner, seem to me to be of the same meat: a black uncertain sort of viand do these "fleshpots of Egypt" contain.
From From Cornhill to Grand Cairo by William Makepeace Thackeray
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