jugged hare

American  

noun

1. a stew made of wild rabbit, usually cooked in an earthenware jug or stone pot.

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jugged hare British  

noun

1. a stew of hare cooked in an earthenware pot or casserole

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Example Sentences

“For the last time for eight months we really had as much as we could eat. Anchovies in oil, baked beans, and jugged hare made a glorious mixture.”

From Literature

He wanted to taste all the food: the pigeon pies, the honey tarts, that suckling pig with the apple in its mouth, and the jugged hare.

From Literature

On the other hand, her husband, Prince Philip, “was a bit more adventurous. He would go for things like jugged hare – hare cooked in its own blood. He liked curry, so we could put that on the menu, too. He liked anything different, so we could experiment. I think that came from his days in the Royal Navy,” he said.

From Seattle Times

Marry, but he be over late, an' the jugged hare I made ready for his pleasuring is fair wasted.

From Project Gutenberg

Henty gives an example of one of the menus on a festive occasion: Soup; slices of sheep’s face, grilled with the tongue, and brain sauce; a joint of mutton, jugged hare; and an omelette with honey—a proof that during the Abyssinian expedition the special correspondents fared well.

From Project Gutenberg