a mixture of fruits or vegetables, often served as a salad.
a medley.
a hot or cold mixture of diced vegetables
a mixture of fruit served in a syrup or in jelly
any mixture; medley
1810–20; < French, after Macédoine Macedonia, probably an allusion to the variety of peoples in the region
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My interpretation of the latter was a fruit macédoine, a salad of finely diced fruit.
From Slate ● Nov. 8, 2018
Boars' heads, meat pies, salade macédoine, coeur de palmier, hollandaise were washed down with magnums and quarts of Irroy brut, 1900, Pol Roger, Chambertin, graceful Bohemian crystal goblets of Liebfraumilch and Johannisberger Schloss-Auslese.
From The Merry-Go-Round by Van Vechten, Carl
Dish in a circle, and fill the centre with spinach, green peas, or a macédoine of mixed vegetables.
From Choice Cookery by Owen, Catherine
A macédoine may be served with any meat—roasted, baked, or broiled.
From Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks by Blot, Pierre
There never was a more curious macédoine than this story.
From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 by Saintsbury, George
Then sleep in a macedoine of wild berries with cream.
From New York Times ● Jan. 9, 2023
Then fill in the cavities with a macedoine of cooked vegetables and add a little cream to each.
From The Cook's Decameron: a study in taste, containing over two hundred recipes for Italian dishes by Waters, W. G., Mrs.
Ingredients: Sweetbreads, larding, bacon, stock, a macedoine of vegetables.
From The Cook's Decameron: a study in taste, containing over two hundred recipes for Italian dishes by Waters, W. G., Mrs.
With calves liver, macedoine or vegetables and brown sauce.
From Civic League Cook Book by
Ingredients: Eels, butter, flour, stock, bay leaves, salt, pepper, Chablis, a macedoine of vegetables.
From The Cook's Decameron: a study in taste, containing over two hundred recipes for Italian dishes by Waters, W. G., Mrs.
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