matelote
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of matelote
1720–30; < French, derivative of matelot matelot
Example Sentences
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Homage to Jacqueline for a matelote that she prepared for lunch 3.12.60. offering to her through this painting a small portion of the immense desire I have to please her.''
From Time Magazine Archive
Trout, 139. génoise sauce, 139. in matelote, 132-134. with sauces, 135, 136.
From Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks by Blot, Pierre
In Matelote.—Every kind of fish is good in matelote, but the following are the best: bass, black-fish, blue-fish, carp, eel, perch, pickerel, pike, porgy, tench, trout, and craw-fish.
From Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks by Blot, Pierre
Oh, you happy child, to have nothing worse to do than to rattle down the Bois in a milord, and sup off a matelote by the lake with your Romeo!
From A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June by Ouida
Have ready some croûtons; arrange these in the dish alternately with the brains, and cover with a matelote sauce, No. 512, to which has been added the above proportion of lemon-juice.
From The Book of Household Management by Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary)
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