First recorded in 1835–45; said to have been invented by the chef of Russian diplomat and statesman Nesselrode
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Ms. Paredez even has a version of a New York heirloom that’s slipping further out of memory every year, a chestnut-filled Nesselrode pie.
From New York Times ● Sep. 29, 2020
Rather than a looking glass, Nesselrode takes Alys through the screen still hanging in an abandoned movie theater.
From Slate ● Dec. 3, 2014
He has loosened his loose, gabby prose until it is as flabby as Nesselrode custard.
From Time Magazine Archive
Immediately after the British Ambassador and his wife had left us we went to Count Nesselrode, who received us, read the paper over, and suggested some alterations.
From Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume I Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries From 1812 to 1883 by Loewe, Louis
Count Nesselrode my rights has showed; Who to ridicule dares turn 'em?
From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various
And we are going to have salted almonds and nesselrode pudding and raw oysters and chocolate peppermints and turkey and sherbet and macaroons and nuts and celery and Brussels sprouts and everything.
From Beatrice Leigh at College A Story for Girls by Schwartz, Julia Augusta
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