panada

American  

[puh-nah-duh, -ney-] / pəˈnɑ də, -ˈneɪ- /

noun

1. a thick sauce or paste made with breadcrumbs, milk, and seasonings, often served with roast wild fowl or meat.

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panada British  

/ pəˈnɑːdə /

noun

1. a mixture of flour, water, etc, or of breadcrumbs soaked in milk, used as a thickening

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Etymology

Origin of panada

First recorded in 1590–1600; from Spanish, equivalent to pan- “bread” (from Latin pānis ) + -ada noun suffix; see -ade ¹ ( def. 1 )

Example Sentences

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panada

In early infancy, mothers are too much in the habit of giving thick gruel, panada, biscuit-powder, and such matters, thinking that a diet of a lighter kind will not nourish.

From The Maternal Management of Children, in Health and Disease by Bull, Thomas

Make a sauce with 1/2 oz. butter, 1/2 oz. flour, and 1/2 gill milk, and when it thickens add the panada, celery, &c.

From Reform Cookery Book (4th edition) Up-To-Date Health Cookery for the Twentieth Century. by Mill, Mrs. (Jean Oliver)

Milk, eggs, arrowroot, tapioca, sago, panada, &c., are better than animal food.

From The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother by Napheys, George H. (George Henry)

The patient must make at least two meals a day on the said panada, and should drink a quart or more of the fresh infusion, as it may agree with him, every twenty-four hours.

From The Naval Pioneers of Australia by Becke, Louis

"Eat your panada, Miriam, and ask no questions," she said, lifting a bowl from above a spirit-lamp on the chimney-piece, and bearing it toward me.

From Miriam Monfort A Novel by Warfield, Catherine A.