salmi
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of salmi
1750–60; < French, short for salmigondis salmagundi ( def. )
Example Sentences
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This is a nice mode of serving the remains of roasted game, but when a superlative salmi is desired, the birds must be scarcely more than half roasted for it.
From The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Dinner-Giving, Table Etiquette, Care of the Sick, Health Suggestions, Facts Worth Knowing, Etc., Etc. The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home by F. L. (Fanny Lemira) Gillette
If cooked game is used for the salmi, simmer for ten minutes only after the pieces are added to the sauce.
From The Century Cook Book by Mary Ronald
No sooner was night come, than we set off for the place where we laid him, and in less than two hours I was busily employed in making a delicious salmi of his haunch.
From Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I by Charles James Lever
His Eminence said yesterday that the salmi of ortolans was a dish fit for the Pope.
From The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Charles James Lever
This is very good to surround grilled chicken or turkey legs, or for a salmi of duck or hare.
From The Belgian Cookbook by Various
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