veal
Also veal·er [vee-ler]. /ˈvi lər/. a calf raised for its meat, usually a milk-fed animal less than three months old.
the flesh of the calf as used for food.
Origin of veal
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How to use veal in a sentence
Parmesan filings and a reduction of veal stock kissed with butter finish the dish, a singular sensation that I enjoy most in winter but would have no problem dispatching in summer.
Tosca returns to business downtown with a fresh look and new chef | Tom Sietsema | June 4, 2021 | Washington PostMarzelli takes the time to air-dry the chop before curing it with salt and eventually placing it in a marinade that imbues the veal with the flavor of orange and herbs.
Tosca returns to business downtown with a fresh look and new chef | Tom Sietsema | June 4, 2021 | Washington PostWhen it comes to meat, my preference is for thin slices of veal paved with country ham and finished with sweet crab.
L’Auberge Chez Francois is ready for its close-up, yet again | Tom Sietsema | April 9, 2021 | Washington PostIt’s a lightly breaded thin piece of veal with two fried eggs and anchovies on top — delicious.
In new book, John Boehner says today’s GOP is unrecognizable to traditional conservatives and dishes on his time in politics | Paul Kane, Colby Itkowitz, Aaron Blake | April 9, 2021 | Washington PostCookbooks as late as 1950 contain instructions for making "mock chicken" dishes using . . . veal.
Mrs. Buller cooked a braised saddle of veal and delicious it was too served with a rich gravy flavored with claret.
He created an elaborate dish of veal steak with morille mushrooms.
All the Presidents’ Chefs: Culinary Secrets of the World’s Leaders | The Telegraph | July 25, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTAllora, is an upmarket Italian with chef favorites veal marsala, tonno (fresh tuna) or an array of pizza from a woodburning oven.
Take the case of Randall Lineback veal, an heirloom breed much-prized by some East Coast chefs.
The priest opposite looked up from his cold veal and potato salad and smiled.
Three More John Silence Stories | Algernon BlackwoodMrs. veal had been, subject to fits, and she asks if Mrs. Bargrave does not think she is "mightily impaired by her fits?"
Second Edition of A Discovery Concerning Ghosts | George CruikshankPiso says, it is as good as veal; and Charlevoix, and others, have compared it to mutton.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume VII (of 10) | Georges Louis Leclerc de BuffonThe fat is white, and two or three inches thick; the flesh is of a pale red colour, and more delicate than veal.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume IX (of 10) | Georges Louis Leclerc de BuffonThere were eggs and ham and veal, dark-colored bread, and coffee, sufficient for about a dozen people.
A Maker of History | E. Phillips Oppenheim
British Dictionary definitions for veal
/ (viːl) /
the flesh of the calf used as food
Also called: veal calf a calf, esp one bred for eating
Origin of veal
1Other words from veal
- Related adjective: vituline
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