vegetable oyster
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of vegetable oyster
An Americanism dating back to 1810–20
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Sincerely yours,_ While cooking vegetable oyster put in the kettle a small piece of codfish.
From Favorite Dishes : a Columbian Autograph Souvenir Cookery Book by Carrie V. Shuman
Among the products of the order, may be mentioned chicory, lettuce, the artichoke, the vegetable oyster, arnica, chamomile-flowers, wormwood, absinth, elecampane, coltsfoot, taraxacum, oil of tansy, etc.
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons
Because it has a flavor similar to that of oysters, especially when it is used for soup, it has received the name of vegetable oyster.
From Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 2: Milk, Butter and Cheese; Eggs; Vegetables by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
Salsify, oyster plant or vegetable oyster is a root of easy culture and of high food value.
From Farm Gardening with Hints on Cheap Manuring Quick Cash Crops and How to Grow Them by Anonymous
Salsify, or vegetable oyster, is another vegetable which would find great favour were it not so scarce and dear.
From Reform Cookery Book (4th edition) Up-To-Date Health Cookery for the Twentieth Century. by Mrs. (Jean Oliver) Mill
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