capon

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From the Renaissance up to the late nineteenth century, one finds many cookbooks that suggest covering boiled meat, especially poultry such as duck or capon, with macaroni or filled pasta.

From Salon • Jan. 4, 2023

Inside the Marché Beauvau, the Marché d’Aligre’s historic covered market, featuring higher-quality butchers, fishmongers, and cheese and poultry sellers, shoppers were eyeing capon, oysters and truffles for the holidays.

From New York Times • Dec. 22, 2021

He’d be the person to ask what was going on with Buster Scruggs’ calculating capon, as playwright David Mamet explained to the New Yorker in 1993:

From Slate • Dec. 10, 2018

On second thought, this could be the year of the capon.

From Washington Post • Jan. 2, 2017

"You'll mend that before you sleep," Weese announced as he pulled the last bit of meat off the capon.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin