viand
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For if all this praise is to be lavished on plain, fresh, immature, roast pig, what adjectives shall we find to do justice to that riper, richer, more subtle and sustaining viand, broiled bacon?
From Days Off And Other Digressions by Van Dyke, Henry
Pork is another viand admitted at times to enlarge the table-store.
From Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day by Anonymous
The viand is said to get its name from the French phrase a barbe d' ecu, from tail to head, signifying that the carcass was cooked whole.
From Dishes & Beverages of the Old South by McCulloch-Williams, Martha
To provide something for breakfast besides, a viand rare and strange, but familiar to them, a branch of their tribe—the “Mezcaleros”—making it their staple food, even to deriving their tribal appellation from it.
From The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora by Reid, Mayne
There were dozens of different fire-places for the different dishes, and each kind of meat and vegetables; each viand had its special dish and pan, fire on the side and behind.
From Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine by Auerbach, Berthold
Vocabulary lists containing viand
Frankenstein
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The Tempest
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