Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In cookery, minced meat, crumbs of bread, onions, chopped parsley, etc., with seasoning, made up into balls and fried.
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The dark meat may be cooked at once and utilized for boudins, croquettes, salad, cecils, creamed hash, or served on toast with sauce Bordelaise, or used in chafing dish next day.
Made-Over Dishes 1893
qms commented on the word cecils
In higher class fry cooking vessels
Each savory orb of meat nestles.
What mere cooks will call
The common meatball
A master chef turns into cecils.
August 15, 2017
bilby commented on the word cecils
What perchance is this 'fry cooking vessel'?
With such terms my inner-grammarian doth wrestle
For every chef's simple job
Is preparing morsels for gob
And if not I'll be seeking redressal
August 15, 2017
qms commented on the word cecils
So jealous are chefs of their story
They'll quibble at terms gustatory.
Your balls in a pot
Will still get as hot
And you'll claim it's all to your glory.
August 15, 2017