bouilli
Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- noun Boiled or stewed meat; beef boiled with vegetables in water from which its gravy is to be made; beef from which bouillon or soup has been made.
Examples
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At the dinner-hour there were none to be met upon the stairs but honest folks, who, after having seen the Dauphiness take her soup, went to see the Princes eat their 'bouilli', and then ran themselves out of breath to behold Mesdames at their dessert.
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For the next eighteen days life was supported by a kind of bouilli made from the bones and the skin of the game killed the previous year, and at last, on the 29th October, Dr. Richardson arrived with John Hepburn, only looking thin and worn, and scarcely able to speak above a whisper.
Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century
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The main dish, or bouilli — a platter of boiled meats and mixed vegetables — follows with gherkins and a variety of mustards and sauces alongside.
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Early on, Brillat-Savarin discourses on bouilli, better known as beef broth.
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Professors of gastronomy never eat bouilli, from respect to the principles previously announced, that bouilli is flesh without the juices.
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She disputed with me a quarter of an hour yesterday about the cooking of the beef; she said I boiled it to rags, that English people would never be able to eat such a dish as our bouilli, that the bouillon was no better than greasy warm water, and as to the choucroute, she affirms she cannot touch it!
Note
The word 'bouilli' comes from the French 'bouilli' ('boiled').