Definitions
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- noun A meat strip used for
larding , especially saltedpork .
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Examples
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Put a strip (also called a lardoon) into the needle as far as it will go.
Miss Parloa's New Cook Book Maria Parloa 1876
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The lardoon should be about one-third of an inch under the surface and come out about three-quarters of an inch from where it went in, one-half inch projecting on each side.
Favorite Dishes : a Columbian Autograph Souvenir Cookery Book Carrie V. Shuman
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Thrust the needle into the meat at one of the side lines; and when it is about half way through to the top of the piece, press the steel slightly with the thumb and fore-finger, to hold the lardoon in place until it has entered the meat.
Miss Parloa's New Cook Book Maria Parloa 1876
hernesheir commented on the word lardoon
cf. lardoons, Fr. lardons
January 4, 2009