salmagundy

Mr. Thompson to go before, and represent my calamity; at which the first mate, expressing some concern, went upon deck immediately, taking his way through the cable-tier and the main hatchway, to avoid encountering me; desiring me to clean myself as soon as possible: for he intended to regale himself with a dish of salmagundy and a pipe.

The Adventures of Roderick Random 2004

But it is even more (and here its only parallel is _A Tale of a Tub_, which is more desultory and much more of a _fatrasie_ or salmagundy of odds and ends) a masterpiece and quintessential example of irony.

The English Novel George Saintsbury 1889

I should not have been able to contain myself much longer, when he began to perform the last duty of a friend, in closing my eyes and my mouth, upon which I suddenly snapped at his fingers and discomposed him so much that he started back, turned pale as ashes, and stared like the picture of horror; although I could not help laughing at his appearance, I was concerned for his situation, and stretched out my hand, telling him I hoped to live and eat some salmagundy of his making in England.

The Adventures of Roderick Random 2004

Caractacus returned, and, ordering the boy to bring a piece of salt beef from the brine, cut off a slice, and mixed it with an equal quantity of onions, which seasoning with a moderate proportion of pepper and salt, he brought it to a consistence with oil and vinegar; then, tasting the dish, assured us it was the best salmagundy that ever he made, and recommended it to our palate with such heartiness that I could not help doing honour to his preparation.

The Adventures of Roderick Random 2004

This genial banquet was entirely composed of sea-dishes; a huge pillaw, consisting of a large piece of beef sliced, a couple of fowls, and half a peck of rice, smoked in the middle of the board: a dish of hard fish, swimming in oil, appeared at each end; the sides being furnished with a mess of that savoury composition known by the name of lub’s-course, and a plate of salmagundy.

The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle 2004

I should not have been able to contain myself much longer, when he began to perform the last duty of a friend, in closing my eyes and my mouth, upon which I suddenly snapped at his fingers and discomposed him so much that he started back, turned pale as ashes, and stared like the picture of horror; although I could not help laughing at his appearance, I was concerned for his situation, and stretched out my hand, telling him I hoped to live and eat some salmagundy of his making in England.

The Adventures of Roderick Random Tobias George Smollett 1746

I gathered from this conversation, that, if I entered in my present pickle, I should be no welcome guest, and therefore desired Mr. Thompson to go before, and represent my calamity; at which the first mate, expressing some concern, went upon deck immediately, taking his way through the cable-tier and the main hatchway, to avoid encountering me; desiring me to clean myself as soon as possible: for he intended to regale himself with a dish of salmagundy and a pipe.

The Adventures of Roderick Random Tobias George Smollett 1746

salmagundy, a meaty salad dating back to 1723; the Tudor dish of "powdered duck" and "meat fruit", a 15th-century liver pate trompe l'oeil, posing as a mandarin orange.

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salmagundy, a meaty salad dating back to 1723; the Tudor dish of "powdered duck" and "meat fruit", a 15th-century liver pate trompe l'oeil, posing as a mandarin orange.

Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011