scotched collops
scotched collops noun: a dish made of pieces of beef or veal cut thin or minced, beaten flat, and stewed with onion and other condiments.
Noun
scotched collops pl (plural only)
- A dish made of pieces of beef or veal cut thin or minced, beaten flat, and stewed with onion and other condiments.
- What signifie Scotcht-Collops to a Feast?
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Will that be to a Saylor who wants Beef?1708, William King, “The Art of Cookery”, in All Poetry, retrieved 15 Feb 2023 - 438. Scotch-Collops.^*―Cut small slices of equal thickness out of the fillet[…]^*This properly means scotched, or scored collops, though the word has come to be understood as above.[1829, Margaret Dods, The Cook and Housewife’s Manual, page 285
- What signifie Scotcht-Collops to a Feast?
Examples of scotched collops in a sentence
- cakes and ales those may still have who can command them, but down with the roast-beef of Old England! be scotched collops anathema maranatha, and Irish stew accounted an unclean thing!1899, Herbert Maxwell, “Our obligations to wild animals”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume 166, page 232:
- Like scaloppine, scotched collops must not be overcooked or they will take on a texture not unlike dried buffalo.1995, Damon Fowler, Classical Southern Cooking, page 183:
- You will also be served oysters and scotched collops and quails and chickens, as well as biscuits and tarts and various sweetmeats.2017, Graham Masterton, The Coven, page 157:
Forms of scotched collops
| alternative form | Scotch collops |
|---|---|
| alternative form | scotcht collops |
Origin of scotched collops
Reanalysis of earlier Scotch collops from Scotch (“of Scotland”) to scotched (“that has been cut”). The dish was labeled variously during the 18th and 19th centuries as Scotch collops, scorched collops, or scotched collops, among others. The latter form is first attested from the 18th century, with Scotch collops from the 17th.
Questions about scotched collops
- What does scotched collops mean?
- Scotched collops means a dish made of pieces of beef or veal cut thin or minced, beaten flat, and stewed with onion and other condiments.
- How do you use scotched collops in a sentence?
- cakes and ales those may still have who can command them, but down with the roast-beef of Old England! be scotched collops anathema maranatha, and Irish stew accounted an unclean thing!
- What part of speech is scotched collops?
- Scotched collops is a noun.
Words near scotched collops in the dictionary
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