 ... some idea of the extravagance with which this, as well as other dishes, was prepared for the gorgeous revels of the olden times : Men may talk of country Christmasses, Their thirty pound butter'd eggs, their pies of carps...  Notes and Queries - Page 1181906Full view - About this book
 | Alexis Soyer - Cookery - 1853 - 612 pages
...buttered eggs, their pies of carps' tongues, Their pheasants drenched with ambergrise ; the carcases Of three fat wethers bruised for gravy, to Make sauce for a single peacock : — yet their feasts Were fasts, compared with the City's."10" The description of one dish will enable... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - American essays - 1856 - 588 pages
...Christmasses, Their thirty-pound batter'd eggs, their pies of carps' tongues, Their pheasants drenched with ambergris, the carcasses Of three fat wethers...bruised for gravy, to Make sauce for a single peacock ; yet their feasts Were fasts, compared with the city's." Immediately after matin service, the " fine... | |
 | Philip Massinger, William Gifford - English drama - 1856 - 594 pages
...great propriety to the inhabitant« ol alj — ' in genera], to the object* of oar public charities. Of three fat wethers bruised for gravy, to Make sauce for a single peacock ; yet their feasts Were fasts, compared with the city's. Trade. What dear dainty Was it t hu» murmur... | |
 | 1856 - 430 pages
...butter'd eggs, their pies of carps' tongues, Their pheasants drench 'd with ambergris; The carcase of three fat wethers bruised for gravy to make sauce for a single peacock 1 ' " Why should not these savory viands, in common with other creature comforts, have suggested alluring... | |
 | S. M. Henry Davis - 1859 - 324 pages
...Christmasses, Their thirty pound buttered eggs, their pies of carp's tongues, Their pheasants drenched with ambergris, the carcasses Of three fat wethers...bruised for gravy, to Make sauce for a single peacock, yet Their feasts were fasts, compared to the city's." Earls of Cumberland, Essex, Shrewsbury, &c.,... | |
 | 1861 - 634 pages
...pounds for buttered eggs, their pies of carps' tongues, their pheasants drench'd with ambergrise; their carcasses "of three fat wethers bruised for gravy, to make sauce for a single Peacock : but their feasts were fasts compared with the cities." That the Peacock is all t he better for being... | |
 | Christmas - 1872 - 234 pages
...eggs, their pies of carps' tongues, Their pheasants drenched with ambergris, the carcasses, Of the three fat Wethers bruised for gravy, to Make sauce for a single peacock ; yet their feasts Were fasts, compared with the city's." Although a more decorous and even refined... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1880 - 460 pages
...butter'd eggs, their pies of carps' tongues : Their pheasants drench'd with ambergris; the carcases of three fat wethers bruised for gravy, to make sauce for a single peacock!" (Note by W. Irving.) *) Shakspere, Henry IV, Part 11, Act V, Sc. 1. Nach Webster: by cock korrumpiert... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1882 - 392 pages
...butter'd eggs, their pies of carps' tongues : Their pheasants drench'd with ambergris : the carcases of three fat wethers bruised for gravy to make sauce for a single peacock ! * The Wassail Bowl was sometimes composed of ale instead of wine ; with nutmeg, sugar, toast, ginger, and... | |
 | Emma Phipson - Animals - 1883 - 504 pages
...country-Christmasses, and court-gluttony, Their thirty-pound butter'd eggs, their pies of carp's tongues, Their pheasants, drench'd with ambergris, the carcasses...bruised for gravy, to Make sauce for a single peacock ; yet their feasts Were fasts, compared with the city's." (The City Madam, ii. 1.) Montaigne refers... | |
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