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~ Saturday, August 31, 2002
VINTAGE CARVING A list of Elizabethan verbs proper to the serving and carving of meats. Lift that Swan Rear that Goose Dismember that Hern Unbrace that Mallard Unlace that Coney Allay that Pheasant Wing that Partridge Display that Quail Unjoynt that Bittern Unlatch that Curlew Break that Egript Thigh that Woodcock from The Accomplisht Cook by Robert May; reprinted in A Word in Your Ear by Ivor Brown (1942) |