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(Encyclopedia) pudding. Early writers on cookery class puddings and dumplings together. The earliest puddings were boiled in a bag or cloth. Later they were placed in a buttered bowl, covered with a…Barlow, Joel
(Encyclopedia) Barlow, JoelBarlow, Joelbärˈlō [key], 1754–1812, American writer and diplomat, b. Redding, Conn., grad. Yale, 1778. He was one of the Connecticut Wits and a major contributor to their…sausage
(Encyclopedia) sausage, food consisting of finely chopped meat mixed with seasonings and, often, other ingredients, all encased in a thin membrane. Although sausages were made by the ancient Greeks…Brewer's: Pudding
(See Jack.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Pudding-timePucka A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Related…Brewer's: Frangipani Pudding
is pudding made of broken bread. (Frangere, to break; panis, bread.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894FrankFrangipani A B C D E F G H I J K L M…Brewer's: Pudding-time
properly means just as dinner is about to begin, for our forefathers took their pudding before their meat. It also means in the nick of time. But Mars In pudding-time came to his aid.…Brewer's: Jack Pudding
A buffoon who performs pudding tricks, such as swallowing a certain number of yards of black-pudding. S. Bishop observes that each country names its stage buffon from its favourite viands…William Henry Hastie Biography
William Henry HastieU.S. government official; civil rights advocate Born: November 17, 1904Birthplace: Knoxville, Tennessee Hastie received a BA from Amherst, where he finished first in his…Cushman, Pauline
(Encyclopedia) Cushman, Pauline, 1835–93, Union spy in the Civil War, b. New Orleans. She became an actress at 18 in New York City. In 1863 she was banished to Confederate lines as a supposed…Theodoric the Great
(Encyclopedia) Theodoric the Great, c.454–526, king of the Ostrogoths and conqueror of Italy, b. Pannonia. He spent part of his youth as a hostage in Constantinople. Elected king in 471 after his…Trending
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