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Macedon
or in French MACÉDOINE, is a name which is supposed to have been used in the first instance to signify a medley of vegetables, but which…
Mackerel
A great authority, Grimod de la Reynière, says: "The mackerel has this in common with good women-he is loved by all the world. He is…
Madeira
If one thing could more decidedly than another prove the low estate to which cookery has descended in Paris, and expose the hollowness of…
Maids of Honour
It surely redeems the act of eating from its grossness that imagination can so work upon us as to transform a simple cheesecake into a maid…
Maintenon
The widow Scarron, afterwards Madame de Maintenon, was married to Louis XIV. in his old age, nursed him well, made him say his prayers, and…
Maraschino
A bitter-sweet liqueur made at Zara from the kernel of the Marasca cherry or gean of Dalmatia. The word implies bitterness; but the liqueur…
Melon
Try a slice of melon as an adjunct to any fish eaten with a cruet sauce. MELTED BUTTER is a correct name for that which has been described…
Menu
Why will Englishmen always describe the minute of a dinner as the menu? Why do they not speak of a receipt as a reçu? Surely it is…
Milk
The greatest discovery in the way of food which has been made in this century is the half-discovery which has been made about milk. When…
Mincemeat
Two pounds of unsalted bullock's tongue ; two pounds of ox-kidney fat; two pounds of stoned raisins; three pounds of currants; two pounds…
Mince Pies
Line some pattypans with a rich puffpaste, No. 4 or 5. Fill them with mincemeat; roof them over, making a small hole in the centre with a…
Mincing Knife
In most English kitchens there is used a chopper with a single blade, which does its work with a great expenditure of labour and loss of…
Mint Sauce
Two tablespoonfuls of green mint, chopped fine; a tablespoonful of brown sugar (or more, according to taste); and not far from a tumblerful…
Mirepoix
It is probable that one of these days the common sense of mankind will rise in rebellion against Mirepoix this word and abolish it. What is…
Moisten
A mild word to be understood in the sense of Mrs. Gamp, who wished to have the gin-bottle near her on the chimneypiece in order that she…
Mullet
See Red and Grey. MUSHROOMS require a volume to themselves. It is not possible here to give them more than a few lines. Their varieties are…
Mustard
in the form which at present prevails in England, was not known before 1729. Its old English name was senvy, from sinapis. The seeds…
Mutton
I hope it will not be found very inconvenient, but there has been so much to say about mutton under special and interesting names, that…