Here he swallowed his buttered sippet very gracefully. From Wordnik.com. [Eug�nie Grandet] Reference
And the King flung a sippet of toast after him as he added: 'I am hedged in with robbers.'. From Wordnik.com. [Orrain A Romance] Reference
Finally he finished his last sippet of bread steeped in soup, pushed aside his plate, helped himself to a plum, and looked around him. From Wordnik.com. [Orrain A Romance] Reference
TUESDAY (dinner) Pea soup, with toast bread, (sippet). From Wordnik.com. [From Captivity to Fame or The Life of George Washington Carver] Reference
He, with his round, dumpy figure, leaned over the basin, devouring a sippet with each mouthful of broth. From Wordnik.com. [A Love Episode] Reference
At this Jeanne ventured to begin; but her frame was so enfeebled that with the second sippet of bread she declared herself wearied. From Wordnik.com. [A Love Episode] Reference
When quite crisp, dip one side of the sippet into the beaten white of an egg mixed with a little flour, and place it on the edge of the dish. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Household Management] Reference
The only time that woman is happy is when she comes in of a morning to the little boys 'dormitories with a cup of hot Epsom salts, and a sippet of bread. From Wordnik.com. [The Christmas Books of Mr. M.A. Titmarsh] Reference
A little salt, and sugar, pour it on the fish, sippet it, and serve it hot. From Wordnik.com. [The accomplisht cook or, The art & mystery of cookery] Reference
Epsom salts, and a sippet of bread. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Birch and his young friends] Reference
“my sister Theodosia made her appearance, I must say very much agitated and pale, kissed our father, and sate down at his side, and took a sippet of toast — (my dear George, this port is excellent, and I drink your health) — and took a sippet of toast and dipped it in his negus. From Wordnik.com. [The Virginians] Reference
Fry some parsley small minced, some onions or leeks in fresh butter, being half fried, put into them hard eggs cut into rounds, a handful of mushrooms well picked, washed and slic't, and salt, fry all together, and being almost fried, put some vinegar to them, dish them, and grate nutmeg on them, sippet them, and on the sippets slic't lemons. From Wordnik.com. [The accomplisht cook or, The art & mystery of cookery] Reference
Peel them, and put them in a clean dish, strow salt on them, and put an onion to them, some sweet herbs, large mace, pepper, butter, salt, and two or three cloves, being tender stewed on a soft fire, put to them some grated bread, and a little white wine, stew them a little more and dish them (but first rub the dish with a clove of garlick) sippet them, lay slic't orange on them, and run them over with beaten butter. From Wordnik.com. [The accomplisht cook or, The art & mystery of cookery] Reference
The artichocks being boil'd, take out the core, and take off all the leaves, cut the bottoms into quarters splitting them in the middle; then have a flat stewing-pan or dish with manchet toasts in it, lay the artichocks on them, then the marrow of two bones, five or six large maces, half a pound of preserved plumbs, with the sirrup, verjuyce, and sugar; if the sirrup do not make them sweet enough, let all these stew together 2 hours, if you stew them in a dish, serve them up in it, not stirring them, only laying on some preserves which are fresh, as barberries, and such like, sippet it, and serve it up. From Wordnik.com. [The accomplisht cook or, The art & mystery of cookery] Reference
Artichoaks being boil'd, take out the core, and take off the leaves, cut the Bottoms into quarters, splitting them in the middle, then put them into your flat stewing-pan, with Manchettoasts therein, laying the Artichoaks on them, with an indifferent quantity of Marrow, five or six large Maces, half a pound of preferred Plumbs with the Sirrup, Verjuice, and Sugar; let them thus stew two hours, if you stew them in a Dish, stir them not thence, but serve them up in it, laying on some Barberies preserv'd, and suchlike, so sippet it and serve it up; Instead of preserved Plumbs, you may stew those which are ordinary, and wil do near as well, and are much cheaper. From Wordnik.com. [The Gentlewoman's Companion: or,%0AA Guide to the Female Sex] Reference
First boil it in fair water half an hour, then take it up and pluck it pieces, then put it into a pipkin with great oysters and some of the broth, which boil'd it, (if you have no stronger) a pint of white-wine or claret, a quarter of a pound of interlarded bacon, some blanched chesnuts, the yolks of three or four hard eggs cut into halves, sweet herbs minced, and a little horseradish-root scraped, stew all these an hour, then slice the brains (being parboil'd) and strew a little ginger, salt, and flower, you may put in some juyce of spinage, and fry them green with butter; then dish the meat, and lay the fried brains, oysters, chesnuts, half yolks of eggs, and sippet it, serve it up hot to the table. From Wordnik.com. [The accomplisht cook or, The art & mystery of cookery] Reference
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