Gives a new tang to game, roast turkey, capon or duck. From Wordnik.com. [Dishes & Beverages of the Old South] Reference
Editing a fashion magazine is like stuffing a capon with larks. From Wordnik.com. [The Battle Of The Rag Mags] Reference
And a flask of good wine, with a capon from the palace kitchen. From Wordnik.com. [The Wicked Day]
One of his fowls was a large capon pheasant, as fat as a pullet. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal to Stella] Reference
Its plumage is a whitish grey; and it is about the size of a capon. From Wordnik.com. [History of Louisisana Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing] Reference
Rather stuffed, like a dish of capon stuffed with dates and oysters. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles]
Or soak them in malmsey and some capon broth before you distill them. From Wordnik.com. [The accomplisht cook or, The art & mystery of cookery] Reference
Parboil your capon after it is trussed, then put it into a pipkin with. From Wordnik.com. [The Queen-like Closet or Rich Cabinet Stored with all manner of rare receipts for preserving, candying and cookery. Very pleasant and beneficial to all ingenious persons of the female sex] Reference
A capon always develops more uniformly and is larger than the cockerel. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
Wayland, as the limbs of the capon disappeared before his own exertions. From Wordnik.com. [Kenilworth] Reference
Three pair of calves feet, a knuckle of veal, and a fine well fleshed capon. From Wordnik.com. [The accomplisht cook or, The art & mystery of cookery] Reference
As the capon grows to maturity, it develops more of the qualities of the hen. From Wordnik.com. [Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 3: Soup; Meat; Poultry and Game; Fish and Shell Fish] Reference
A very woodcock would puzzle him in carving, and he wants the logick of a capon. From Wordnik.com. [Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters] Reference
The truth was that he'd been born with the vocal register of a hysterical capon. From Wordnik.com. [When The Bough Breaks]
The roast capon was delicious, the breads fresh, the wine sparkled on the tongue. From Wordnik.com. [The Beekeeper's Apprentice]
She supped on cold roast capon, a pear tart with cinnamon, and mead mulled with a hot poker. From Wordnik.com. [Conqueror's Moon]
One pair of calves feet, a well fleshed capon, and half a pound of harts-horn of ising-glass. From Wordnik.com. [The accomplisht cook or, The art & mystery of cookery] Reference
You may also eat stewed capon, madam, and broth made from the bones, and other types of poultry. From Wordnik.com. [Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]
"I'd rather live on bread in a garret and serve the Temples than feast on marchpane and capon and -". From Wordnik.com. [Take A Thief]
Rhavas ordered bread, half a capon, and another cup of wine from the barmaid who'd served him before. From Wordnik.com. [Bridge of the Separator]
During the repast the girl scarcely spoke; the capon she hardly touched; the claret she merely sipped. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
In the case of a capon or large fowl, slices may be cut off at the breast, the same as carving a pheasant. From Wordnik.com. [The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home] Reference
But the four paragraphs after that, where I went off like a capon, were taken word-for-word from Glenn Beck. From Wordnik.com. [Chris Kelly: Tea Party Leader: We Plan to Kill Millions Like Mao] Reference
We are not prone to associate prolonged and productive mental effort with a fair round belly with fat capon lined. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876] Reference
It is still possible to get a waistcoat lined with English lamb (or even good capon) for a mere fraction of that sum. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-01-28] Reference
Turgooponducheasanishuail: This is the same as above except with a goose and a capon tossed in there for good measure. From Wordnik.com. [Trip Hazards] Reference
Although I never watch Faux News, I suspect that their capon pundits are also busy yapping this false dichotomy all day long. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary's False Dichotomy] Reference
Wendy, just noticed one of the pigs limping around on three legs, does that mean ham as well as capon for Thanks Giving supper?. From Wordnik.com. [Seeking the Real Mexico] Reference
‘Now make haste,’ said Mr. Wardle; for the fat boy was hanging fondly over a capon, which he seemed wholly unable to part with. From Wordnik.com. [The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club] Reference
The reduced company was presented with dishes of smothered rabbit, capon in lemon sauce, boiled onions, and sweet cubes of jellied milk. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles]
The servant, although a trusty one, was overcome by his gluttony and ate fifteen of the patties, and a good slice of the cake, and the capon. From Wordnik.com. [Italian Popular Tales] Reference
The justice, "in fair round belly, with good capon lin'd," -- the justice, having hung up his hat, wig, and cloak, puts on his nightcap, and, with. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings With Descriptions, and a Comment on Their Moral Tendency] Reference
A dressed capon and some uncooked meat found in the larder -- it was on a Friday that the incursion was made -- graced the triumph of the captors. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2)] Reference
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