The cock-a-leekie soup was his culinary magnum opus. From Wordnik.com. [A Small Death in the Great Glen] Reference
And the Scotsman, he ordered a bowl of cock-a-leekie soup. From Wordnik.com. [Quote for the day | clusterflock] Reference
And the Scotsman, he ordered a bowl of cock-a-leekie soup. From Wordnik.com. [Quote for the day | clusterflock] Reference
After which he let the young man simmer gently for five minutes, like so much reheated cock-a-leekie. From Wordnik.com. [Fleshmarket Close]
The meal - which I suppose we must call dinner, though it was nearer tea time - was cock-a-leekie soup, and hot roast turkey, and a steamed pudding, and roast chestnuts, and as much fruit as you could eat. From Wordnik.com. [The Silver Chair]
Where does this leave cock-a-leekie, let alone coq au vin?. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
This amazing wine was served with the minimalist cock-a-leekie soup. From Wordnik.com. [Benito's Wine Reviews] Reference
The reply was, that he was not to be spoken withal, being then employed in cooking a mess of cock-a-leekie for the king's own mouth. From Wordnik.com. [The Fortunes of Nigel] Reference
And, my lords and lieges, let us all to our dinner, for the cock-a-leekie is cooling.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Fortunes of Nigel] Reference
The reply was, that he was not to be spoken withal, being then employed in cooking a mess of cock-a-leekie for the king’s own mouth. From Wordnik.com. [The Fortunes of Nigel] Reference
We recited our favorite Burns poems, ate cock-a-leekie soup, and toasted the lassies which would be me, as I’m the only lassie in our house. From Wordnik.com. [Fictionalizing Real People, With Guest, Kate Carlisle] Reference
“I will have neither hand nor foot in the matter,” said the cautious Clerk of the Kitchen; “but there is his Majesty’s mess of cock-a-leekie just going to be served to him in his closet — I cannot prevent you from putting the letter between the gilt bowl and the platter; his sacred Majesty will see it when he lifts the bowl, for he aye drinks out the broth.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Fortunes of Nigel] Reference
Gone are the cock-a-leekie and black pudding. From Wordnik.com. [Going beyond fish and chips: Againn will please Anglophiles] Reference
It is often preceded by cock-a-leekie soup. From Wordnik.com. [BellaOnline - The Voice of Women] Reference
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