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Consomme

noun
1.
Clear soup usually of beef or veal or chicken.





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"Consomme" Quotes from Famous Books



... by the Gang Be the Rhymester who sang Their praises in doggrel appalling; More now were a sin— Ho, waiters, begin! Each soul for consomme is calling! ...
— Margot Asquith, An Autobiography: Volumes I & II • Margot Asquith
... seven o'clock we gives it up and sits down alone. We hadn't finished our soup when this telegram comes. First off I thought Martha was goin' to choke or blow a cylinder head, I didn't know which. Then she takes to sobbin' into the consomme, and fin'lly she shoves the message over ...
— Torchy, Private Sec. • Sewell Ford
... Bibber only groaned, and the awful memories of the lead-like spaghetti and the bad oil and the queer cheese made him shudder, and turned things before him into a Tantalus feast of rare cruelty. There were Little Neck clams, delicious cold consomme, and white fish, and French chops with a dressing of truffles, and Roman punch and woodcock to follow, and crisp lettuce and toasted crackers-and-cheese, with a most remarkable combination of fruits and ices; and Van Bibber could eat nothing, and sat unhappily looking at his ...
— Van Bibber and Others • Richard Harding Davis


Words linked to "Consomme" :   madrilene, soup


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