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Fricassee
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- 1 Meat or poultry cut into small pieces, stewed or fried and served in its own gravy.
"I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed, is, at a year old, a most delicious nourishing and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricasee, or a ragoust."
- 2 pieces of chicken or other meat stewed in gravy with e.g. carrots and onions and served with noodles or dumplings wordnet
- 1 To cook meat or poultry in this manner. transitive
"Just now I'm waiting for Tony Goodwin [the publisher] to arrive, casseroling a rabbit, fricasseeing it actually, listening to Revolver on the record player and the gale stripping the olive trees outside, and answering my correspondence, when […]"
- 2 make a fricassee of by cooking wordnet
Etymology
From French fricassée (noun), from fricassée, past participle of fricasser (verb).
From French fricassée (noun), from fricassée, past participle of fricasser (verb).
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