fricassee
noun
- method of cooking meat
verb
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Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɪ.kəˌsi/ / /fɹɪ.kəˈsiː/ / /ˈfɹɪ.kəˌseɪ/
noun
Etymology: From French fricassée (noun), from fricassée, past participle of fricasser (verb).
- 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.”
verb
Etymology: From French fricassée (noun), from fricassée, past participle of fricasser (verb).
- To cook meat or poultry in this manner.
“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 […]”