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forcemeat

[ fawrs-meet, fohrs- ]

noun

, Cooking.
  1. a mixture of finely chopped and seasoned foods, usually containing egg white, meat or fish, etc., used as a stuffing or served alone.


forcemeat

/ ˈfɔːsˌmiːt /

noun

  1. a mixture of chopped or minced ingredients used for stuffing Also calledfarcefarcemeat
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of forcemeat1

1680–90; force, variant of obsolete farce stuffing + meat
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Word History and Origins

Origin of forcemeat1

C17: from force (see farce ) + meat
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Example Sentences

Take some more tongue, pound and pass it through a sieve and mix it with the forcemeat.

Butter and fill up some cutlet moulds with the forcemeat, and steam them in the oven.

Make a stiff forcemeat from the breast of a fowl or pheasant, or the two breasts of partridge or grouse.

Make a forcemeat of the quails' livers, a small piece of calf's liver, and half their quantity of bacon.

Line a dish with this forcemeat, put in the snipe, and bake it for an hour to an hour and fifteen minutes.

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