salmi

American  

[sal-mee] / ˈsæl mi /

noun

1. a ragout of partially cooked game, as pheasant or woodcock, stewed in wine and butter.

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salmi British  

/ ˈsælmɪ /

noun

1. a ragout of game stewed in a rich brown sauce

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Etymology

Origin of salmi

1750–60; < French, short for salmigondis salmagundi ( def. )

Example Sentences

I was coming to the salmi in a minute, when I spoke about Rosa.

From San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams by Kock, Charles Paul de

Your mother sends her love, and desires me to say, that the salmi of woodcocks, à la Lucullus, which you write about, does not differ from the practice here in vogue.

From Vivian Grey by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

A few stoned olives or sliced olives may be added in the place of the mushrooms, and you would then have salmi of duck.

From Made-Over Dishes by Rorer, Sarah Tyson Heston

This is a nice mode of serving the remains of roasted game, but when a superlative salmi is desired, the birds must be scarcely more than half roasted for it.

From The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Dinner-Giving, Table Etiquette, Care of the Sick, Health Suggestions, Facts Worth Knowing, Etc., Etc. The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home by Gillette, F. L. (Fanny Lemira)

Isn't it a good salmi?" she said; "I made it for you.

From Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace