Porpesse was once considered a sumptuous article of food, and is said to have been occasionally introduced at the tables of the old English nobility. It was eaten with a sauce composed of sugar, vinegar, and crumbs of bread. History of Wonderful Fishes - Page 391820 - 181 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Bingley - 1803 - 606 pages
...about a hogshead of oil) have been killed at one tide. The Porpesse was once considered as a sumptuous article of food, and is said to have been occasionally...English nobility. It was eaten with a sauce composed of crumbs of fine bread, with sugar and vinegar. It is, however, now generally neglected even by the sailors.... | |
| William Bingley - 1829 - 392 pages
...a hogshead of oil) have been killed at a single tide. The Porpesse was once considered a sumptuous article of food, and is said to have been occasionally...a sauce composed of sugar, vinegar, and crumbs of bread. It is, however, now generally neglected, even by the sailors. In America, the skin of this animal... | |
| 1829 - 494 pages
...the flesh is cut up, it looks very much like pork ; but although it was once considered a sumptuous article of food, and is said to have been occasionally...introduced at the tables of the old English nobility, it certainly has a disagreeable flavour. Porpoises are viviparous, live on smaller fish, and appear generally... | |
| Henry William Dewhurst - 1834 - 378 pages
...they drive into the bays with considerable velocity. This animal was once considered as a sumptuous article of food, and is said to have been occasionally introduced at the tables of old English nobility ; and this so lately as the time of Queen Elizabeth. It was eaten with a sauce... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1837 - 344 pages
...the flesh is cut up, it looks, very much like pork ; but, although it was once considered a sumptuous article of food, and is said to have been occasionally...introduced at the tables of the old English nobility, it certainly has a disagreeable flavour. Their motion in the water is a kind of circular leap ; they dive... | |
| Mrs. Loudon (Jane) - 1850 - 630 pages
...the flesh is cut up, it looks very much like pork ; but although it was once considered a sumptuous article of food, and is said to have been occasionally...introduced at the tables of the old English nobility, it certainly has a disagreeable flavour. Porpoises live on small fish, and appear generally in large shoals,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1852 - 616 pages
...shoals, such as cod, herrings, haddock, and mackerel. The porpoise was once considered as a sumptuous article of food, and is said to have been occasionally...generally neglected, even by the sailors. In America, the akin of this animal is tanned and dressed with care. At first it is extremely tender, and nearly an... | |
| 254 pages
...and other spices disguise somewhat the un pleasant flavour. Porpoise used to be a favourite daiuty of the old English nobility. It was eaten with a sauce...composed of sugar, vinegar, and crumbs of fine bread. Porpoise liver is, even now, very toothsome to the sea appetite, being dry and much like pig's liver.... | |
| Peter Parley (pseud.) - 1870 - 718 pages
...the flesh is cut up it looks very much like pork ; but although it was ouce considered a sumptuous article of food, and is said to have been occasionally...introduced at the tables of the old English nobility, it certainly has a disagreeable flavour. Their motion in the water is a kind of circular leap ; they dive... | |
| William Bingley - 1871 - 1056 pages
...hogshead of oil) have been killed at a single tide. The Porpoise was once considered a sumptu- $'\l ous article of food, and is said to have been occasionally...a sauce composed of sugar, vinegar, and crumbs of bread. It is, however, now generally neglected, even by the sailors. In America, the skin of this animal... | |
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