salmis

[ sal-mee; French sal-mee ]

/ ˈsæl mi; French salˈmi /

salmi.

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salmi

[ sal-mee ]

/ ˈsæl mi /

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

Also salmis.

1750–60; < French, short for salmigondis salamagundi

How gladly would you not exchange these souffls and salmis for a rump-steak and onions in the back-parlour of the Ducrow's Head!

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 |Various
We drove a couple of miles past reedy lagoons to Salmis, the port, and there got on board a coaster, which was waiting.

Through Arctic Lapland |Cutcliffe Hyne
Who, indeed, in these degenerate days would hesitate between an ode and an omelette, a sonnet and a salmis?

A Critic in Pall Mall |Oscar Wilde
Very often a duck is baked, especially to make a salmis with it.

Hand-Book of Practical Cookery for Ladies and Professional Cooks |Pierre Blot

This morning I had a salmis of rats—it was excellent—something between frog and rabbit.

Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris |Henry Labouchre

salmi

/ (ˈsælmɪ) /

a ragout of game stewed in a rich brown sauce

C18: from French, shortened form of salmigondis salmagundi