pavlova

plural pavlovas · alternative Pavlova

1. AustraliaNew ZealandcountableuncountableA meringue dessert usually topped with fruit and cream.First known use 1927.

   For a successful pavlova you′ll need a spotlessly clean, dry stainless steel or glass bowl.

   2006, Murdoch Books Pty Limited, Lust: Food for Lovers, page 205

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   The pavlova — rich in whipped cream and ice-cream — is a wonderful dessert that should appeal to anyone with a sweet tooth.

   2002, Vijeya Rajendra, Sundran Rajendra, Cultures of the World: Australia, page 128

   Pavlova, named after the Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova, is still just about the most popular party dessert in Australia.

   2011, Margaret Fulton, Suzanne Gibbs, Margaret Fulton Favourites, page 194

   Perhaps you lied in the emergency room about eating an entire pavlova and acted like you didn’t know what was wrong with you? If so, make amends by only ever eating a couple of slices of pavlova in one sitting from now on.

   2012, Maeve Higgins, “Baby dressed as sushi”, in We Have a Good Time … Don’t We? A Regular Human Girl Decides, Dublin: Hachette Books Ireland, →ISBN, page 205

   Steal the pavlova if you must, but only an April Fool would deem the lamington a Kiwi import.

   2021 April 14, David Astle, “Lamington wars: claiming an Australian invention really takes the cake”, in The Age

plural Pavlovas

1. A transliteration of the Russian surname Па́влова (Pávlova), the feminine variant of Pavlov.

   "YOU WRITE TO MOSCOW": NINA PAVLOVA REVIEWS LISTENERS MAIL. […] LISTENER IS TOLD THAT THERE ARE TWO PAVLOVAS IN BRITISH SECTION -⁠- NINA AND GALINA, AN ANNOUNCER.

   1984 January 16, Take 1 of Several -⁠- Commentary List: Moscow Consolidated (LD171148), page [11]

   1. Anna Pavlova (Russian ballet dancer).

      LADIES’ DOUBLES “PAVLOVAS.” […] The winners, who literally danced their way into the final, were dubbed the two Pavlovas.

      1923 July 6, “Incomparable. Mlle. [Suzanne] Lenglen Wins Again. Miss [Kathleen] McKane’s Pluck. Ladies’ Doubles ‘Pavlovas.’ […]”, in The China Mail, number 18,922, Hong Kong, published 7 July 1923, page 1, column 2

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      “Don’t you understand what an honour it is for you that the great Pavlova has her shoes made by you?” he asked. The old man thought awhile and then answered: “Yes, it’s a great honour that she is my client.” And reflecting further, he added: “Yes, but if I had two Pavlovas, I’d be done for.” Pavlova was often approached by shoemakers of all nationalities and in all parts of the world with an offer to supply her regularly, undertaking to provide her annually with any number for her own use free of charge, on condition that she would allow them to advertise that she had found their shoes to be the best.

      1932, V[ictor] Dandré, “Theatrical Costumes and Shoes”, in Anna Pavlova in Art & Life, London; […]: Cassell and Company Limited, →OCLC, page 228

      Bad as they were, one perforce felt masculinely behooven to admire their courage . . . conversely, one could not refrain from meanly wondering just where and for how long they’d been secretly practicing . . . however, applause and many encores (from bilge to crow’s nest) greeted all antics from our two Pavlovas . . . and reflectively, their presentations were far less hurtful than having to listen to the amateur squeakings of scrawny, self-imagined sopranos and contraltos who habitually appeared at well-remembered ship’s concerts in bygone years.

      1952 July 8, H. T. Matson, “Once a Week”, in The Daily Colonist, 94th year, number 175, Victoria, B.C., page 2, column 1

      Every detail entranced her: the leotards, the tutus, the entrechats and pas de deux, the names: Pavlova, Diaghilev, Fonteyn; […]

      1978, Eric Malpass, chapter 11, in The Long Long Dances: More Hilarious Adventures of the Outrageous Pentecost Family, London: Corgi Books, →ISBN, page 115

      “Yes, a toast!” Gersh says, lifting his glass of Ukraine vodka. “To our two Pavlovas,” looking to Vera and Nina with his healthy eye, “and of course,” now toward Viktor, “our next Annabelle Bucar!” They laugh; it’s the name of the author of the big best-seller The Truth about American Diplomats. […] Viktor, putting on a mock expression of competition, says, “To dance!”

      2010, Daphne Kalotay, chapter 7, in Russian Winter, London: Arrow Books, The Random House Group Limited, published 2012, →ISBN, book I, pages 199–200

2. A female surname from Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, or Slovak, masculine equivalent Pavlov.
3. A female surname from Czech or Slovak, masculine equivalent Pavel.

plural Pavlovas

1. countableuncountableAlternative letter-case form of pavlova.

   What about making and freezing one or two Pavlovas topped with an orange curd filling for a simple dessert?

   1972, “What to Do When—a Calendar of Freezing”, in Good Housekeeping Institute, compiler, Good Housekeeping Home Freezer Cook Book, London: Ebury Press, →ISBN, part 2 (What You Need to Know about Freezing), page 220

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   ‘[…] May,’ he called, ‘you can find Miss Thompson some lunch?’ / ‘Of course,’ said May, doing mental arithmetic with prime steaks and slices of Pavlova, and wishing her headache would go away. […] Now if she could get it across to Jocelyn that he really much preferred biscuits and cheese to Pavlova—? ‘Say you don’t want any Pavlova,’ she hissed. ‘It won’t go round.’ / ‘Eh? What’s that, old girl?’ / ‘Pavlova. Say you don’t want any.’ / ‘What’s—? Oh, I know. That meringue thing. No, that’s all right, May. I’ll have cheese and biscuits.’ […] ‘Pavlova, Jocelyn?’ May stood, cake-slice in hand, a noble Brunhild. […] Gaylord said, ‘Henry likes Pavlova better than anything in the world except baked beans on toast, don’t you, Henry.’ […] May said, ‘After you with the cheese, Jocelyn.’ / He looked at her in astonishment. ‘Good Lord, you not having Pavlova?’ […] Gaylord said, ‘If you did Henry some baked beans, Momma, he’d give you his Pavlova. Wouldn’t you, Henry?’

   1978, Eric Malpass, chapter 10, in The Long Long Dances: More Hilarious Adventures of the Outrageous Pentecost Family, London: Corgi Books, →ISBN, pages 109–110

   I considered a rum […] with glossy yellow icing, then […] to a slice of Pavlova, a […] specialty of baked meringue, […] kiwis, and whipped cream. The combination of crunchy meringue and the cool, fruity flavor of the kiwis was sensational.

   1978 January, Caroline Bates, “Spécialités de la Maison—California”, in Earle R[utherford] MacAusland, editor, Gourmet: The Magazine of Good Living, volume XXXVIII, number 1, New York, N.Y.: Gourmet, Inc., page 11, column 1

   At that moment Freddie Jones rolled up with two overloaded plates of Pavlova. ‘’ullo my darlings; brought you some sweet.’

   1988, Jilly Cooper, chapter 11, in Rivals, London: Bantam Press, →ISBN, page 106

   Dear Professor Leach, I was very pleased to get your name and address from "Talk of the Times", as I have been very interested in the origin of the Pavlova since reading some years ago, in an Australian magazine, claims that an Australian chef Henry Sachse had invented it in 1935, when I knew perfectly well that my mother had made them when I was at Otago University (1928-32) and that I'd eaten a slice of Pavlova, peaked at the corners with the centre filled with mulberries and cream at a 21st birthday party at Napier in Jan. 1932.

   1995 November 6, Noeline Thomson, letter; published in Helen Leach, “The origin of the Pavlova Wars”, in The Pavlova Story: A Slice of New Zealand’s Culinary History, Dunedin, Otago: Otago University Press, 2008, →ISBN, section 1 (The Pavlova Wars), page 24

   The fridge hid from view the two Pavlovas, one raspberry, one strawberry, both a foot high. […] They found each other in the corridor, they shared a mound of Pavlova.

   1996, Freya North, chapter 14, in Sally, London: Arrow Books, Random House UK Limited, published 1997, →ISBN, pages 96 and 100