fricadelle

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noun

Synonym of frikadelle, often in French contexts.

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frikadelleoften in French contexts
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Meanings

nounfricadelle (plural fricadelles)

plural fricadelles

  1. Synonym of frikadelle, often in French contexts.

    Some points to note in the recipes: Baked potatoes substitute for boiled in the hash-like fricadelles, and with flavorful effect.

    1953 April 26, Jane Nickerson, “Encore for the Roast”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC
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    Another entree that was fair was a daily special of real fricadelles, the ground veal and ham cakes seasoned with thyme and dressed with mushroom cream sauce.

    1976 October 22, “Restaurants: French Elegance and ‘Village’ Flavor”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

    For this special dish, Dan Litwin, chef at the Blue-N-Gold Brewing Co. in Arlington, uses veal fricadelles, which are small seasoned patties of ground veal that are somewhat like Salisbury steak.

    1997 February 26, Jim Dorsch, “From Carbonade to Cake”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Aug 2017

    The French gild their tiny fricadelles with garlic and salt pork while, anywhere in sight of a minaret, you will be served little meat patties singing with ground cumin, allspice and cinnamon.

    1999 February 7, Nigel Slater, “Global warming”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Aug 2013

    Synonyms: frikadelle, often in French contexts

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nounSynonym of frikadelle, often in French contexts.

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frikadelleoften in French contexts
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Origin

  1. Frenchfricadelle
  2. Englishfricadelle

Unadapted borrowing from French fricadelle. Doublet of fricandeau, frikadelle, and frikkadel.

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