maid of honor tart

plural maid of honor tarts

1. USalternativeAlternative form of maids of honour tart.

   Maid of Honor Tart (Almond and Quince Tart)

   1983 March, Gourmet, page 66, column 3

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   Maid of Honor Tarts / Pare and grate one cocoanut and chop finely one pound of prunes.

   1905 January, E. M., “Prune Desserts”, in Good Housekeeping, volume xl, number 1 (whole 315), page 93, column 1

   MAID OF HONOR TARTS—½ cup butter, or Crisco; 2 unbeaten egg; ¾ cup white sugar; 2 cups flour; 2 teaspoons baking powder.

   1933, The Floral Homemakers Cook Book, Saskatoon, Sask.: […] The Nutana Herald, page 28

   MAID OF HONOR TARTS _ MRS. L. LIETZ / ½ cup butter / 2 eggs unbeaten / 2 cups flour / 2 tsp. baking powder / ½ cup chopped nuts or cocoanut / 2 tbsp. milk or a little more / ¾ cup white sugar / ½ tsp. salt / 1 and 1/3 cups raspberry jam or other desired filling

   1949, “Pies and Tarts”, in Evening Guild Recipe Book, Roblin, Man.: Evening Guild of the Roblin United Church, page 47

   Seven hundred guests, including virtually all members of the Royal Family, high officers of state, some Commonwealth prime ministers, colonial rulers and top-ranking diplomats, will sit down to a lavish menu of clear turtle soup, Scottish salmon, cold beef and jacket potatoes, Norfolk asparagus, ice cream pudding, Kent strawberries and maid of honor tarts made from a secret recipe.

   1953 June 12, Alan Harvey, “Barons of Beef Back: 160-Pound Joints Carved; London Host to Queen”, in Victoria Daily Times, volume 120, number 137, Victoria, B.C., page 23

   But what I absorb must become a natural part of the narrative, not paragraphs of exposition which most young people skip over as quickly as possible. For example, there is no need to describe the pastry of the 1780’s by giving the recipe for Maid of Honor Tarts when Deborah Sampson makes them. It is enough to mention the succulent ingredients, the sugar and butter, the ground almonds and sherry wine, the currant preserves spread in the bottoms of the patty pans.

   1983, Patricia Clapp, “Through the Eyes of an Author: Making the Past Come Alive”, in Donna E. Norton, Through the Eyes of a Child: An Introduction to Children’s Literature, Columbus, Oh.: Charles E. Merrill Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 447