viand

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The viand is said to get its name from the French phrase a barbe d' ecu, from tail to head, signifying that the carcass was cooked whole.

From Dishes & Beverages of the Old South by McCulloch-Williams, Martha

It contained coffee or some other hot viand.

From The Boy Tar by Read, Edward

Served on a platter that is hot, and carved with thin, keen knife, How does this savory viand enhance the worth of life!

From Second Book of Verse by Field, Eugene

To say nothing of the baked horseflesh—by many gourmets esteemed a delectable dish—the corn of the mezcal, treated thus, is a viand palatable as peculiar.

From The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora by Reid, Mayne

I liked pie, but not pudding; the rich, heavy fruit-cake of weddings, good, honest gingerbread, the brisk, crispy heat of the brittle ginger-snap, but not "plain cake,"—absurd viand!

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 by Various