viand

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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

As to the orphans, those young ladies sat side by side, and nudged each other when the sacrificial knife was plunged into any fresh viand, and discoursed together every now and then in rapturous whispers.

From The Doctor's Wife by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

The porridge was accordingly prepared; and, when engaged in discussing this familiar viand, a little before midnight—for we had arrived late—a tall Highlander entered the inn, dropping like a mill-wheel.

From My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. by Miller, Hugh

And so, for four months thereafter, we had to do penance for the joke, on that not very luxurious viand "dry porridge."

From My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. by Miller, Hugh

Sov'reign solids of nature, Solar seeds of the sphere, Olympian viand Surprising as rare.

From Tablets by Alcott, Amos Bronson