Definition of Beef tongue

1. Noun. The tongue of a cow eaten as meat.

Generic synonyms: Tongue

Lexicographical Neighbors of Beef Tongue

beef olive
beef on weck
beef patty
beef plant
beef rib
beef ribs
beef roast
beef stew
beef stock
beef tallow
beef tapeworm
beef tea
beef tenderloin
beef to the hoof
beef tomato
beef tongue (current term)
beef trust
beef up
beefalo
beefaloes
beefalos
beefaroni
beefburger
beefburgers
beefcake
beefcakes
beefeater
beefeaters
beefed

Literary usage of Beef tongue

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Practical dietetics: With Special Reference to Diet in Diseases by William Gilman Thompson (1905)
"... VARIOUS MEATS beef tongue is a tender form of meat, but it contains rather too much fat to agree well with delicate stomachs. Veal. ..."

2. The Table: How to Buy Food, how to Cook It, and how to Serve it by Alexander Filippini (1889)
".Beef-Tongue it la Gendarme.—Boil a fresh beef-tongue in the soup-stock for one hour and a half. Skin it, then place it on a dish, adding one pint of ..."

3. European and American Cuisine by Mrs. Gesine Knubel Lemcke, Gesine Lemcke (1914)
"beef tongue a la Jardiniere.—Boil a fresh beef tongue as a la financiere; ... Boil and prepare a fresh beef tongue the same as tongue il la financiere, ..."

4. Virginia Cookery-book by Mary Stuart Smith (1912)
"To Stew a Rump of Beef.—Sanders of Cold Beef.—Italian Beefsteak.—To Stew a Fresh beef tongue. —Ragout of Souse.—Beef Bouilli.—A Nice Relish of Meat for Tea. ..."

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