Definition of Mock turtle soup

1. Noun. Soup made from a calf's head or other meat in imitation of green turtle soup.

Generic synonyms: Soup

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mock Turtle Soup

mochis
mochs
mochy
mociology
mock
mock-heroic
mock-orange
mock-up
mock azalia
mock exam
mock exams
mock orange
mock privet
mock strawberry
mock sun
mock turtle soup (current term)
mock up
mockable
mockado
mockadoes
mockage
mockages
mockamole
mockbird
mockbirds
mockbuster
mockbusters
mocked
mocker
mockeries

Literary usage of Mock turtle soup

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

1. Society As I Have Found It by Ward MacAllister (1890)
"... Dowagers— Tht latter mart Appreciative of the Good Things—Interviewing the Chef— "Uncle Sam" Ward's Plan —mock turtle soup a Delusion and a Snare — The ..."

2. Mrs. Putnam's Receipt Book: And Young Housekeeper's Assistant by Elizabeth H. Putnam (1869)
"mock turtle soup. The calf s head should be soaked in cola water one hour, and washed very clean. If a large head, allow six quarts of cold water ; boil it ..."

3. The Improved Housewife: Or Book of Receipts, with Engravings for Marketing by A. L. Webster (1855)
"Plain mock turtle soup, Boil a calf's head till very tender; strain the liquor, on taking out the head; let it stand till next day; skim the fat off; ..."

4. Virginia Cookery-book by Mary Stuart Smith (1912)
"Mock-turtle Soup.—Little Eggs for Turtle or Mock-turtle Soup.—Oyster Soup, No. \.—Oyster Soup, No. 2. —Okra Soup.—Ox-tail Soup.—Green-pea Soup. ..."

5. The Virginia Housewife: Or, Methodical Cook by Mary Randolph (1838)
"mock turtle soup OF CALF'S HEAD. HAVE a large head cleaned nicely without taking off the skin, divide the chop from the front of the head, ..."

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