Definition of Croquettes

1. Noun. (plural of croquette) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Croquettes

1. croquette [n] - See also: croquette

Lexicographical Neighbors of Croquettes

croque-madame
croque-monsieur
croquembouche
croquembouches
croquet
croquet ball
croquet equipment
croquet mallet
croqueta
croquetas
croqueted
croqueting
croquetlike
croquets
croquette
croquettes (current term)
croquignole
croquignoles
croquis
crore
crorepati
crorepatis
crores
croscarmellose
crosier
crosiered
crosiers
croslet
croslets
crosne

Literary usage of Croquettes

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

1. The Home Cook Book: A Collection of Practical Receipts by Expert Cooks (1905)
"Make into oblong croquettes. Have one egg beaten, with one tablespoon of cold water. ... Dip the croquettes in the egg, and roll them in the rolled cracker. ..."

2. Modern Cookery, in All Its Branches: Reduced to a System of Easy Practice by Eliza Acton (1845)
"They are sometimes made in the form of croquettes, the paste being ... In frying them, adopt the same plan as for the croquettes, raising the pan as soon as ..."

3. The Boston Cooking-school Cook Book by Fannie Merritt Farmer (1896)
"Cheese croquettes Rice Croustades Chestnut croquettes .... Rice croquettes with Jelly . S^eet Mice croquettes Rice and Tomato croquettes . ..."

4. The Gastronomic Regenerator: A Simplified and Entirely New System of Cookery by Alexis Soyer (1847)
"croquettes de Creme au Biz. Proceed precisely as in the last, ... croquettes de Macaroni. Blanch six ounces of macaroni in half a gallon of boiling water ..."

5. Marion Harland's Complete Cook Book: A Practical and Exhaustive Manual of by Marion Harland (1906)
"GENERAL DIRECTIONS \Which the housewife is particularly requested to read) Two things are essential to the excellence of croquettes. ..."

6. Lessons in Cookery by Frances Elizabeth Stewart (1918)
"croquettes Macaroni and cheese croquettes Stewed tomatoes Brown bread sandwiches Apple sauce Cookies Macaroni and Cheese croquettes (A complete dish) ..."

7. Mrs. Gilpin's Frugalities: Remnants and 200 Ways of Using Them by Susan Anna Brown (1883)
"When it is cold form into croquettes, roll in sifted crumbs, then in beaten ... Baked croquettes.—Two cupfuls of finely chopped veal; half a cupful of dry ..."

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