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Definition of Fish cake

1. Noun. A fried ball or patty of flaked fish and mashed potatoes.

Definition of Fish cake

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of fishcake) ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Fish Cake

Literary usage of Fish cake

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

1. A New System of Domestic Cookery: Formed Upon Principles of Economy and by Maria Eliza Ketelby Rundell (1824)
"... for serving as wanted; observing to take off the old butter, and having warmed the fish in the oven, cover with fresh butter only. Excellent fish cake. ..."

2. The New England Farmer by Samuel W. Cole (1856)
"In France the fish cake, remaining after the extraction of oil, is dried at a steam heat, and is then ground fine and packed in air-tight casks for sale as ..."

3. The Creole Cookery Book (1885)
"fish cake. Take any kind of fish, and cut off the flesh ; put the heads, bones, fins, etc., on the fire, with a little water; season with herbs, ..."

4. Breakfast, Dinner, and Tea: Viewed Classically, Poetically, and Practically by Julia C. Andrews (1860)
"In the pastry cook shops of Russia, the tempting morsel offered to Russian appetites is the piroga, an oily fish-cake. Little benches are ranged round ..."

5. Economical cookery for the middle classes by Kate Addison (1879)
"fish cake. The remains of cold fish, a few cold potatoes, a little chopped parsley, a few bread-crumbs, pepper, salt, and a teaspoonful of anchovy sauce. ..."

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