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Definition of Gravies
1. gravy [n] - See also: gravy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gravies
Literary usage of Gravies
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)
"SOUPS AND gravies. General Directions respecting Soups and gravies. ... When soups
or gravies are to be put by, let them be changed every day into fresh ..."
2. A New System of Domestic Cookery: Formed Upon Principles of Economy, and by Maria Eliza Ketelby Rundell (1840)
"SOUPS AND gravies. General Directions respecting Soups and gravies. ... When soups
or gravies are to be put by let them be changed every day into fresh ..."
3. The Improved Housewife, Or, Book of Receipts: With Engravings for Marketing by A. L. Webster (1853)
"gravies and Sauces. A great deal of the elegance of cookery depends upon the ...
The French u°ea far greater variety of gravies and sauces than the ..."
4. The Ladies' New Book of Cookery: A Practical System for Private Families in by Sarah Josepha Buell Hale (1852)
"gravies. Introductory Remarks—Gravy—To Draw—Rich Gravy fm Roast Fowl—Cheap Veal
... gravies are not often required either in great variety, or in abundant ..."
5. Modern Cookery, in All Its Branches: Reduced to a System of Easy Practice by Eliza Acton (1858)
"gravies are not often required either in great variety, or in abundant ...
Instead of frying the ingredients for brown gravies, which is usually done in ..."
6. Modern Cookery, in All Its Branches: Reduced to a System of Easy Practice by Eliza Acton (1845)
"gravies. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. gravies are not often required either ... Instead of
frying the ingredients for brown gravies, which is usually done in ..."
7. The American Sportsman: Containing Hints to Sportsmen, Notes on Shooting by Elisha Jarrett Lewis, George G. White (1863)
"THICKENING FOE SAUCES OR gravies. The foundation of all sauces and gravies is
the white and brown thickenings of the French cookery-books. ..."