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