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Definition of Ramequin

1. Noun. A cheese dish made with egg and bread crumbs that is baked and served in individual fireproof dishes.

2. Noun. A small fireproof dish used for baking and serving individual portions.

Definition of Ramequin

1. n. A mixture of cheese, eggs, etc., formed in a mold, or served on bread.

2. n. The porcelian or earthen mold in which ramequins are baked and served, by extension, any dish so used.

Definition of Ramequin

1. ramekin [n -S] - See also: ramekin

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ramequin

rame rameal rameauite ramed ramee ramees ramekin ramekins ramelteon ramen

ramens ramentaceous ramentum rameous ramequin (current term) ramequins ramet ramets rami rami ad pontem

rami alveolares superiores anteriores nervi infraorbitalis rami alveolares superiores posteriores nervi maxillaris rami articulares rami articulares arteriae descendentis genicularis rami atriales rami auriculares anteriores arteriae temporalis superficialis rami bronchiales rami bronchiales segmentorum

Literary usage of Ramequin

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

1. Cooking for Two: A Handbook for Young Housekeepers by Hill, Janet McKenzie (1909)
"HASHED POTATO IN ramequin 3 or 4 cold, boiled potatoes 3 or 4 ... Butter a ramequin; into it put the potato, disposing it evenly to the depth of an inch or ..."

2. Meatless Cookery: With Special Reference to Diet for Heart Disease, Blood by Maria McIlvaine Gillmore (1914)
"WHITES OF EGGS IN ramequin CASES Whites of eggs Butter Parsley Butter well some china ramequin cases, and sprinkle as much finely chopped parsley in them as ..."

3. The Physiology of Taste: Harder's Book of Practical American Cookery (in Six by Jules Arthur Harder (1885)
"FRIED FARINA (POLENTA) OF CORN MEAL, ramequin. No. 716.—Cook one pound of Farina as in No. 710. When it is cooked take it off of the fire, add three ounces ..."

4. The Business of Being a Housewife: A Manual to Promote Household Efficiency by Armour and Company (1917)
"Place ramequin dishes in a pan of hot water and bake in moderate oven about ten minutes. Serve immediately. Spanish Omelet 4 Veribest Select Eggs 2 ..."

5. À la Mode Cookery: Up-to-date Recipes by De Salis (Harriet Anne) (1902)
"Fill small ramequin cases with the mixture, and decorate the top of each with chopped ... If the little silver saucepans to hold ramequin cases are handy, ..."

6. The Anglo-Chinese Cook Book by R. Calder-Marshall, Margaret S. Bryant (1916)
"When ready to eerie turn into the ramequin', made hot in the warming oven or hot water, and serve at once. Рa-a at the game time hot biscuit rolls or ..."

7. Experiences in Spiritualism: a Record of Extraordinary Phenomena Witnessed by Catherine Berry (1876)
"... comprising an orange, an apple, a ramequin, and a glass of wine, the orange and the ramequin, had disappeared when we looked at it a minute afterwards. ..."

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