2. Verb. (third-person singular of smelt) ¹
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Definition of Smelts
1. smelt [v] - See also: smelt
Lexicographical Neighbors of Smelts
Literary usage of Smelts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Boston Cooking-school Cook Book by Fannie Merritt Farmer (1896)
"Various ways of skewering smelts. smelts are fried without being skewered, ...
Fried Stuffed smelts. * smelts are stuffed as for Baked Stuffed smelts, ..."
2. Mrs. Putnam's Receipt Book: And Young Housekeeper's Assistant by Elizabeth H. Putnam (1869)
"Skin them all but the heads; prepare them the same as smelts. They require a
longer time to fry than smelts, being larger and thicker. ..."
3. European and American Cuisine by Mrs. Gesine Knubel Lemcke, Gesine Lemcke (1914)
"smelts. In season from the middle of August to the middle of April. smelts fried
in Pork.—Clean, wash, and wipe dry Iy, pound smelts, remove the heads; ..."
4. Mrs. Putnam's Receipt Book: And Young Housekeeper's Assistant by E. Putnam (1867)
"FRIED smelts. Split them just far enough to clean them; lay them in salt and
water, and let them remain an hour; then wash them clean, and wipe them dry; ..."
5. The Invalid's Own Book: A Collection of Recipes from Various Books and by Mary Anne Boode Cust (1853)
"Take a few large smelts, throw them into a stew-pan with a pinch of sugar, and
the same of salt, with a little parsley-root or parsley. ..."
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