| 单词 | curds and cream |
| 释义 | > as lemmascurds and cream curds and cream n. (a dish of) milk curds in cream; (in later use spec.) a rich cold dessert made with sweetened milk curds, flavoured with nutmeg and served with cream; cf. junket n. 2; now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > milk and cream dishes > [noun] > curd dishes curds and creamc1390 junketa1475 skyr1818 pinjane1887 ras malai1957 c1390 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Vernon) (1867) A. vii. l. 269 I haue no peny..bote twey grene cheeses, And a fewe Cruddes and Craym, and a þerf Cake. 1597 R. Tofte Laura i. Concl. sig. B8 I cannot (as I would) giue curds and creame, But milke and whey, my fortune is so meane. a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 161 Good sooth she is The Queene of Curds and Creame . View more context for this quotation 1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Baucis & Philemon in Fables 159 Then Curds and Cream, the Flow'r of Country-Fare, And new-laid Eggs, which Baucis busie Care Turn'd by a gentle Fire, and roasted rear. All these in Earthen Ware were serv'd to Board. 1856 J. W. Carlyle Lett. II. 294 I have an engagement to Betty, who will have curds and cream waiting for me. 1953 M. Irwin Elizabeth & Prince of Spain xiv. 156 Never did any banquet taste as good as the curds and cream in earthenware bowls, the sticky buns hot from the oven. < as lemmas |
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