单词 | membrillo |
释义 | membrillon. In Spain: a thick preserve made of quinces. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > preserve > [noun] > preserve of quinces quinadea1450 cotiniatea1500 chare de quince1508 codiniac1539 quiddany1602 quindiniaca1655 membrillo1920 1911 T. P. Terry Mexico Handbk. (rev. ed.) 456 This region is also renowned for the production of chocolate, quince-wine and a delicious sweet made from the fruit of guava and called guayabate. A similar sweet, made from quince and called membrillate, is shipped to many parts of the Repub.] 1920 A. E. W. Mason Summons viii. 75 I..made money..by selling dulces and membrilla and almond rock. 1935 M. Huxley Let. 4 May in A. Huxley Lett. (1969) 393 Cherries..have been preserved in all ways possible. Bottled, made into jams, made into queso, like membrillo, under alcohol. 1947 M. Lowry Under Volcano vii. 239 There were big green barrels of jerez,..zarzamora, malaga, durazno, membrillo, raw alcohol at a peso a litre. 1966 P. V. Price France: Food & Wine Guide 263 A thick quince jelly, like the Spanish membrillo. 2000 Independent on Sunday 20 Feb. (Review Suppl.) 42/1 To round things off, manchego, the Spanish sheep's cheese served with membrillo, a sweet quince paste. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1920 |
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