| 单词 | ratafia essence |
| 释义 | > as lemmasratafia essence b. More fully ratafia essence. An essence used as a flavouring for food and drink, typically extracted from almonds or the kernels of cherries, apricots, and peaches (cf. sense 1a(a)). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > additive > other flavourings > [noun] saffronc1200 rorraa1500 fetida1588 balachong1699 gammon essence1706 ratafia1727 silphium1753 peppermint1811 Honduras sarsaparilla1818 oil of wintergreen1827 wintergreen oil1827 peppermint oil1850 apple oil1852 almond extract1865 duxelles1877 celery salt1897 gianduja1902 onion salt1925 garlic saltc1938 banoffi1994 1727 E. Smith Compl. Housewife 102 (heading) To make a Ratafia Pudding... When 'tis almost cold put in two ounces of Almonds blanched, and beaten fine. 1758 J. Thacker Art Cookery 17 Mix it with a Quarter of a Pound of Almonds well beat, the Juice of a large Lemon, a little Orange Flower Water, a few Drops of Ratafia, or a Laurel Leaf or two bruis'd. 1783 J. Farley London Art Cookery iii. iii. 308 Blanch, and then beat half a pound of sweet almonds..in fine orange, rose, or ratafia water, to keep the almonds from oiling. 1851 Penny Cycl. Suppl. I. 106/1 This substance..forms..the volatile oil of bitter almonds... It is sold in different degrees of dilution to cooks, confectioners, and others, to flavour cakes and liqueurs, under the name of essence of ratafia. 1872 A. E. Youman Dict. Every-day Wants 297/2 Cherry Jam... It is recommended to crack the cherry stones and put the kernels into the jam, but as this is both tedious and troublesome, a few drops of ratafia or almond essence will be found quite as good. 1907 Yesterday's Shopping (1969) 18/1 Essences, for flavouring..ratafia. 1939 Times 6 Nov. 11/6 Boil for a quarter of an hour, add a flavouring of essence of ratafia and tie up the jam securely in pots. 1998 C. G. Sinclair Internat. Dict. Food & Cooking 445/2 Ratafia essence, an alcoholic extract of the kernels of cherries, peaches, almonds and other stone fruits used as a flavouring. < as lemmas |
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