Continent, and not always used from economical motives, for at Vienna but a few years ago, seven of them were charged the same at an inn as a plate of veal or beef. Natural history. Mollusca - Page 93by Philip Henry Gosse - 1854Full view - About this book
| William Bingley - Animal behavior - 1803 - 624 pages
...economical motives, for at Vienna but a few years ago, seven of them were charged the same at an inn as a plate of veal or beef. The usual modes of preparing them for the table are cither boiling, frying them in butter, or sometimes stuffing them with farse meat : but in what manner... | |
| William Bingley - Animal behavior - 1805 - 622 pages
...economic^ motives ; for at Vienna, but a few years ago, seven of them were charged the same at an inn as a plate of veal or beef. The usual modes of preparing them for the table arc cither boiling, frying them in butter, or sometimes stuffing them with farce-meat : but, in what... | |
| Alexander Jamieson - Natural history - 1821 - 448 pages
...otherwise cooked according to particular palates. Sometimes they are fried in butter, and sometimes stuffed with force-meat; but in what manner soever they are dressed, their sliminess always in a great measure remains. They are generally kept in holes dug in the ground, and are fed on refuse... | |
| Almanacs, English - 1823 - 400 pages
...economical motives; for at Vienna, a short time since, seven of them were charged the same at an inn as a plate of veal or beef. The usual modes of preparing...frying them in butter, or sometimes stuffing them with force meat ; but, in what manner soever they are dressed, their -Ibniness always in a great measure... | |
| William Bingley - 1829 - 380 pages
...any now known; for this writer assures us, that the shells of some of them would hold ten quarts. The Romans kept these animals in what were called Cochlearia,...sliminess always remains. The greatest numbers, and the larger whorl. The aperture is large, somewhat lunate, and has the margin thickened and reflected. The... | |
| John Warren - Mollusks - 1834 - 262 pages
...economical motives; for at Vienna, a short time since, seven of them were charged, at an inn, the same as a plate of veal or beef. The usual modes of preparing them for the table, are by broiling, frying them in butter, or sometimes stuffing them with force-meat; but in what manner soever... | |
| Natural history - 1830 - 596 pages
...them about that season ; and at Vienna, a few years ago, seven of them were charged at an inn the same as a plate of veal or beef. The usual modes of preparing them for the table are, either boiling, frying them in butter, or sometimes stuffing them with farce-meat; but in what manner... | |
| George Johnston - Mollusks - 1850 - 634 pages
...the season of Lent ; and at Vienna, a few years ago, seven of them were charged at an inn the same as a plate of veal or beef. The usual modes of preparing them for the table are, either boiling, frying them in butter, or sometimes stuffing them with farce-meat ; but in what manner... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1852 - 616 pages
...them about that season ; and at Vienna, a few years ago, seven of them were charged at an inn the same as a plate of veal or beef. The usual modes of preparing them for the table are, either boiling, frying them in butter, or sometimes stuffing them with farce-meat ; but in what manner... | |
| William Bingley - Zoology - 1871 - 1056 pages
...until the commencement of warm weather, seldom appearing abroad till about the beginning of April. These Snails are at this day much admired in some...and the finest snails, are brought from Suabia. Dr. Browne, who travelled to Vienna somewhat more than a century ago, remarks, that since the markets were... | |
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