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" 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 93
by Philip Henry Gosse - 1854
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Animal Biography: Or, Authentic Anecdotes of the Lives, Manners ..., Volume 3

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...
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Amphibious animals

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...
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Universal Science Or the Cabinet of Nature and Art, Comprising ..., Volume 1

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...
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Time's Telescope for ... ; Or, A Complete Guide to the Almanack

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...
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Animal biography, or, Popular zoology, Volume 4

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...
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The Conchologist

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...
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Magazine of Natural History, Volume 3

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...
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An Introduction to Conchology: Or, Elements of the Natural History of ...

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...
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A History of the earth and animated nature v.1, Volume 1

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...
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Natural History: Exhibiting in a Series of Delightful Anecdotes and ...

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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