Word: veal
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...Meat ... In Annapolis, Md., members of the Maryland Turkey Producers Association met to talk over ways & means of making the public turkey-conscious, sat down to a lunch of veal cutlets...
...into a "people's restaurant" and promptly had his appetite ruined by an item on the menu called Tournedos a, la Metternich.*Nor was this all. Austria's great conservative statesman, "this symbol of European reaction," was joined on the menu by a symbol of British imperialism-Veal Steak a la Nelson^-and one of Hungary's famous feudal families-Beef Steak Esterhdzy.- There were other dishes whose names had no politically dyspeptic connotations, but which were simply obscurantist, e.g., Filet de Fogas Orly,†† Veau a la Bonne Femme...
...decent proletarian stomach. "Competent quarters should take to heart this piece of advice-a restaurant filled with workers is of more value than a 'bonne femme' in the company of Prince Esterhazy or Prince Metternich." Furthermore, it simply did not make sense "that a dish of veal should have five different names, each of which is priced higher according to its unintelligibility...
...international smart set's Lady Mendl, eightyish, tempted the palates of Vogue readers with her own recipes for some dishes that mother never even thought of making, e.g., Kidneys Ali-Bab ("brown one pound of veal kidneys . . . set aflame with a glass of brandy...
Like the "veal" on another menu, the "Hungarian goulash" around the corner, the prime roasts and shepherd's pies at still other restaurants, the lady's pate had been, a few days earlier, a long-legged foal romping after a chestnut mother not long retired from a dairy cart. Last week it was still illegal in Britain to kill horses under seven years old for food or serve it in restaurants if other meat was available...