Word: veal
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...Sweeney Todd, barber, gnawed by the weevil of avarice, has long had the vile habit of dropping his rich customers through the floor, chair and all, to a subterranean death chamber; there slitting their throats, robbing them, erasing all traces of crime by transforming the corpses into "veal" pies, succulent, rich in gravy, spiced with hairs and buttons. Such is the mariner's fate−until the last scene where he unexpectedly returns, all in one piece, in time to witness the confounding of his malefactor by three of the latter's former apprentices...
...years hence, when the present requirements in foreign languages begin to bear fruit, the usual breakfast dish will be "oeuf cocotte a la creme--coquettish eggs", as Mr. Britten reports it. Chicken hash will appear incognito as "hachis de voloille aux haricots verts" while a rib of veal will adopt the ambiguous disquise of "cootie de veaux," one of the "noisette" dishes. French, apparently, is the language of gastronomy, and there may yet appear in the catalogue of the French department "Gastronomy 5", the Appreciation of Menus...
...long and urbane career as a gourmet he has kept health, youth and figure without needing either exercises or doctors. This is a delightful book?suave, discursive, affable, entertaining ? with recipes for such pleasant-sounding dishes as "Uncle Edward's Curry," "Marrow on Toast,'' "Dutch Cordial," "Veal Cutlet a la Charlie Sadler" inserted now and then like plums in a pudding. The only trouble with it is it makes one so hungry...
...Veal for the Joneses...
...statute, as amended, authorized the legislative body of any town or city to grant tax exemption until January 1,1932, to the owners of all buildings used for dwelling purposes which were completed after April 1, 1920, or commenced before April 1. 1923, and completed within two veal's thereafter. Thus, unless all counties or cities availed themselves of the privilege granted by the law, it might have a local application. But ordinarily for a bill to be considered a local or private bill it must be limited to a particular locality, individual or thing. As tax exemption might...