aspic

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I managed to frieze the above. gif image in aspic, and then shrink it down to my blog posting size.

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  1. noun A clear jelly typically made of stock and gelatin and used as a glaze or garnish or to make a mold of meat, fish, or vegetables.
  2. noun Archaic An asp.

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  • The French girl Marie came in with the tray—a cutlet in aspic, salad, a drink of iced lemonade, all very nicely served. —  Out of the Past - Patricia Wentworth - Miss Silver 23: 1953
  • Her recipe for tomato aspic is the best that I have ever tasted.
  • To those gastronomes who dine upon caviar and foie gras and toast points and larks 'tongues in aspic, kindly please continue your journey up your own alimentary tract. —  Riverfront Times | Complete Issue
  • Only that it preserves them as if in aspic or a piece of taxidermy. —  Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz
  • Due to their cost, I would use veal knuckles for the making of aspic or savoury jellies, only. —  Irish Blogs
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Etymologies (4)

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  1. French, from aspic, asp (from the resemblance of the jelly's coloration to an asp's); see aspic2.
  2. French, from Old French, alteration of aspe, from Latin aspis; see asp.

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  1. Early modern English aspicke, from French aspic, in huile d'aspic for huile de spic (so first in English, “oil of aspicke”); spic, lavender spike, orig. spikenard: see spike.
  2. F.; perhaps from aspic, an asp (see aspic), with allusion to its coolness, there being a French proverbial saying, “Cold as an aspic” (Littré); or perhaps from the (supposed) custom of flavoring or seasoning this dish with spikes of lavender: see aspic.
 

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