Maconochie

Now and again one came across a treasure in the form of a stray tin of a Canadian brand, or of "Maconochie" (a very substantial and nourishing stew), but looked in vain for the well-known Australian and New Zealand products.

The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula Herbert Brayley Collett 1912

Sometimes the meat-ration is a "Maconochie," which is a tin of preserved meat and vegetables of a very juicy and fatty nature, most fascinating when you first know it, but apt to grow tinny and chemical to the palate.

In the Ranks of the C.I.V. Erskine Childers 1896

"bully and biscuits" and, occasionally, a can of "Maconochie," a ration of prepared meat and vegetables, which is excellent when served hot but not very palatable when eaten cold.

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There was so little space that Emily, Jessup and Mr. Maconochie had to take turns to peek inside, and even Harold had to stand squeezed at the back while Chuck, morose and silent in his Mean Man T-shirt, sat at the ROV remote controls that only he could fully understand.

The Boggart and The Monster Susan Cooper 2001

Then the grin faded, and he looked slowly around at the four of them, Emily, Jessup, Mr. Maconochie and his own son Tommy.

The Boggart and The Monster Susan Cooper 2001

Jessup whooped, flung open the door, and dived in, and Mr. Maconochie followed.

The Boggart and The Monster Susan Cooper 2001

“That would be very kind,” Mr. Maconochie said, picking up his box of heather pots.

The Boggart and The Monster Susan Cooper 2001

But Mr. Maconochie was hurrying, she found, only because he wanted to be sure they had a place at the campground halfway down Loch Ness.

The Boggart and The Monster Susan Cooper 2001

Mr. Maconochie waved his pipe stem at them like a pointer.

The Boggart and The Monster Susan Cooper 2001