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  • noun Plural form of pattypan.

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Examples

  • Then put some light puff paste in pattypans, and drop a little of the mixture into each.

    The Lady's Country Companion: or, How to Enjoy a Country Life Rationally Jane 1845

  • So off Jill went with her chorizo and white beans, off I went with sausages and roman beans, and we both cooked our pattypans and relayed each other the results.

    Don't Pattypan-ic! Annemarie 2009

  • So off Jill went with her chorizo and white beans, off I went with sausages and roman beans, and we both cooked our pattypans and relayed each other the results.

    Archive 2009-08-01 Annemarie 2009

  • In South Africa baby pattypans are a staple at most supermarkets - probably about the size of a plum, and soft-skinned, so you halve them, steam them, and serve them slathered in butter and black pepper.

    Don't Pattypan-ic! Annemarie 2009

  • There are scallops or pattypans, flat and scalloped around the edges; crooknecks and straight necks, with constricted stem ends; elongated vegetable marrows, or zucchinis; acorn squash; and distinctive Middle Eastern and Asian types as well.

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

  • There are scallops or pattypans, flat and scalloped around the edges; crooknecks and straight necks, with constricted stem ends; elongated vegetable marrows, or zucchinis; acorn squash; and distinctive Middle Eastern and Asian types as well.

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

  • Shells may also be made by lining pattypans with the paste; if the paste is light the shells will be fine and may be used for tarts or oyster patties.

    Good Things to Eat as Suggested by Rufus A Collection of Practical Recipes for Preparing Meats, Game, Fowl, Fish, Puddings, Pastries, Etc. Rufus Estes

  • Make some good puff-paste by recipe No. 1205; roll it out to the thickness of about 1/4 inch, and line some good-sized pattypans with it; fill them with mincemeat, cover with the paste, and cut it off all round close to the edge of the tin.

    The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861

  • Line some pattypans with puff-paste, put in the mixture, and bake for 20 minutes, or rather less in a quick oven.

    The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861

  • To re-warm them, put the pies on the pattypans, and let them remain in the oven for 10 minutes or 1/4 hour, and they will be almost as good as if freshly made.

    The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861

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