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  • For the main dishes, the sautéed veal's liver was immediately crossed out, leaving the roasted cannelet.

    Wadja Etienne 2006

  • For the main dishes, the sautéed veal's liver was immediately crossed out, leaving the roasted cannelet.

    Archive 2006-04-01 Etienne 2006

  • The veal's richness played up the acidity of this Vietti an acidity that too many of today's more modern Barolos lack.

    Cru 894 actuzillian stars 2006

  • After geese have got tough, 'n' turkeys have got strong, 'n' lamb's got old, 'n' veal's pretty nigh beef, 'n' sparragrass's growin 'tall' n 'slim' n 'scattery about the head,' n 'green peas gettin' so big 'n' hard they'd be dangerous if you fired 'em out of a revolver, we get hold of all them delicacies of the season.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859 Various

  • Now don't you get tearful over Joe, you can't call him no prodigal; his veal's tough old beef by this time!

    The Just and the Unjust Vaughan Kester 1890

  • After geese have got tough, 'n' turkeys have got strong, 'n' lamb's got old, 'n' veal's pretty nigh beef, 'n' sparragrass 's growin 'tall' n 'slim' n 'scattery about the head,' n 'green peas are gettin' so big 'n' hard they'd be dangerous if you fired 'em out of a revolver, we get hold of all them delicacies of the season.

    The Professor at the Breakfast-Table Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851

  • After geese have got tough, 'n' turkeys have got strong, 'n' lamb's got old, 'n' veal's pretty nigh beef, 'n' sparragrass 's growin 'tall' n 'slim' n 'scattery about the head,' n 'green peas are gettin' so big 'n' hard they'd be dangerous if you fired 'em out of a revolver, we get hold of all them delicacies of the season.

    Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851

  • We had our choice of beef and veal, and we chose of course veal's elder brother: but the report of the dormitory was not so satisfactory.

    Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary, Visited in 1837. Vol. II 1842

  • Times may be tough, but are they tough enough to tempt you with roasted veal's head?

    unknown title 2009

  • You can thank the great food writer MFK Fisher for the veal's head idea.

    unknown title 2009

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