pulpatoon

English

Etymology

From French poulpeton, poupeton (a sort of ragout).

Noun

pulpatoon (plural pulpatoons)

  1. (obsolete) A kind of delicate confectionery or cake, perhaps made from the pulp of fruit.
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  2. (obsolete) A meat pie with the crust made of forcemeat.
    • 1739, E. Smith, The Compleat Housewife: or, Accomplish'd Gentlewoman's Companion, 9th ed., page 59:
      To make a Pulpatoon of Pigeons. Take mushrooms, palates, oysters, sweetbreads, and fry them in butter; then put all these into a strong gravy; give them a heat over the fire, and thicken up with an egg and a bit of butter; then roast six or eight Pigeons, and lay them in a crust of forc'd-meat as follows: Scrape a pound of veal, and two pounds of marrow, and beat it together in a stone mortar, after 'tis shred very fine; then season it with salt, pepper, spice, and put in hardeggs, anchovies, and oysters; beat all together, and make the lid and sides of your Pye of it; first lay a thin crust into your pattipan; then put on your forc'd-meat; then lay an exceeding thin crust over them; then put in your Pigeons and other ingredients, with a little butter on the top. Bake it two hours.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for pulpatoon in
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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