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subgum, n. Cookery.|ˈsʌbgʌm|
Also sub gum, subgumm, sup gum.
[ad. Cantonese sahp gám mixture.]
A dish consisting of a mixture of vegetables, such as water chestnuts, broccoli, mushrooms, beansprouts, etc., and sometimes also including meat or sea food.
1911J. N. Nolton Chinese Cookery 131 (heading) Sub gum chop sooy (chop sooy with chicken). 1924H. Long Chinese Chop Suey Cook Bk. 48 (heading) Subgum chicken chow mein. 1930N. C. Wong Chinese Dishes for Foreign Homes (rev. ed.) 60 Subgumm Salad... Mix watercress and bean sprouts in subgumm salad dressing. 1952D. Yen Hung Feng Joy of Chinese Cooking xii. 209 (heading) Sup Gum (Jaai Choy) vegetarian dish. 1965H. Burke Chinese Cooking for Pleasure 94/1 (heading) Sub Gum Ngow Yuk. Fillet steak with mixed vegetables. 1978Verbatim Sept. 3/2 The Jews eat subgum, the Chinese eat bagels, the Russians eat spaghetti, and the Italians drink vodka. 1982N. Y. Times 5 Dec. xi. 45/1 Wonton soup and subgum wonton soup—in the latter, vegetables, chicken, shrimp, and red cooked pork are added—were marked by both excellent broth and tender wontons. 1989Newsday (Nassau & Suffolk ed.) 21 Apr. iii. 31/3 A waitress was quick to come to the rescue when one of our party asked for sub gum, which was not on the menu and wasn't initially recognized. |