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surf and turf, n. Cookery (orig. U.S.). Brit. |ˈsəːf (ə)n(d) ˈtəːf|, U.S. |ˈsərf ən(d) ˈtərf| Forms: 19– surf and turf, 19– Surf and Turf, 19– Surf & Turf, 19– surf 'n' turf, 19– Surf 'n' Turf, 19– Surf N' Turf [‹ surf n. + and conj.1 + turf n.1] A dish containing both seafood and meat; esp. one combining lobster and steak. Also in extended use.
1967–8Buffalo (N.Y.) Metropolitan Telephone Directory 489/4 (advt.) Michael's Hse of Steaks... Superb steaks—lobster—chicken—surf 'n' turf. 1970Washingtonian Aug. 92/1 (advt.) The menu features..the Surf and Turf, a mouth watering combination of lobster tail and filet mignon. 1974Times 9 Feb. 13 It is not even a particularly good city for steak, though there is already one new place..that offers for {pstlg}2.25 the pointless combination of fillet steak and crawfish tail that in a thousand dim restaurants across the Atlantic goes by the name of ‘surf 'n' turf’. 1989B. A. Mason Love Life 38 In Nashville, he had eaten surf-and-turf, toured the Ryman Auditorium, and met a guy who had once been a sideman for Ernest Tubb. 1990Scuba Times Mar.–Apr. 43/1 They also offer a ‘surf and turf’ package where divers are land-based for half the week and live-aboard-based for the rest of the week. 1996Guardian 13 Apr. (Weekend Suppl.) 39/1 There is a worrying trend among some chefs to partner their scallops with meat in a modern form of surf 'n' turf: I've seen scallops with lamb, with foie gras and with black pudding, but I'm not sure how keen I am to eat them. |