| 单词 | poor knights |
| 释义 | > as lemmasPoor Knights Poor Knights n. (also with lower-case initials) originally British (more fully Poor Knights of Windsor) a type of dessert, typically made using stale bread and milk, and sweetened with sugar, jam, etc.; = pain perdu n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > bread dish > [noun] > sops brewisc1440 pain perdua1450 bread and milk1549 sugar-sops1581 Poor Knights1659 breadberry1715 milk toast1840 sop1845 kettle-broth1880 slinger1882 1659 Compleat Cook 119 To make poor Knights, cut two penny loaves in round slices, dip them in half a pint of Cream, or faire water, then lay them abroad in a dish, and beat three Eggs and grated Nutmegs and Sugar, beat them with the Cream, then melt some Butter in a Frying-pan, and wet the sides of the Toast and lay them on on the wet side, then poure in the rest upon them, and so fry them, serve them in with Rosewater, Sugar and Butter. 1723 J. Nott Cook's & Confectioner's Dict. sig. Cc4 To make poor knights. Cut..Loaves into round Slices,..dip them in..Cream..beat up..Eggs..melt Butter..wet sides of the Toasts,..fry them. 1883 Sat. Evening Post 9 June 16/3 One of the most satisfactory ways I know of using pieces of bread is to convert them into poor knights. 1959 Newark (Ohio) Advocate & Amer. Tribune 5 Feb. 20/4 Poor Knights of Windsor is a quaint old British custom... Serve hot..dusted with cinnamon and sugar. 1964 Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 29 Oct. 12/3 For a very quick and very pleasant sweet, I suggest Poor Knights. For four servings you will need four slices of bread a couple of days old. 2003 T. Norrington-Davies Just like Mother used to Make (2004) xii. 182 Stale bread desserts..can be rich, sweet and stodgy like Poor Knights of Windsor. < as lemmas |
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