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Let this broth be thickened with peasemeal or oatmeal, in the proportion of a large table-spoonful to every pint of broth, and stirred over the fire while boiling for twenty-five minutes, by which time the soup will be done.
A Plain Cookery Book for the Working Classes Charles Elm�� Francatelli
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When the hams have been well pickled, as shown in the preceding Number, they must be pressed between boards with heavy stones to render them flat; the hams should remain in press for twenty-four hours; and, at the end of that time, must be well rubbed all over with peasemeal mixed with
A Plain Cookery Book for the Working Classes Charles Elm�� Francatelli
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They put him to the University in Edinburgh, as a preparation for the ministry, and supplied him with ample oatmeal, peasemeal bannocks, and milk.
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University in Edinburgh, as a preparation for the ministry, and supplied him with ample oatmeal, peasemeal bannocks, and milk.
In Flanders Fields and Other Poems John McCrae 1895
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Some one came out, gave him oat-cake or peasemeal bannock, and then wheeled him to the next door; and in this way, going from house to house, he obtained a fair livelihood.
Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville Mary Somerville 1826
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Scant hope theirs or ours to escape life’s high carnage of semperidentity by sub-sisting peasemeal upon variables.
Finnegans Wake 2006
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