fricassee

Meat or poultry cut into small pieces, stewed or fried and served in its own gravy.

I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed, is, at a year old, a most delicious nourishing and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricasee, or a ragoust.

To cook meat or poultry in this manner.

Just now I'm waiting for Tony Goodwin [the publisher] to arrive, casseroling a rabbit, fricasseeing it actually, listening to Revolver on the record player and the gale stripping the olive trees outside, and answering my correspondence, when […]