| 单词 | uneatable |
| 例句 | Sometimes on Sundays we bought a dime’s worth of beef which usually turned out to be uneatable. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z In a 1946 debate he spoke against a motion that declared, “Hunting is the pursuit of the uneatable by the unspeakable.” Books of The Times: Adam Sisman?s ?Honourable Englishman,? on Hugh Trevor-Roper 2011-12-06T21:46:10Z The place in Tribeca is shockingly bad, the food uneatable actually. Sky-High Prices? Bad Reviews? No Matter: Mr. Chow Powers On 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z For years, many of them, along with their lawyers and families, have complained — to no avail — about horrific conditions, such as nonfunctioning toilets and sinks, solitary confinement, uneatable meals, and inability to meet with counsel. Opinion | Why was no one listening to complaints about D.C. jail conditions until Jan. 6 defendants raised the alarm? 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z He likened it to Oscar Wilde’s definition of fox hunting, calling it “the pursuit of the uneatable by the unspeakable.” Buffett bashes bitcoin as nonproductive, thriving on mystique 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z In the end, I have a rich sauce with a flavour rather close to the farmyard, but not uneatable. Man v machine: can computers cook, write and paint better than us? 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z Watching the two of them try to converse on One America News Network was like Oscar Wilde’s famous quip about fox-hunting — “the unspeakable in pursuit of the uneatable.” Sarah Palin and Donald Trump ask other people to ‘Speak American.’ I knew what they were speaking was not English. 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z The Tibetans do not use it for food, as sugar—without which it would be uneatable—is scarce and expensive in the country. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z The wild boars there were found to be almost uneatable; but the sows were good eating. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z Although bear’s meat is perfectly wholesome and far from uneatable, the same fact has very frequently been noticed in regard to the poisonous qualities of the liver, at least at certain seasons. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z Sometimes these confections did not turn out quite right; but Dorothy was not discouraged, and cheerfully threw away the uneatable messes, and tried the same difficult recipes again, until she had conquered them. The Dorrance Domain 2012-03-10T03:00:14.767Z When good, it has something of the flavour of a ripe apricot, but the generality of mangos are so strongly impregnated with turpentine, that it is almost uneatable. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:13.500Z "The unspeakable pursuing the uneatable," said Wilde savagely of the English squire pursuing the fox; and thereby proved his utter un-Englishness. England 2012-02-09T03:00:12.957Z Much would be forgiven for one definition alone, that of the foxhunter—"the unspeakable in pursuit of the uneatable." Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z Breakfast was late, and for the most part uneatable, the excitement of the household having communicated itself to the kitchen-range. Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-11-24T03:00:44.527Z Here all sea-birds are skinned before being cooked, otherwise our ducks, divers, and looms would be uneatably fishy. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z Even cherries quickly become uneatable, breeding worms within them as soon as ripe. Four Years in France or, Narrative of an English Family's Residence there during that Period; Preceded by some Account of the Conversion of the Author to the Catholic Faith 2011-09-09T02:00:59.237Z We merely shot it because it injured the maize, for its flesh is uneatable. The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier 2011-08-17T02:00:27.330Z To him is welcome everything that comes from the waters, be it trout, bass, perch, bullhead, or sunfish, and he hath pride even in the abominable but toothsome eel and the uneatable bowfin. In New England Fields and Woods 2011-07-27T02:00:26.953Z The flour which had been bought in Rangoon was already almost uneatable—full of vermin of various kinds, and of a dirty grey colour. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z The stew, if it could be called that, was lukewarm and so rancid as to be almost uneatable. Bill Bolton?Flying Midshipman 2011-04-14T02:00:39.800Z After cleaning up his utensils in orthodox fashion "forty-nine" went to his box and produced a lump of uneatable, half cured bacon fat, left from his breakfast. The Way of the Strong 2011-04-07T02:00:21.387Z Nothing is more disagreeable than a piece of fish half raw at the bone; it is uneatable. A Course of Lectures on the Principles of Domestic Economy and Cookery 2011-03-15T02:00:12.260Z As Maseden was not quite sure of his facts, he compromised as to a quarter of the supply, with the result that this smaller quantity was rendered uneatable. His Unknown Wife 2011-01-27T03:00:38.763Z The roast was burnt; the potatoes, instead, were raw; the cauliflower was uneatable, and salt had been put in the pudding instead of sugar. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z Do not make a farce of thanking God for a dinner which in a few minutes you will pronounce uneatable.” The Century Cook Book 2011-01-04T03:01:10.367Z Soon the scanty meat she would yield would become uneatable and they were lost beyond saving. The Great Mogul The English country gentleman galloping along after a fox—the unspeakable in pursuit of the uneatable. Miscellaneous Aphorisms; The Soul of Man You know your food will be quite cold and uneatable.' The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen The cheese had been sent away as uneatable, and the Courier had followed it, cursing manfully, if I might pronounce from the odour wafted to my own chamber, not unreasonably. Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. Volume I (of II) Even Tucker, who, under Mrs. Falkener's tuition, had intended to find the food uneatable, was obliged to confess its merits. Come Out of the Kitchen! A Romance In short, it is uneatable, except by drunkards, who want something to stimulate their sickly appetite. Cottage Economy To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend At any rate, he preferred Portree to residence further inland, where he said even the very eggs were uneatable, so strongly did they taste of peat. The Cruise of the Elena or Yachting in the Hebrides The pulpy biscuit was well-nigh uneatable, and black with tobacco dust. The Triumph of Hilary Blachland The old cormorant looks nearly as big as a goose, but is really much smaller; its flesh is quite uneatable. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" We used to depend upon the eggs for supper; for the cheese was uneatable, the brawn suspicious, and the sausage like boiled linoleum. On the right of the British line Breakfast was uneatable; her journey to work was a dream. Coquette A white, light, sweet, and agreeable article of human consumption bears, I apprehend, extremely small affinity to a dark, heavy, tart, and uneatable female. Records of Later Life Miss Bird, an authoress with whom I profess myself in love, declares all the viands of Japan to be uneatable—a staggering pretension. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume 9 The brown bread, arranged in thin slices on a white crochet mat in a japanned dish, felt so damp and was so full of caraway seeds that it was uneatable. The Benefactress Any attempt to fry cold meat without either results in a hard, stringy, uneatable dish. Culture and Cooking Art in the Kitchen The bacon was uneatable, and had to be thrown away: the flour was musty, and the saleratus was lost overboard. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 26, October, 1880 If these are not done very delicately clean and dry, they are uneatable. The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual But the fact is that he pushed his plate away with an exclamation of disgust and a feeling that everything was bad and uneatable. The Marriage of Elinor “Tell your cook she shall go if she sends up such uneatable stuff again, Ursula,” her father cried from the other end of the table. Phoebe, Junior But in nine cases out of ten the restaurant fails you, sends uneatable food, is absurdly unpunctual or says plainly it can't be bothered. Home Life in Germany It is the seeds that are eaten when young and pulpy; but if allowed to ripen, they become quite hard and blue-coloured, and are then insipid and uneatable. The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains Now that cannot be said to have been uneatable which has been eaten; and as this apple-pie has been eaten, it was eatable. A Book About Lawyers This was all in accord with the Book of Daniel, and the jam that was uneatable because it was not dear enough. Waiting for Daylight This was a good thing for us, the camp authorities often providing for a meal only some raw fish and garlic or uneatable gherkins and dry black bread! 'Brother Bosch', an Airman's Escape from Germany Apples and pears are for the most part uneatable. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests The chops were served to us the next morning charred black, uneatable. A Sheaf of Corn And the food got so uneatable that I lived on crackers for the last fortnight. Virginia As a part of the uneatable diet we were given, numerous complaints were made. In the Flash Ranging Service Observations of an American Soldier During His Service With the A.E.F. in France But the food was uneatable, of course; Mrs. Ogilvie could never get a thing to eat that she liked. Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir We were often compelled to go without food throughout the twenty-four hours, and sometimes for thirty-six, our frozen provisions being uneatable uncooked. From Paris to New York by Land It grows sometimes to a vast size, to the size almost of a shark; but when the cod is so big its flesh is always rank and uneatable by Europeans. Peeps At Many Lands: Australia The others fairly swooped into theirs, entirely regardless of anything so uneatable as neighbors. Black Oxen There were numbers of flies, however, buzzing around, and in a very few hours it would have been uneatable. The Young Berringtons The Boy Explorers The flesh of the goat contains hircic acid, which renders it almost uneatable, but this substance is either altogether absent from, or present but in minute proportion in, the well-flavored meat of the kid. The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock Then she went all over it, and satisfied herself that it was much like her own, only the food-dish was filled with some uneatable black stuff, instead of the vegetarian food she preferred. In Nesting Time Its flesh is uneatable except by an aboriginal or a victim to famine. Peeps At Many Lands: Australia The rancid butter, the coarse bread, the almost uneatable bacon, the tough meat, tried him sorely. All for a Scrap of Paper A Romance of the Present War They received a loaf of bread every five days, which was as hard as leather and almost uneatable. The Stars and Stripes The American Soldiers' Newspaper of World War I, 1918-1919 It expanded and shut up quickly, but ended by becoming prodigious and absolutely uneatable. Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life They have no objection, indeed, to much we should deem uneatable. Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 The food is dry and uneatable; but the base of the flower stalk is eaten by the natives. Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture After it has been sat upon for some time, it is covered with a thick layer of birds' dung, and in this way the hunters are accustomed to distinguish uneatable eggs from fresh. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II He fed himself on uneatable things, they brought him a calf's head forgotten in a tub, some cutlets that were high, vegetables blackened with gravy from the stove. En Route Next came veal, equally uneatable, and then a surprise in the shape of Rhine salmon; after which followed chicken, salad, and compôte. A War-time Journal, Germany 1914 and German Travel Notes He was a great wonder to the elephant, who could never understand why his pockets were full of all sorts of uneatable things. Adventures in Many Lands The portions I had smoked and dried, at the end of that time became almost uneatable, and I saw that I must succeed in killing another animal, or that we should starve. In the Wilds of Africa By the beginning of July most of the eggs are uneatable. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II The wild plants, which yielded nought but acrid berries, or uneatable roots, have been transformed by generations of culture into succulent vegetables or trees covered with delicious fruits. The Conquest of Bread As the victim was a dog, an uneatable one, it is possible that the ritual was not quite the usual one. The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus The core itself, which is about the size and shape of the handle of a knife, is uneatable. The Cannibal Islands Captain Cook's Adventure in the South Seas Though he knew very well that he could obtain salt, yet the flesh of the deer would have become uneatable long before he could get a sufficient quantity. The Rival Crusoes In particular, the flesh of the female while hatching is almost uneatable. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II Whether your innocence is proved or not, the pig-joint will in the meanwhile become uneatable, and won't come into your stomachs. Debts of Honor Ripening blackberries even now loaded the bramble bushes, but the foul noxiousness of gas shells had made them uneatable. Pushed and the Return Push At the same identical moment the crocodile shut his jaws with a snap, as if he had an intuitive perception that something uneatable was coming. The Red Eric He worked very hard, as he was aware that the flesh would very rapidly become uneatable. The Rival Crusoes That is a handsomer ornament of a dinner-table than clusters of nosegays, and all sorts of uneatable decorations. Gryll Grange Food, however, began to grow scarce; the fresh meat and fowls had become uneatable, and much anxiety was felt as to the means of obtaining more provisions. The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley Some were consigned to the maw of the voracious shark, though others, which were only slightly tainted, were kept until the continued heat rendered them uneatable. The Three Admirals “Suppose they are nearly hatched,” I said; “I am afraid they would be uneatable!” In the Eastern Seas The great drawback to a traveller in a hot country is the impossibility of preserving fresh meat, which exposed to the sun quickly becomes uneatable. Adventures in Australia A dinner, prepared from a New Art of Cookery, concocted under their auspices, would be more comical and more uneatable than the Roman dinner in Peregrine Pickle. Gryll Grange The biscuit in a long voyage becomes uneatable, and flower will not keep. Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808 Everything that is eatable, and many things apparently uneatable, are devoured by them. By Canoe and Dog-Train Our next business was to go to breakfast, but our bread was by this time so completely destroyed as to be quite uneatable. The Log of a Privateersman But the flour was so bad as to be uneatable. Round About a Great Estate Fortunately we obtained chains at railhead, and as these were uneatable they turned their attention to the horse-blankets and ate them! With Our Army in Palestine The nature of the resultant object is indeterminate, but uneatable. Le Petit Nord or, Annals of a Labrador Harbour Often enough the casks were filled with lumps of bone and fat which were quite uneatable, and often the meat was so lean, old, dry and shrivelled that it was valueless as food. On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. The last scrap of bread was finished next day, and the two potatoes picked up in the yard proved uneatable without the softening influence of fire, so there was nothing for it but Mrs. Morgan's. The Making of Mary We are not being at all clever with our rations just now, and manage to have indescribably nasty and uneatable meals! Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915 Their brandy was now exhausted, and some ship's biscuits in the boatswain's pocket were sodden and uneatable. Swirling Waters I don't think any man's hospitality would have ranked him permanently on Naapu if his dinners had been uneatable. The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story The stations are filthy, and the food is quite uneatable. My War Experiences in Two Continents The, beef was perfectly uneatable, as being entirely gone--but the other dishes were good and well served. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three The lamb is uneatable, the potatoes are waxy, and the peas like pills. The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood Everybody became abominably verminous, and though the food was good enough in its way the cooks were overwhelmed, and it was often uneatable. On the King's Service Inward Glimpses of Men at Arms The fruit which remained from our store was now rendered uneatable by reason of the salt water, in which it washed from side to side as the boat tossed and buffeted upon her way. Adventures in Southern Seas A Tale of the Sixteenth Century One morning at breakfast, the porridge served had evidently made more than a nodding acquaintance with some kerosene, and was consequently quite uneatable. Five Months on a German Raider Being the Adventures of an Englishman Captured by the 'Wolf' On coming to my first bit of bread to-day I found it uneatable. Ladysmith The Diary of a Siege All other meat falls under the class of what is obtained by useless slaughter, and is, therefore, uneatable, and leads to Hell and infamy. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 Their fur is of little value, and their flesh uneatable. Twenty-Seven Years in Canada West The Experience of an Early Settler (Volume I) At first, before the guests ate, a dirty table in the kitchen was hastily strewn with uneatable scraps. Darkwater Voices from Within the Veil I can't get Henri to buy his supplies for the kitchen here, under any circumstances—he shrugs his French shoulders, gives me two uneatable meals, and orders from New York as usual. Phyllis The bread rations are cut down again to half, after a few days' rise; though, indeed, they can hardly be called bread rations, for the maize bread was so uneatable that none is made now. Ladysmith The Diary of a Siege The meals themselves served in the restaurant—the dreadful restaurant—seem cheap, but they ought to be cheaper, for they're almost uneatable. Winnie Childs The Shop Girl I can only designate it as the place where Mary Quince and I had our tea, very comfortably, and bought some gingerbread, very curious to look upon, but quite uneatable. Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh Fresh beef, mutton, and butter are hardly procurable, and the latter, when preserved, is uneatable. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months Not that we were not hungry, and not that the bread was uneatable. The Road Unless the mixture was fairly moist before it was put into the pie-dish, it would dry up in the oven and become uneatable. Cassell's Vegetarian Cookery A Manual of Cheap and Wholesome Diet These uneatable insects are probably more numerous than is supposed, although we already know immense numbers that are so protected. Darwinism (1889) All food left over after the stew or otherwise rendered uneatable by the cook is thrown away. Mr. Britling Sees It Through While she pretended to eat this uneatable usurper of her dainty breakfasts, Mrs. De Peyster glanced furtively at the company. No. 13 Washington Square Possibly his uneatable character and his fancied resemblance to the pigeon saves him from being knocked in the head. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life As an instance we may mention green gooseberries and hard greengages, which, though quite uneatable in their natural state, yet make delicious fruit pies or dishes of stewed fruit. Cassell's Vegetarian Cookery A Manual of Cheap and Wholesome Diet This immunity may depend on its being uneatable, or dangerous, or merely strong; and it is the resemblance to such creatures for the purpose of sharing in their safety that constitutes mimicry. Darwinism (1889) I then send for pomegranates, which turn out to be of a sour, uneatable variety; but worse than all is the dreary consciousness of being hopelessly imprisoned for an uncertain period. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama I have gathered branches a foot in length, closely covered with the beautiful looking fruit, and have regretted that it was so insipid in its flavour as to make it uneatable. The Backwoods of Canada Being Letters From The Wife of an Emigrant Officer, Illustrative of the Domestic Economy of British America The canned beef proved practically uneatable, as we knew would be the case. The Rough Riders I may here remark that, in New Britain, precisely the same species of pigeon is very often quite uneatable through feeding upon Chili berries, which in that island grow in profusion. By Rock and Pool on an Austral Shore, and Other Stories The Coccinellidae or lady-birds are another uneatable group, and their conspicuous and singularly spotted bodies serve to distinguish them at a glance from all other beetles. Darwinism (1889) Chestnuts are so frequently sent to table uneatable, that we will give the French receipt for them. The Jewish Manual Practical Information in Jewish and Modern Cookery with a Collection of Valuable Recipes & Hints Relating to the Toilette It was a feast, Mate—the most picturesque, uneatable feast I ever sat on my doubly honorable feet to consume. The Lady and Sada San A Sequel to the Lady of the Decoration Darkness coming on meanwhile, some unprincipled, ungallant thief stole it, and only bits of offal and almost uneatable pieces were left to sustain their lives. Death Valley in '49 We cannot make trees bow at our pleasure; but we can make a tree, which by nature bears sour and uneatable fruit, produce what is sweet and wholesome. The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island They derive mutual benefit from becoming, in appearance, one species, from which a certain toll is taken annually to teach the young insectivorous birds that they are uneatable. Darwinism (1889) These people literally dig their bread out of earth and stone and ant-heaps, scrape it off the trees, distill it out of uneatable fruit. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 07 — Fiction The nearest approach to meat there was eggs, excepting, of course, the fat bacon—quite uneatable in the English fashion—which is the basis of all the soup made throughout a great part of France. Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine When in this state the meat is, of course, quite uneatable; but the Gauchos assert, that if buried for some time in fresh earth, the taint is removed. The Voyage of the Beagle The fibrous covering had reminded him of the description he had read of the nests of certain birds; but, on breaking the shell, we found it was indeed a cocoa-nut, but quite decayed and uneatable. The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island Provisions near it become uneatable, and clothes saturated with it will retain the smell for several weeks, even though they are repeatedly washed and dried. Darwinism (1889) The English country gentleman galloping after a fox - the unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable. A Woman of No Importance To-day I found part of a leg of beef hanging in the wagon shed, and we were elated with the prospect of fresh meat, but on cutting into it we found it green and uneatable. A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains Art deals with what we see, it must first contribute full-handed that ingredient; it plucks its material, otherwise expressed, in the garden of life—which material elsewhere grown is stale and uneatable. The Ambassadors Miss Bird, an authoress with whom I profess myself in love, declares all the viands of Japan to be uneatable—a staggering pretension. Memories and Portraits The Pieridae would, however, usually be less numerous, because their larvae are often protectively coloured and therefore edible, while the larvae of the Heliconidae are adorned with warning colours, spines, or tubercles, and are uneatable. Darwinism (1889) William, picking at his dinner—as only a hungry man can pick at a dinner that is uneatable—watched Billy with a puzzled, uneasy frown. Miss Billy — Married The boys, fresh from the wholesome and abundant food furnished by Uncle Sam, found it absolutely uneatable, and gave away their portions to some of the other prisoners, who appeared glad to get it. Army Boys in the French Trenches Or, Hand to Hand Fighting with the Enemy Either the wine or the rennet will be found good for turning milk; but do not put in both together, or the curd will become so hard and tough, as to be uneatable. Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches When he sat down to eat, his feast turned to treasure uneatable. Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew Besides these three families of butterflies, there are certain groups of the great genus Papilio—the true swallow-tailed butterflies—which have all the characteristics of uneatable insects. Darwinism (1889) If we had found the food on Venus uneatable, we should indeed have been in a fine fix. A Columbus of Space The breakfast was smoked but not uneatable and the strong coffee raised even Mrs. Groome's wavering spirits. The Sisters-In-Law Before cooking soak them all night in salt and water, to draw out whatever fishy or sedgy taste they may happen to have, and which may otherwise render them uneatable. Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches What if the bread be uneatable, the coffee undrinkable, and the tobacco unsmokable? The Subterranean Brotherhood The loaf was as heavy as lead, and uneatable. Three Years in Tristan da Cunha And when she had taken a great deal of trouble she would have the mortification of hearing him declare that her cooking was uneatable. Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House That, from the best evidence the subject could admit of, the general allowance of the prisoners did not exceed four ounces of meat a day, and that often so damaged as to be uneatable. American Prisoners of the Revolution An old goose is so tough as to be frequently uneatable. Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches The fact remains that the cuisine was, to any but a starving man, uneatable, the bedroom which madame was kind enough to assign to me, pitch dark and stuffy as a dog-kennel. A Ride to India across Persia and Baluchistán Cooking his own lentils in the field, he throws salt twice into the pot and makes them uneatable. Character Writings of the 17th Century But, notwithstanding Frank's complimentary impulses, the dessert proved uneatable, and had to be replaced with crackers and cheese and fruit and bonbons. Patty at Home The beavers had ceased to be mere water animals, uneatable and with an odor that displeased him. Kazan Cakes are frequently rendered hard, heavy, and uneatable by a misplaced economy in eggs and butter; or tasteless and insipid for want of their due seasoning of spice, lemon, &c. Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches We felt much better, too, when we were reminded that all the pilgrims, coming to feast their eyes, never get a taste of the luscious fruit, the Japanese cherries being uneatable. The Log of the Empire State We had been warned that many of the reef fish were uneatable, and that the yellow ones were actively poisonous. Here, There and Everywhere He is very abundant in the damp woods, and I was convinced he was uneatable so soon as I made his acquaintance and saw the happy sense of security with which he hopped about. The Naturalist in Nicaragua The vegetables, when we get any, are uneatable, and there is never any fruit. The Solitary Summer At the station they got some very bad tea and almost uneatable food,—but Marie's restrained excitement was so great that food was almost unnecessary to her. The Way We Live Now The dinner she served up this evening was all but uneatable. The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel Do not plant cucumbers, squash, or pumpkins too near each other, as they will often inter-impregnate and produce uneatable hybrids. Three Acres and Liberty He left her again after dinner which was horrible likewise—burned up steak, messy fried potatoes and cabbage, an uneatable rice pudding. Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life Not without difficulty, we split open the nut, but, to our disgust, found the kernel dry and uneatable. Swiss Family Robinson The flesh was strong of musk, and uneatable. The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile Its stomach, burned by pungent spices, will find the Crucifera insipid and uneatable, though its piquancy is enhanced by essence of sulphur. More Hunting Wasps Demi tore downstairs, and returned with the cream, also a puckered-up face, for he had tasted it on his way, and found it so sour that he predicted the cakes would be uneatable. Little Men The flesh has an unpleasant odour of musk combined with wet hides—a smell called by the Brazilians catinga; it is, therefore, uneatable. The Naturalist on the River Amazons There are several varieties of wild spinach, and a plant that makes a good salad, known by the Arabs as 'Regly;' also wild onions as large as a man's fist, but uneatable. The Nile tributaries of Abyssinia, and the sword hunters of the Hamran arabs To my taste it is perfectly uneatable, unless fried in thin slices with butter; it is even then a bad imitation of fried potatoes. Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon Beds had gone up in the lodging-houses to thirty-five cents a night, and the food in the cheap restaurants was almost uneatable. The Breaking Point Of these, the musk-rat is a terrible plague, as he perfumes everything that he passes over, rendering fruit, cake, bread, etc., perfectly uneatable, and even flavoring bottled wine by running over the bottles. Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon |
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