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n. a dish of eels, cooked and then allowed to cool in their own juices
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Jellied eels are a traditional English dish that originated in the 18th century, primarily in the East End of London. The dish consists of chopped eels boiled in a spiced stock that is allowed to cool and set, forming a jelly. It is eaten cold.
Usage examples of "jellied eels".
In the Plaza of Broken Moons, once the boutique of mysterious pleasures from whose flare-lit and curtain-hung stalls the late-night reveller could obtain anything from a plate of jellied eels to the venereal disease of his choice, the mists coiled and dripped into chilly emptiness.
Dominica Nosette, whose name, face, and body seemed quintessentially French, yet who was as staidly British as kippers and jellied eels, was chattering away with her partner Guy Pendergast.
Champagne, caviar, smoked salmon, jellied eels for those that liked them, cucumber sandwiches, trifle.
The crude writing across the window of a pie and mash restaurant proclaims that jellied eels are being served.
His cockney accent was as rich and thick as a bowl of jellied eels.