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Definition of Syllabub
1. Noun. Spiced hot milk with rum or wine.
2. Noun. Sweetened cream beaten with wine or liquor.
Definition of Syllabub
1. n. Same as Syllabub.
Definition of Syllabub
1. Noun. A drink dating back to the 16th century in various forms, comprising 1 part sherry to 3 parts milk, with nutmeg and optionally brandy. Served topped with clotted cream and sugar, and sprinkled with cinnamon or more nutmeg. (Reference: ''Australian Colonial Cookery'', Richard Daunton-Fear and Penelope Vigar, Rigby, 1977, ISBN 0-7270-0189-6, page 59.) ¹
2. Noun. A 19th century dessert derived from the drink, comprising a wineglass of sherry, 1/2 pint of cream, 4 ounces of sugar, grated lemon rind, and sometimes gelatine to set firm. (Reference: ditto ''Australian Colonial Cookery''.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Syllabub
1. sillabub [n -S] - See also: sillabub
Lexicographical Neighbors of Syllabub
Literary usage of Syllabub
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A New System of Domestic Cookery: Formed Upon Principles of Economy and by Maria Eliza Ketelby Rundell (1824)
"London syllabub. Put a pint and a half of port or white wine into a bowl, ...
Staffordshire syllabub. Put a pint of cider, and a glass of brandy, sugar, ..."
2. The Improved Housewife: Or Book of Receipts, with Engravings for Marketing by A. L. Webster (1855)
"Whip syllabub. Take nice sweet cream, to each pint, put six ounces of double ...
Fill your bowl nearly with syllabub, beat the whites of six new-laid eggs ..."
3. The Universal Cook: And City and Country Housekeeper by Francis Collingwood, John Woollams (1806)
"A Lemon syllabub. RUB a quarter of a pound of loaf sugar in one piece on the rind
of two lemons till you have got all the essence out of them. ..."
4. The New England Cook Book by Helen Saunders Wright (1912)
"syllabub, STAFFORDSHIRE Put a pint of cider, a glass of brandy, sugar, and nutmeg
into ... SOMERSETSHIRE syllabub Put a pint of Port, and a pint of sherry, ..."
5. The Virginia Housewife: Or, Methodical Cook by Mary Randolph (1838)
"syllabub. SEASON the milk with sugar and white wine, but not enough to curdle
it; fill the glasses nearly full, and crown them with whipt cream seasoned. ..."
6. A New System of Domestic Cookery: Formed Upon Principles of Economy and by Maria Eliza Ketelby Rundell (1824)
"London syllabub. Put a pint and a half of port or white wine into a bowl, ...
Staffordshire syllabub. Put a pint of cider, and a glass of brandy, sugar, ..."
7. The Improved Housewife: Or Book of Receipts, with Engravings for Marketing by A. L. Webster (1855)
"Whip syllabub. Take nice sweet cream, to each pint, put six ounces of double ...
Fill your bowl nearly with syllabub, beat the whites of six new-laid eggs ..."
8. The Universal Cook: And City and Country Housekeeper by Francis Collingwood, John Woollams (1806)
"A Lemon syllabub. RUB a quarter of a pound of loaf sugar in one piece on the rind
of two lemons till you have got all the essence out of them. ..."
9. The New England Cook Book by Helen Saunders Wright (1912)
"syllabub, STAFFORDSHIRE Put a pint of cider, a glass of brandy, sugar, and nutmeg
into ... SOMERSETSHIRE syllabub Put a pint of Port, and a pint of sherry, ..."
10. The Virginia Housewife: Or, Methodical Cook by Mary Randolph (1838)
"syllabub. SEASON the milk with sugar and white wine, but not enough to curdle
it; fill the glasses nearly full, and crown them with whipt cream seasoned. ..."
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