The Roman epicures distinguished between three different kinds of the Tiber pike (lupus Tiberinus).
Lucilius probably refers to some rich, strong, full-bodied wine, which these epicures drank unmixed, contrary to the usual custom.
Epicures rub the lips of the tumbler with a piece of fresh pineapple; and the tumbler itself is very often encrusted outside with stalactites of ice.
Although some epicures affect to believe that some parts of the haunch are superior to others, yet we doubt if there is any difference between the slices cut above and below the line.
Epicures say that if a calf is killed before it is two months old, or at least six weeks, it is not fit for eating.
Many epicures like a civet better when prepared one or two days in advance, and only warmed before serving.
A great deal of the blood usually settles in the shoulders and back of the neck, giving the flesh a richness which epicures like; and these parts, called the sportsman's pieces, are sometimes demanded.
The young of several species of herrings, especially of the common herring, esteemed a great delicacy by epicures in England.
In England, indeed, many epicures consider Gorgonzola greater than Stilton, which is the highest praise any cheese can get there.
Some epicures are very fond of the gizzard and rump, peppered and salted, and broiled.
Some opulent epicures mix it with sherry or Madeira wine, or distilled or flavoured vinegar, instead of horseradish water.
The epicures in boiling of potatoes are innumerable.
It is not uncommon to see both in private families and at taverns a loaf entirely spoiled, by furious epicures paring off the crust to eat with cheese: to supply this, and to eat with soups, &c.
The Thames salmon is preferred in the London market; and some epicures pretend to be able to distinguish by the taste, in which reach of the river it was caught!
Persevering and ingenious epicures have invented many methods to give mutton the flavour of venison.
Some epicureslike this bird very much under-done, and direct that a woodcock should be just introduced to the cook, for her to show it the fire, and then send it up to table.
It is almost impossible to seize the precise instant when it ought to be eaten; which epicures in roasts express by saying, ‘It is done to a turn.
Crabs are not esteemed as a delicacy by epicures unless they are soft, when they are fried whole.
Fowls which are fattened artificially are by some epicures preferred to those called barn-door fowls; whom we have heard say, that they should as soon think of ordering a barn-door for dinner as a barn-door fowl.
The next was "Famous Epicures of the 17th Century.
We ate, lingered, and revelled in them, thus becoming epicures at once.
The liver of this bird seems to have been a favorite morsel with epicures in all ages; and invention appears to have been active in exercising the means of increasing the volume of that organ.
To it epicures are indebted for the truffles which form such a delicious sauce, for they are the actual finders.
I have said nothing about rich cooking; those who can afford to be epicures will find the best of information in the 'Seventy-five Receipts.
Some very experienced epicures and cooks, think the old-fashioned way of preparing bacon is troublesome and useless.
The epicures who wish to eat mallows or other herbs are at liberty to gather delicacies in the mountains.
Granted,’ I replied, ‘but a more humane, gentlemanly and amiable set of epicures do not probably exist in the Pacific.
Plenty of variety here, though some epicures might resent the presence of a sausage-roll (the common or railway-station bag of mystery) on the dinner table.
Epicures drop into the jug, by way of imparting artistic finish, a small fragment of the honeycomb itself.
Although bad nurses, their fecundity is very great, and when well fed they lay as many as a hundred eggs in a year: these are much sought after, and epicures prefer them to those of the Hen.
This is certainly a cruel method of feeding; nevertheless, it is only by this plan that the delicious fat and plump livers so much appreciated by epicures can be obtained.
Dol also had a number of private dining-rooms, where the epicures of the period were wont to meet, and for the privilege of dining in which there was an additional charge.
Near there also, still later, the celebrated Casa Verdugo entertained for many years the epicures of Southern California, becoming one of the best-known restaurants for Spanish dishes in the State.
This was the far-famed "canvass-back," so justly celebrated among the epicures of America.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "epicures" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
