Citations:mealful

English citations of mealful

1872 May, S. Birch, “The Chinese Widow. (A Tale from the Chinese.)”, in James Summers, editor, The Phœnix. A Monthly Magazine for India, Burma, Siam, China, Japan & Eastern Asia., volume II, number 23, London: Office, , pages 174–175:
Chwang-sang told her all about the lady fanning the tomb in order to dry the ground and marry again. “This fan,” he explained, “was the object she used to fan it, and because I helped her to the best of my power she gave it to me.” When Tien-shi heard this she grew red with passion, and ‘going into space,’ took that woman as totally without virtue, and railed away a mealful, saying to Chwang-sang, “There are but few in the world like this unfeeling woman.”
1878 January 11, E. A. Horton, “Some Defects in Our High School Education”, in Boston Evening Transcript, volume LI, number 15,562, Boston, Mass.: Henry W[orthington] Dutton & Son, →ISSN, page 6, column 3:
Theodore Parker said that our children get in this country a mouthful of education, but hardly ever a mealful. That is, the work is not thorough.
1884 August 9, “The Member’s Nightmare”, in Vanity Fair: A Weekly Show of Political, Social, & Literary Wares, volume XXXII, London, page 95, column 1:
He’s luring the salmon to rise at the fly, / He’s catching the trout by the creelful; / He’s shooting the pheasant to put in the pie, / And of wild-duck he’s getting a mealful.
1917 January 4, “Notes of the Sporting World”, in Meriden Morning Record, Meriden, Conn., page 2, column 6:
An egg is a mealful.
1924 September 23, Old Gold Cigarettes, “Old-time taste—Old-time excellence—Old-time lavish value!”, in The Detroit Free Press, volume 89, number 362, Detroit, Mich., page 18:
DO you remember way back when sirloin steaks were cut an inch and a half thick? When a huckleberry pie contained two quarts of huckleberries—and a plate of clam-chowder, a mealful of clams?
1925 May 30, “A Solid Meatless Meal”, in Daily Herald, number 2,907 (1,914 of new series), London, page 9, column 5:
The solid dish alone contains a mealful of goodness, with the tomato and bean, egg, onion, bread, and nuts.
1929 June 19, “Delicious and Nutritious Swiss Knight Cheese in a New, Large-Size Package”, in Daily News, volume 10, number 307, New York, N.Y., page 33:
Delicious with salads, crackers, pie, and makes delectable sandwiches. A mealful of nutrition!
1936 November 12, “Humpty Dumpty”, in Daily Times-Advocate, volume XXV, number 70, Escondido, Calif., page 2:
DOG FOODS […] FRISKIES / A cupful is a mealful
1941 April 26, “New Beverage Is Full Meal in One Glass”, in Freeport Journal-Standard, Freeport, Ill., page 3, column 4:
CHOCOLATE FLAVORED DRINK IS PACKED WITH MEALFUL OF PROTEINS
1944 May 18, “Asparagus Tip Meal for Three”, in The Tulsa Tribune, volume XL, number 202, Tulsa, Okla., page 9, column 7:
“Take a tip from me,” says H. A. Pugh, 1218 E. Forty-seventh st., insurance man, who gardens on the side for a hobby, and who went out to clip a few asparagus buds but harvested only one. It was enough for a meal for three. In fact it was an asparagus “slab.” It measured three and three-quarter inches across, over six inches long and was an inch-through where it was thickest. “That’s raising asparagus by the mealful,” Pugh asserted.
1946 October 1, “McKenzie’s Buckwheat Pancake Mix”, in The Grand Rapids Press, Grand Rapids, Mich., page 4, column 1:
Here’s a quick way to a mealful of grand, old-fashioned sun-ripened flavor. Tasty, golden brown pancakes.
1947 July 23, Frances Stockwell Lovell, “The Country Woman”, in Springfield Reporter, volume LVXVI, number 29, Springfield, Vt., page B3, column 2:
You plant them tenderly; you weed them carefully; you look for new peas before the Fourth hopefully. Then you turn your back on them for a few days and lo, before you have had a good mealful, they are all ready to pick at once and you shell and freeze while you try to sandwich in a few mouthfuls while they are still fresh (in your mind, anyway!)
1950 July 18, “Safeway”, in The Arizona Daily Star, volume 109, number 199, Tucson, Ariz., page 3A:
CORNED BEEF / Libby brand. Lots of lean, juicy beef—a whole mealful.
1951 September 6, “Dutch Maid Lunch”, in Estherville Daily News, 83rd year, number 282, Estherville, Ia., page 3, column 1:
We’re drowning!!! in a sea of sizzling hamburgers. Where else can you get such a bargain and save a life at the same time. Carry them out—eat ’em here. With ketchup or everything. 15¢ each (each 1 a mealful)
1955, Commercial West, volume 109, page 7, column 1:
More than half a thousand such were greeted, badged by the young ladies of the Fed, then settled down at Hotel Nicollet for two half-day sessions and three mealsful of 1955 Assembly.
1957 May 16, “Bonham’s Foods”, in Corpus Christi Caller, volume 75, number 100, Corpus Christi, Tex., page 11C:
Our Swift Premium “Texas Dogs” are a meal-ful of fun!
1958 August 30, Andy Karl, “Letter From Subscriber”, in Katherine Ernst, editor, Ste. Genevieve Herald, volume 77, number 29, Ste. Genevieve, Mo., front page, column 3:
Or when Butcher’s Oberle and Naumann used to make those good sausages - never had the pleasure of eating any other sausage with such goodness in all my days since. A whole mealful 5 cents apiece or six for a quarter!
1959 March 2, “Mission to Leipzig”, in The Daily Telegraph and Morning Post, number 32,308, London, page 8, column 2:
Is there anything the West can do to counter these tactics? It could, of course, agree to a summit meeting on Mr. Khruschev’s terms. To persuade Mr. Macmillan that this is the only course open seems to have been the Russians’ principal aim during the recent Moscow talks. Alternatively the West can quietly await the unfolding of the Soviet plan in Berlin, and react empirically according to how the crisis breaks. Both these courses suffer from obvious disadvantages. The first would involve President Eisenhower in eating a mealful of words and the second would bring both East and West perilously near the brink.
1962 August 22, “Old Favorites Revised for August Menu”, in Lancaster New Era, 85th year, number 26,436, Lancaster, Pa., page 21, column 1:
Here’s a whole meal-ful of recipes for late summer.
1967 January 26, “Burger Chef”, in Kenosha News, Kenosha, Wis.: Kenosha News Publishing Corp., page 20, column 1:
“A Mealful” Big Shef
1969 December 12, Harry Craft, “Dining Out and Inns: Provincial American Cuisine Enlivens Miracle Mile Menu”, in Daily Independent-Journal, volume 109, number 227, San Rafael, Calif., page 20, column 1:
Best deal for the uninitiated is his Ozark platter at $2.95. Ron offers a choice of ribs, ham, sausage links or beef — all smoked — along with “bayou” beans, cole slaw, corn bread and yams. Wash all this down with a glass of fresh cider. If that isn’t a mealful, one more item will make it so: — Ron’s grandmother’s sour cream raisin pie.
1971, L[awrence] J[ames] Davis, chapter 1, in A Meaningful Life, New York, N.Y.: The Viking Press, →ISBN, page 28:
They all went to a restaurant for supper, where they were treated to a mealful of his future mother-in-law’s theories on the selection and preparation of foodstuffs, some of which didn’t even qualify as edible on any list Lowell had ever heard of.
1972 May 30, “Mirro has cooked up 3 easy ways to tasty meals at low prices!”, in The Bridgeport Post, volume LXXXIX, number 126, Bridgeport, Conn., page 23:
Marvelous Mirro cookware lets you make batches of tasty treats . . . mealsful of goodies.
1972 August 16, Millie Armstrong, “The Home Stretch: Never Mind What the Cookbook Says—Don’t Throw Away Food”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer, volume 287, number 47, Philadelphia, Pa., page 21, column 1:
I’ve been throwing away food for years — all because I followed my cookbook’s instruction . . . discard. “Discard the turkey neck after simmering for giblet gravy.” I dutifully did this, until I discovered to my joy, that there was plenty of meat on that turkey neck for an entire mealful of turkey croquettes.
1972 November 28, “Subway”, in The Bridgeport Telegram, volume LXXXI, number 284, Bridgeport, Conn., page 15, column 8:
YOU GET A MEALFUL EVERY MOUTHFUL! Each 12" roll is heaped high with 14 mouth-watering ingredients.
1972 December 27, Karen Byers, “New Year’s Buffet Table Sets Mood of Simplicity”, in The Daily Republic, volume LXXXX, number 58, Mitchell, S.D., page 7, column 1:
Suggested below is a mealful of treats to fill party appetites: […]
1973 July 18, “Booth launches great lunches: the Swiss Submarine”, in The Forum, volume 95, number 245, Fargo, N.D., page 20:
It’s a sandwich, all right, but it has a whole mealful of good things inside.
1973 August 22, Triticale Foods Corporation, “New Delicious Protein!”, in The Hutchinson News, 102nd year, number 50, Hutchinson, Kan., page 18:
They're "rib stickers" too; 2 or 3 average TRITICAKES are a mealful for most folks.
1976 March 3, Fern Storer, “Microminders: Menu combines best of both ranges”, in The Cincinnati Post, Cincinnati, Oh., page 16F, column 1:
A mealful of good cooking proceeds simultaneously and quality of the finished dishes, each cooked by method best suited to its nature, is all the proof we need.
1976 April 6, “New flavors in old favorites”, in The Xenia Daily Gazette, 95th year, number 117, Xenia, Oh., page 3, column 1:
Here’s a whole mealful of unusual dishes — from salad to dessert.
1976 April 27, “On the inside today”, in Akron Beacon Journal, Akron, Oh., page A1, column 2:
DURING a recent trip to Paris, food writer Connie Bloom visited former Akronite Nina Simonds. Ms. Simonds, a student at La Vafenne cooking school, dished up a mealful of food information.
1977 February 3, Mimi Sheraton, “Fake Cheeses Rate ‘Yucks’”, in The Tennessean, volume 71, number 301, Nashville, Tenn., page 68, column 1:
The most startlingly dreadful was imitation mozzarella by Universal Foods Corp. of Madison, Wis. At the first bite, I felt my throat close in a protective reflex I should have respected. Much denser and more solid than the true, gently squeezable Italian original, the flavor of this imposter is metallic, saline, and medicinal; it was a flavor that only a mealful of chili-fired Thai food could eradicate.
1977 November 16, Yvonne Rothert, “Heart in hand: Chiffon pie delight for dinner”, in The Oregonian, volume 126, number 36,638, Portland, Ore., page C3, columns 2–3:
When the Thanksgiving dinner is built around roast turkey, low-cholesterol dieters can smile and enjoy knowing that the big bird will offer them a mealful of enjoyment without stretching their intake of saturated fats.
1978 May 31, Mary Brehm, “Nourishing Summer Drinks Are Easy”, in Daily Citizen, volume 68, number 85, Beaver Dam, Wis., part 2, page 15, columns 4–5:
To keep summer spirits humming, some speedy and nourishing drinks are in order. They are refreshing. Some can provide a mealful of nutrients in one tall, cool glass.
1981 April 10, Laura Kelly, “The First Grilled Cheese Challenge”, in The Tampa Times, 89th year, number 54, Tampa, Fla., page 3D, column 1:
A heated sandwich on pocket pita bread was a delight and more than enough to eat. The cheese and sandwich were served hot, compliments of a microwave zapping. The only complaint was the overabundance of sprouts, masking the cheeses. Verdict: A mouthful and mealful for veggies and non-veggies.
1982 September 1, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, volume 56, number 27, Pittsburgh, Pa.: PG Publishing Co., page 29, column 1:
A mealful of picnic ideas
1983 August 31, The Daily Mail, number 30,386, Hull, East Riding, page 1, column 2:
Tripe—a mealful of laughs
1984 February 16, Phyllis Magida, “Some of Chicago’s tastiest goes into cookbooks”, in Chicago Tribune, volume 137th year, number 47, Chicago, Ill., →ISSN, section 7, page 8, column 1:
The “Dining In-Chicago Cookbook,” Volume III [Peanut Butter Publishing, $8.95, paperback] by food consultant Barbara Grunes consists of 21 whole mealsful of recipes donated by local restaurants, ranging from such culinary landmarks as the Cape Cod Room to the just-opened-last-year Yoshi’s Cafe.
1987 January 16, Harold Lewis, “Garden Guide: Pitch in and grow some sporty veg”, in Gloucestershire Echo, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, →ISSN, page 31, column 1:
Outside, we picked the first offering of ’87, a mealful of perpetual spinach, another of calabrese and a tasty helping of the early shoots of purple sprouting, as well as pulling a good pound of sticks from our early rhubarb, “Champagne”.
1989, Arlene Eisenberg, Heidi E[isenberg] Murkoff, Sandee E[isenberg] Hathaway, “Spitting Up”, in “The First Month”, in What to Expect the First Year, New York, N.Y.: Workman Publishing, →ISBN, page 97, column 2:
What looks like a mealful of milk to you is probably no more than a tablespoon or two, mixed with saliva and mucus—certainly not enough to interfere with your baby’s nourishment.
1990 January 2, Rick Marsi, “The Russian bear can’t beat the Tier’s gray fox”, in Press & Sun-Bulletin, Binghamton, N.Y., →ISSN, page 1D, column 4:
Every few minutes an eagle would reach daintily into the water and pluck a dead sawbelly from the half-frozen soup. Sawbellies, or alewives, are fish that do not grow that big. A full day of dipping one’s naked talons into frigid slush might yield a decent mealful.
1994 December 8, Jan Norris, “Tips For The Dieting Mall Shopper”, in The Palm Beach Post, volume 86, number 213, West Palm Beach, Fla., →ISSN, page 2FN, column 6:
Bring foods for the tykes from home. You know and they know you’ll give in to demands for fries, cookies and other junk foods they wouldn’t ordinarily eat. Hold them to just one treat from the court, not a mealful of goodies.
2001 November 2, Lauren Chapin, “The reasonable pizza: Gladstone’s Stone Canyon offers an alternative to fast food”, in The Kansas City Star, volume 122, number 46, Kansas City, Mo., →ISSN, page 44, column 3:
The chicken Asiago alfredo ($7.95), served in a grandiose bowl, was more than a mealful.
2006 April 21, Kat Bergeron, “Down home cookin’: Reynold’s Gumbo House offers stick to your ribs food”, in Marquee (Sun Herald), Biloxi, Miss., page 9, column 2:
A lunch plate with barbecue ribs and several sides is a mealful at Reynold’s Gumbo House in Gulfport.
2007, Judith Jones, “American Cooking”, in The Tenth Muse: My Life in Food, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 119:
When we admitted to her that we had never tasted squirrel, after dismissing the possibility of snagging a few in Central Park, where, we decided, they would be overindulged and not taste at all like their country cousins, Edna insisted that her brother in Virginia shoot a mealful of real Freetown squirrels and parcel-post them to us.
2013, Lorraine Fitzmaurice, “Soups”, in Blazing Salads 2: Good Food Everyday, Dublin: Gill & Macmillan, →ISBN:
We put the same energy into all of our soups, whether they’re a quick lunch on the hop, a starter or a mealful in a bowl.

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