† malasade Cookery. Obs.
Also 5 malesade, mes(e)lade.
[f. OF. malaxé, f. malaxer ‘to blend, and beat together, as egges’ (Cotgr.: see malaxate v.) + -ade.]
An old dish composed chiefly of fried eggs softened with butter.
| c 1430 Two Cookery-bks. 42–3 Meselade. Take Eyroun [etc.]... An to euery good meslade take a þowsand [read dd = 12] Eyroun or mo. c 1450 Ibid. 83–4 Malasade... And to euery malesade, take [etc.]. [Cf. quot. 1753 s.v. malax v. 2.] |