salmi
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A cooked dish of wild meat in a rich sauce often made with wine
- noun
- Archaic
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salmi
- During dinner, the special of the evening was a flavorful salmi that delighted everyone.
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Acknowledgements: A special thanks to Pauline Oliveros, Robert Voisey, Pivi Salmi, and Perry R. Cook for providing additional insight into this topic.
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The chef prepared a delicious salmi using tender game meat and a rich wine sauce.
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We enjoyed a warm salmi served with crusty bread at the rustic lodge.
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Etymology
The word salmi comes from the old French word salmis, which meant 'a cooked dish of game birds' made into a rich sauce. So a salmi today is a dish of game meat stewed or braised in a rich sauce, often with wine.