DCHP-3

Dutch mess

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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Quotations

1959
[Lunenburg] is continentally famous for its cooking and for its dozens of local recipes, including . . . Dutch mess (potatoes and salt codfish covered with a dressing of pork scraps and onions).
<i>c</i>1963
One must go down to the sea again, if only to tuck the napkin under the chin and to have a go before it is too late at a Dutch Mess . . . or a Solomon Gundy (which is the rich sea-change salmagundi has suffered in these parts).