mess beef†

Hist.

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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salted beef or pork, prepared in barrels made up of assorted cuts.

Quotations

1770

Just imported, from Cork . . . a few Barrels and Half Barrels of Irish Pork and Mess-Beef, and a few Firkins of Hog's Lard.

1824

Prime Mess Beef shall consist of pieces of fat cattle, with the ends of the hocks, and half of the neck taken off.

1961

One Sunday special was "des grillades," mess pork cut into slices and fried.