scotched collops

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Reanalysis of earlier Scotch collops from Scotch (“of Scotland”) to scotched (“that has been cut”).[2] The dish was labeled variously during the 18th and 19th centuries as Scotch collops, scorched collops, or scotched collops, among others.[3] The latter form is first attested from the 18th century, with Scotch collops from the 17th.[4]

Noun

scotched collops pl (plural only)

  1. (now chiefly US) A dish made of pieces of beef or veal cut thin or minced, beaten flat, and stewed with onion and other condiments.
    • 1708, William King, “The Art of Cookery”, in All Poetry‎, retrieved 2-15-2023:
      What signifie Scotcht-Collops to a Feast?
      Or you can make whip'd Cream! Pray what Relief
      Will that be to a Saylor who wants Beef?
    • [1829, Margaret Dods, The Cook and Housewife’s Manual, page 285:
      438. Scotch-Collops.*―Cut small slices of equal thickness out of the fillet […] *This properly means scotched, or scored collops, though the word has come to be understood as above.]
    • [1882, Eliezer Edwards, Words, facts, and phrases; a dictionary of curious, quaint, and out-of-the-way matters, page 501:
      Scotched Collops. In cookery books and on bills of fare we are constantly meeting with this term, spelt ‘Scots collops’ or ‘Scotch collops.’ The dish, however, has not a Scottish origin. The collops, or slices of flesh, before being cooked are ‘scotched,’ which means, according to Worcester, that they are ‘cut with shallow incisions, or in a slight manner.’]
    • 1899, Herbert Maxwell, “Our obligations to wild animals”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume 166, page 232:
      cakes and ales those may still have who can command them, but down with the roast-beef of Old England! be scotched collops anathema maranatha, and Irish stew accounted an unclean thing!
    • 1995, Damon Fowler, Classical Southern Cooking, page 183:
      Like scaloppine, scotched collops must not be overcooked or they will take on a texture not unlike dried buffalo.
    • 2017, Graham Masterton, The Coven, page 157:
      You will also be served oysters and scotched collops and quails and chickens, as well as biscuits and tarts and various sweetmeats.

See also

References
  1. “Scotch”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  2. “scotched collops, n.” under “scotched, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2022.
  3. Samuel Johnson (1800) A Dictionary of the English Language, page 4007: “Scotch Collops or Scotched Collops, skótchʹ kól-lúps. n. ſ. [from To scotch or cut.] Veal cut into small pieces.”
  4. “Scotch collops, n.” under “Scotch, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2022.
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