mealie rice, noun phrase

/ˈmi(ː)liˌraɪs/
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EnglishShow more mealie sense 1 c + English rice.
Crushed maize kernels, used as a cheap substitute for rice.
1936 M. Higham Hsehold Cookery (1941) 165Hominy or mealie rice, a finer form of samp.
1950 H. Gerber Cape Cookery 57Use rice, mealie rice, semolina, barley, oats,..[etc.].
1966 L.G. Berger Where’s Madam 79Lily thrives on this diet and only varies it to add a gigantic pot of mealie meal porridge,..or mealie rice, as a side dish.
1968 Fair Lady 30 Oct. 12Wash the mealie rice well and put into boiling water. Add salt..and cook gently till tender and thick.
1972 S. Afr. Garden & Home Feb.–Mar. 12We have been feeding them regularly for five years on mixtures of all sorts,..bread crumbs, bird seed, cooked mealie meal, sunflower seeds. They love mealie rice.
1979 Voice 2 June 11The first signs of hardship were experienced when mealie-meal..went up. This was succeeded by increases in the price of maize by-products such as samp and mealie-rice.
1985 Weekly Mail 16 Aug. 7We ate all our meals in our cells...Supper (mielie rice, a vegetable, bread and a piece of meat and coffee) was at 3pm.
1989 Woman’s Focus (Spar) 3 July 7Maize Meal (includes super maize meal, sifted and unsifted maize meal, samp and mielie rice; excludes maize flour).
Crushed maize kernels, used as a cheap substitute for rice.
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