stamped mealies, noun phrase

Forms:
Also stampt melies.
Origin:
AfrikaansShow more Translation of Afrikaans stampmielies, see stamp noun.
samp.
1853 R.B. Struthers Hunting Jrnl (1991) 33Got a dinner of hippopotamus, Buck, Ducks & Geese, Izinthulu & stamped mealies being our only vegetables.
1858 T. Shone Diary. 20 MayBreakfast: stampt melies.
1890 A. Martin Home Life 228The crop which best pays cultivation in that arid soil is Indian corn...The nicest way of preparing it is in the form called ‘stamped mealies’.
1894 E. Glanville Fair Colonist 217They breakfasted off the remaining ostrich egg, stamped mealies boiled in milk, coffee, and the sweetest of brown bread.
1910 A.B. Lamont Rural Reader 189‘Stamped mealies’ — that is, mealies from which the outer husk has been removed — are made by stamping the grain with a heavy wooden stick in a large bowl.
1937 C.R. Prance Tante Rebella’s Saga 82Oom Fanie and his family had just asked a blessing on their supper of pumpkin and stamped mealies.
1949 L. Hunter Afr. Dawn 102She bustled about preparing the evening meal, but she was sorry that she had only stamped mealies and beans to offer her son and their guest.
1966 I. Vaughan These Were my Yesterdays 49I eat mostly stamped mealies and grilled chops.
1980 E. Joubert Long Journey of Poppie Nongena 190He ate the food she placed in front of him, the steam rising from the stamped mealies and dried beans.
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stampblok, nounn.stampkoring, nounn.
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