Maconochie

maconochie English Etymology After the Maconochie company in Aberdeen that produced it. Pronunciation en /məˈkɒnəki/ /məˈkɒnəxi/ UK Noun - en historical A tinned stew of sliced turnips, carrots, and potatoes in a thin broth, a widely-used food ration for British soldiers in front-line trenches during World War I. en 1928 w:Siegfried Sassoon Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man 262 Penguin 2013 Dottrell said the toasted cheese wasn't too bad, and ‘There's worse things in the world than half-warmed Maconochie,’ he remarked. en 1975 w:Paul Fussell The Great War and Modern Memory OUP 2013 53 The troops seemed to like the Maconochie best, but the Germans favored the British corned beef, seldom returning from a raid on the British lines without taking back as much as they could carry. en eponyms