a French dish of de-boned stuffed meat, most commonly poultry or fish, that is poached and served cold, coated with aspic. Galantines are often stuffed with forcemeat, and pressed into a cylindrical shape. Since deboning poultry is thought of as difficult and time-consuming, this is a rather elaborate dish, which is often lavishly decorated, hence its name, connoting a presentation at table that is galant, or urbane and sophisticated.
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Miss Vandertunt: I'm not gonna stuff that poor girl into my clothes in the trunk of a car like so much ... forcemeat!
Archer: So much what?
Miss Vandertunt: Forcemeat! Such as one might find in a quenelle, roulade, or galantine.
Adam Reed. Archer, season 8, Dreamland: Berenice (2017)
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Come along, tell us who played the part, and you shall have some galantine to take home,” said Mme. Verdurin, making a cruel allusion to the penury into which Saniette had plunged himself by trying to rescue the family of a friend.