[Vwoolf] grilled bone

[Jeremy Hawthorn]

Searched LiteratureOnline and also Google. Two unrevealing hits in 19th 
century plays, two in novels apart from Woolf. And one hit that suggests 
that it might be bone marrow.

Ellipses thanks to LiteratureOnline.

Jeremy H

1. .... "Should you like eggs, sir?" "Eggs, no! Bring me a grilled bone...
...." "What would you think of me if I came down two hours after every 
one else and ordered grilled bone...
... the smell of grilled bone." "Not at all. It describes a sensation in 
your little nose...
... the answers, as if they were pinching his toes. That's his way. Ah, 
here comes my grilled bone...  (/Middlemarch/ Book 1, chapter 11)


2. ... all the parties home to Pall Mall, to celebrate the event with a 
grilled bone, Havannahs, and Regent's ... (Disraeli, /Vivian Grey/. 
Volume 2, Book  the fourth, chapter vi)

3. "Queen Victoria was another roasted bone marrow lover, reputedly 
eating it every day.

See: 
<http://leitesculinaria.com/78928/recipes-roasted-bone-marrow.html#1F41v5EzbT1WX2W5.99>
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