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kettle kettle of fish originally (in late 18th-century Scotland) an expression for a kettle of fish cooked during a boating excursion or picnic, and thus applied to the picnic itself. The ironical use
a pretty kettle of fish! is likely to be an extension of this.
See also
the pot calling the kettle black.
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 "Indian Country Today (Lakota Times)")
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Black Kettle, the peace chief
Newspaper article from: Indian Country Today (Lakota Times); 9/27/2000; 470 words
; ...Indian Country Today (Lakota Times) 09-27-2000 Black Kettle, the peace chief Black Kettle held a vision that it would be possible to...rush ended any attempt at peaceful coexistence for Black Kettle and his people. As the non-Indians moved...
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Black Kettle's top-notch food
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 11/23/2001; ; 700+ words
; Dining with Dennis R. Getto Black Kettle's top-notch food, friendly atmosphere...Later in the day, they went to the Black Kettle restaurant on the northwest...places to eat on Thanksgiving. The Black Kettle is one of the places I recommend...
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 "Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)")
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THE TEACHER / BLACK KETTLE.(Special Pullouts)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 1/3/1999; ; 519 words
; ...Byline: Mike Anton News Staff Writer Black Kettle Tribal man of peace (1801-1868...tribe's language, a man named Black Kettle fought 135 years earlier to...Colorado Territory in the early 1860s. Black Kettle, the Southern Cheyenne chief...
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Local author lassos Spur Award for his biography of Black Kettle
Newspaper article from: The Gazette; 7/31/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...when he picked her up, she moaned. Black Kettle and his wife, Medicine Woman Later...at Washita River. The violence of Black Kettle's life belied his desire...Hatch. Hatch last year published "Black Kettle: The Cheyenne Chief Who Sought...
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Black Kettle's Portobellos make going vegetarian attractive
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 7/30/2003; 700+ words
; You Asked For It Black Kettle's Portobellos make going vegetarian...mushroom cheese appetizer served at the Black Kettle restaurant, 8660 N. 107th St...James Mendini, chef, sent the recipe. Black Kettle Blue Portobello 1 tablespoon olive...
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Black Kettle primavera, slaw worth remembering
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 6/24/1998; 517 words
; ...Milwaukee, requested recipes from the Black Kettle Restaurant, 8660 N. 107th St...Pavela, chef, sent the recipes. Black Kettle Restaurant Coleslaw 1 teaspoon...combined. Makes about 8 servings. Black Kettle Restaurant Vegetable Primavera...
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Garden's bounty yields Black Kettle's soup
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 2/17/1999; 594 words
; ...roasted eggplant soup served at the Black Kettle Restaurant, 8660 N. 107th St...s Roasted Eggplant Soup.' "A Black Kettle employee (Rosie) who loves...favorites and customers love it." Black Kettle Restaurant Roasted Eggplant...
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Enjoy mushroom barley soup from the Black Kettle
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 1/17/1996; 371 words
; ...mushroom barley soup served at the Black Kettle restaurant. She wrote: "While in Milwaukee, we ate at the Black Kettle. We had the best Mushroom...Pavela, chef, sent the recipe. Black Kettle Mushroom Barley Soup 3/4...
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Washita Memories: Eyewitness Views of Custer's Attack on Black Kettle's Village
Magazine article from: Plains Anthropologist; 5/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Memories: Eyewitness Views of Custer's Attack on Black Kettle's Village. Compiled and edited by RICHARD G HARDORFF...Armstrong Custer, who commanded the Seventh Cavalry, and Black Kettle, the Cheyenne leader now remembered for his sustained...
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Custer, Black Kettle and the Fight on the Washita
Newspaper article from: News From Indian Country; 7/15/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...known an instance in which war broke out with these tribes that the tribes were not in the right." Brill writes, "Black Kettle's assassination may well be considered the blackest blotch, an indelible smear against the brilliant military record...
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Black Kettle
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
Black Kettle (1807?–68) Cheyenne chief. Black Kettle (Me-tu-ra-to or Moka-ta-va-tah in Cheyenne...America. After the Sand Creek Massacre in 1864, where Black Kettle was shot more than eight times and more than 100...
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kettle
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
kettle kettle of fish originally (in late 18th-century Scotland) an expression for a kettle of fish cooked during a boating excursion or picnic...extension of this. See also the pot calling the kettle black .
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Sand Creek Massacre
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...The Southern Cheyenne's leader, Black Kettle, turned four white captives over...promised an Indian war. Wynkoop brought Black Kettle to Denver to meet Chivington...Because of the need to hunt game, Black Kettle's group set up more than...
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The Sand Creek Massacre
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History
...on the Cheyenne village of Chief Black Kettle by local Colorado troops.Antagonized...winter, the peace chiefs, of whom Black Kettle was the foremost, sought...arrangements could be made. Here Black Kettle believed himself at peace...
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Mascara
Book article from: How Products Are Made
...and ancient Greeks also used black eye cosmetics, as did the...inorganic pigments. Carbon black is the black pigment in most mascara recipes...ingredients are mixed in tanks or kettles, which make a small batch...homogenizer. Unlike the tank or kettle above, the homogenizer is...
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