aspic,”
aspic /ˈaspik/ I. noun a savory jelly made with meat stock, set in a mold and used to contain pieces of meat, seafood, or eggs • chicken in aspic • ‹figurative› a world preserved in aspic, far removed from mass unemployment. – origin late 18th cent.: from French, literally ‘asp,’ from the colors of the jelly as compared with those of the snake.
