resurrection pie

A pie made of scraps and leavings of meat, vegetables, . ""I never heard of resurrection - pie , faltered Mrs. Lancaster, dexterously waiving her son's inquiry. "What is it made of?' 'Of the a embled ghosts of departed dinners! Half-picked bones, gristle, stale fat, general leavings, dished-up in weak broth, well-seasoned with black pepper and semi-cooked onions!"-E. J. Worboise: Sis sie , ch. xx. resurrection-plant, s. Bot .: Selaginella lepidophylla . *rěş-ür-rěc-tion-a-ry, a . [Eng. resurrection ; -ary.] Rising again; reviving. "Old men and women seemed by resurrection ary proce to be recalled out of the elements."-Dickens: Uncommercial Traveller, vii.