Obs. [a. obs. F. talmouse, also talemouse (14th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), of uncertain origin; see conjectures in Littré.] ‘A Cheese-cake; a Tart, or cake made of egges, and cheese’ (Cotgr.); a piece of sugared pastry, containing cream, cheese, and eggs (Littré).
1600. Surflet, Countrie Farme, V. xxii. 723. Some make with butter, cheese and yolkes of egges,… cheese cakes, talmouses and little lenten loaues.
