colonel@gloria.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman) (05/06/85)
[I ain't afraid of no bug!]
> Dutch elm disease -- nothing Dutch about it, I have read
It's "Dutch" because the Dutch were the first to study it.
I'm surprised you omitted "Welsh rabbit!"
--
Col. G. L. Sicherman
...{rocksvax|decvax}!sunybcs!colonelron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>) (05/07/85)
> I'm surprised you omitted "Welsh rabbit!"
With Cheese!
-Ron
Another fine mess you've gotten us into.ed@mtxinu.UUCP (Ed Gould) (05/10/85)
> I'm surprised you omitted "Welsh rabbit!" > -- > Col. G. L. Sicherman I assume you mean the cheese dish Welsh rarebit. I don't know if it's Welsh or not! -- Ed Gould mt Xinu, 2910 Seventh St., Berkeley, CA 94710 USA {ucbvax,decvax}!mtxinu!ed +1 415 644 0146
jeff@rtech.ARPA (Jeff Lichtman) (05/10/85)
> > I'm surprised you omitted "Welsh rabbit!" > > -- > > Col. G. L. Sicherman > > I assume you mean the cheese dish Welsh rarebit. I don't know > if it's Welsh or not! > > -- > Ed Gould mt Xinu, 2910 Seventh St., Berkeley, CA 94710 USA > {ucbvax,decvax}!mtxinu!ed +1 415 644 0146 The name of the dish is "Welsh rabbit", not "Welsh rarebit". The latter is a euphemism. The name is a commentary on the poverty of the Welsh people; melted cheese on toast is about as close to a real rabbit as they could afford. The term "Welsh rarebit" was invented because some people were embarrassed by Welsh poverty. -- Jeff Lichtman at rtech (Relational Technology, Inc.) aka Swazoo Koolak {amdahl, sun}!rtech!jeff {ucbvax, decvax}!mtxinu!rtech!jeff
wfmans@ihuxb.UUCP (w. mansfield) (05/10/85)
> > > I'm surprised you omitted "Welsh rabbit!" > > With Cheese! > > -Ron OK, my curiousity is piqued. Where I came from this delicacy (?) is called Welsh rarebit. I know what it is, but where does the name come from? My dictionary says "probably of jocular origin". -- Bill Mansfield AT&T Information Systems, Naperville, IL {ihnp4!}ihuxb!wfmans
ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>) (05/13/85)
> > > > > I'm surprised you omitted "Welsh rabbit!" > > > > With Cheese! > > > > -Ron > > OK, my curiousity is piqued. Where I came from this delicacy (?) is called > Welsh rarebit. I know what it is, but where does the name come from? > My dictionary says "probably of jocular origin". > -- > There is an Laurel and Hardy piece where they go into a restaurant and Oliver says something like "we'll have the welsh rabbit" and Stan adds "with cheese." -Ron
drg@rlvd.UUCP (Duncan Gibson) (05/18/85)
> I'm surprised you omitted "Welsh rabbit!"
Here in the UK it's called "Welsh Rarebit!" if I have the same thing in mind.