SC - Cracknels
James and/or Nancy Gilly
KatieMorag at worldnet.att.net
Sun Dec 7 22:58:55 PST 1997
At 03:40 8-12-97 +0000, Sayyid Ras wrote:
>In a message dated 97-12-07 15:53:28 EST, you write:
>
><< It seems as if the Cracknels sound like Matzoh Balls. >>
>
>I may have missed something here but where are the interprtations of cracknels
>coming from that think them a bread type product? Since bread crumbs are
>already mentioned in the recipe this term would be , IMHO, only with a stretch
>of the imagination related to bread. Has anyone thought that these may in
>fact be "cracklings" which are the bits left over when lard is rendered? It
>makes perfect since and when used in this recipe as I did today they work just
>fine.
>
>Ras
When in doubt, check the OED. 8)
CRACKNEL, 1. A light, crisp kind of biscuit, of a curved or hollow
shape. Cf CRACKLING 4. [various citations, dating from
1440 to 1884]
2. pl. Small pieces of fat pork fried crisp. (local Eng. and
U.S.) Cf CRACKLING 3 b. [no citations given]
3. = CRACKLE 3, CRACKLING 5. rare [one citation, dated 18xx -
don't have a magnifying glasss handy to make out the last
two digits]
The other definitions referred to are:
CRACKLING, 3b. dial and U.S. The crisp residue of hogs' fat after
the lard is dried out. [two citations from the 1880s]
4. = CRACKNEL. Now dial. [three citations - can't read the
date on the first; the other two are from the 1800s]
5. = CRACKLE 3, crackle-ware. [one citation from the 1800s]
The definition for "crackle" refers to china (the sort with the finish with
cracks all over it), not to food, so I won't bother copying it here.
Since all the other definitions come from the 19th century, I'd say
definition 1 - the biscuit - is the pertinent one.
Slainte -
Alasdair mac Iain
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James and/or Nancy Gilly
katiemorag at worldnet.att.net
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