[Sca-cooks] Is there a word for this in English?

Julia Szent-Gyorgyi jpmiaou at gmail.com
Fri Sep 29 08:51:24 PDT 2017


I keep encountering this word in the old Hungarian cookbooks, and I
can't seem to come up with a satisfactory translation. The dictionary
defines _konc_ primarily as a bone you throw to a dog, but mentions an
older meaning of a bone with membranes or meaty and fatty parts
attached, cooked for human consumption. The recipes mentioning it give
the impression that it was considered a positive thing: too common to
be a delicacy, but desirable like one. The derogatory associations
apparently came later.

Is there a word for this bone-with-stuff in English? Archaic will do;
there'll be a footnote and glossary entry either way.

Julia
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