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Sally Lunn|ˈsælɪ ˈlʌn|
[See quot. 1827.]
1. a. A kind of tea-cake (see quot. 1892).
1780P. Thicknesse Valetudinarian's Bath Guide (ed. 2) iii. 12, I had the misfortune to lose a beloved brother in the prime of life, who dropt down dead as he was playing on the fiddle at Sir Robert Throgmorton's, after drinking a large quantity of Bath Waters, and eating a hearty breakfast of spungy hot rolls, or Sally Luns. 1798Gentl. Mag. LXVIII. ii. 931/2 A certain sort of hot rolls, now, or not long ago, in vogue at Bath, were gratefully and emphatically styled ‘Sally Lunns’. 1824Carlyle Early Lett. (1886) II. 289 Robinson gives me coffee and Sally Lunns. 1827Hone Every-day Bk. II. 1561 The bun..called the Sally Lunn, originated with a young woman of that name in Bath, about thirty years ago. She first cried them... Dalmer, a respectable baker and musician, noticed her, bought her business, and made a song..in behalf of Sally Lunn. 1845Dickens Chimes iv, It's a sort of night that's meant for muffins. Likewise crumpets. Also Sally Lunns. 1849Thackeray Pendennis xxiii, A meal of green tea, scandal, hot Sally-Lunn Cakes, and a little novel-reading. 1892Encycl. Cookery (ed. Garrett) II. 361/1 Sally Lunns.—These are sweet light teacakes... Sally Lunns should be cut open, well buttered, and served very hot.
b. Sally Lunn pudding, a kind of pudding made with a Sally Lunn cake.
1892Encycl. Cookery (ed. Garrett) 361/2.
2. Applied loosely to several varieties of yeast and soda bread, esp. in the southern United States. Also attrib.
1901Picayune's Creole Cook Bk. (ed. 2) 407/2 Sally Lunn is nothing more than the old breakfast dish known to the Creoles for generations as ‘Pain à la Vieille Tante Zoë’. 1933F. M. Farmer Boston Cooking-School Cook Bk. (rev. ed.) 53 Sally Lunn Tea Cakes... Make like Raised muffins. 1976M. G. Eberhart Family Fortune vii. 70 Alice was tucking food away..Alice asked for more Sally Lunn. |