单词 | plum pottage |
释义 | plum pottagen. historical after 18th cent. = plum broth n.Perhaps originally containing prunes (see note at plum n. 4a). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > soup or pottage > porridges > [noun] polentaOE papelotec1400 pottagea1500 crowdy-mowdy?a1513 drowsen1519 pease porridge?1548 plum pottage1574 sowens1582 grout1587 orgementa1590 plum porridge1591 loblolly1597 pease pottage1600 girt-brew1620 washbrew1620 lentil-porridge1622 hominy1630 porridgea1643 samp1643 nettle-pottage1659 nettle-porridge1661 crowdie1668 suppawn1670 mush1671 rockahominy1674 stirabouta1691 praiseach1698 sagamité1698 brochan1700 atole1716 burgoo1750 purry1751 fungee1789 pepper porridge1803 kasha1808 mamaliga1808 skilligalee1819 bean-porridge1821 skilly1839 sap porridge1842 corn-mush1846 oatmeal mush1850 pap1858 ugali1860 oatmeal1873 mealie-meal1880 mealie-pap1880 uji1889 sadza1899 nsima1907 putu papa1910 posho1927 putu1949 ogi1957 whey-porridge- 1574 J. Baret Aluearie sig. P 555 Plumme potage, or potage made thicke with meate or crummes of bread. Puls, pultis. 1608 R. Armin Nest of Ninnies sig. E4 Buy any flawne, pasties, pudding pyes, plum pottage, or pescods O, it was death to Iack to doe it. 1658 J. Harrington Prerogative Pop. Govt. i. xi. 92 We, who have been used to our Plum-pottage, are like enough to make faces (as did the King of Pontus) at the Lacedemonian black broth. 1682 G. Wheler Journey into Greece i. 43 Christmas pies, Plum-potage, Cake and Puddings. 1741 Family Mag. ii. 46 To make Plum-pottage. Take two gallons of strong broth, put into it two pounds of currans, two pounds of raisins, [etc.]. 1864 R. Chambers Bk. of Days II. 755/2 In old times, plum-pottage was always served with the first course of a Christmas-dinner. It was made by boiling beef or mutton with broth, thickened with brown bread; when half-boiled, raisins, currants, prunes, cloves, mace and ginger were added. 1973 C. A. Wilson Food & Drink in Brit. vi. 228 Not long afterwards stewed broth became known as Christmas broth or pottage, or as plum pottage. 2002 Bristol Evening Post (Nexis) 7 Dec. 13 A Christmas dinner of 1,500 called for one boar's head, two roast herons, some venison, a couple of peacocks, plum pottage and a tankard or two of wassail and mead. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1574 |
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