单词 | tom fuller |
释义 | Tom Fullern. U.S. regional (chiefly Oklahoma). Now chiefly historical. Maize prepared by pounding and boiling, for use in food or drink; hominy. Also: a dish made with this as the principal ingredient.Tom Fuller is particularly associated with the Choctaw people. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > grain dishes > [noun] > maize dishes posole1699 succotash1751 Tom Fuller1820 agidi1853 corn on the cob1867 nixtamal1896 ogi1957 1820 Missionary Herald (Boston) July 322 200 gallons of tomfullah [Footnote] A nutritious and pleasant broth, or porridge, made of pounded corn, which constitutes the supper of most of the mission family, and a part of the breakfast for the children. 1830 S. Tuttle Conversat. Choctaw Mission II. vii. 66 A fine large bowl filled with tomfuller was set on a bench before them with one great horn spoon in it. 1891 Med. Brief Aug. 838/2 Old men have told me who lived among the Chickasaw Indians, that their principal diet was ‘Tom Fuller’, made from beaten corn put into a large calabash or gourd and soured a little. 1955 Amarillo (Texas) Sunday News-Globe 25 Sept. c1/2 Tom Fuller was their name for a favourite food which the Indians called pishofa... It is still cooked and served today at all Indian powwows. 1987 J. Barnes in B. Swann & A. Krupat I tell You Now 92 I have eaten..tom fuller (meat and cornmeal cooked in a cornshuck) and hickory nut soup... But now these things have passed away like so many other things Choctaw. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1820 |
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