Sunday, January 24, 2010

Hello, would you mind telling me the meaning of the word welsh rabbit?

Also, can you give me a couple of sentences please?Hello, would you mind telling me the meaning of the word welsh rabbit?
It's actually Welsh rarebit and is a dish (type of meal).


It is often mistakenly called Welsh rabbit these days.


Just found a recipe, it's quite tasty.





2 tablespoons unsalted butter


2 tablespoons all-purpose flour


1 teaspoon Dijon mustard


1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce


1/2 teaspoon kosher salt


1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper


1/2 cup porter beer


3/4 cup heavy cream


6 ounces (approximately 1 1/2 cups) shredded Cheddar


2 drops hot sauce


4 slices toasted rye bread


Directions


In a medium saucepan over low heat, melt the butter and whisk in the flour. Cook, whisking constantly for 2 to 3 minutes, being careful not to brown the flour. Whisk in mustard, Worcestershire sauce, salt, and pepper until smooth. Add beer and whisk to combine. Pour in cream and whisk until well combined and smooth. Gradually add cheese, stirring constantly, until cheese melts and sauce is smooth; this will take 4 to 5 minutes. Add hot sauce. Pour over toast and serve immediately.Hello, would you mind telling me the meaning of the word welsh rabbit?
Welsh rarebit, Welsh rabbit, or more infrequently, rarebit is traditionally a savoury sauce made from a mixture of melted cheese and various other ingredients and served hot over toasted bread.





The term rarebit is to some extent used for variants on the dish, especially buck rarebit which has a poached egg added, either on top of or beneath the cheese sauce.


The term Welsh rarebit was evidently a later corruption of Welsh rabbit, being first recorded in 1785 by Francis Grose, according to the Oxford English Dictionary. The entry in Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage is ';Welsh rabbit, Welsh rarebit'; and states: ';When Francis Grose defined Welsh rabbit in A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue in 1785, he mistakenly indicated that rabbit was a corruption of rarebit.





A legend mentioned in Betty Crocker's Cookbook claims that Welsh peasants were not allowed to eat rabbits caught in hunts on the estates of the nobility, so they used melted cheese as a substitute
It is cheese on toast.





Sentences:





';An English immigrant running a cafe in Llanelli was found guilty of using the words 'Welsh Rarebit' instead of 'Welsh Rabbit' on his menu. He was taken out and hanged';

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