skillygalee

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A type of gruel made from oatmeal, oft-served historically in poorhouses, sailors' ships, etc. obsolete,uncountable
    — Breakfast was served at 8am and sometimes consisted of skillygalee, a sort of oatmeal gruel prepared in fatty water and which by the time of Trafalgar included butter and sugar.
  2. A thin broth generally prepared by soaking hardtack in water, and frying with pork fat/lard. obsolete,uncountable
    — Skillygalee was born of left-over pork grease and crackers too tough to bite and chew.

词形变化

skilligalee alternative skilligolee alternative

词源

Unknown and much-speculated (compare lobscouse and other fancifully-named hardy foods), but possibly Irish in root.
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