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stelk Anglo-Ir.|stɛlk| [Prob. ad. Ir. stailc stubbornness, sulkiness, (in Co. Donegal) starch: cf. stalk n.1] A cooked vegetable dish made with onions, mashed potatoes, and butter, or other ingredients.
1844W. Carleton Traits & Stories Ir. Peasantry (new ed.) II. 167 Norah..sent you a crock of her own lard. When you're makin'..sthilk.., if you slip in a lump of this, it'll save you the price of butther. Ibid., Sthilk is made by bruising a quantity of boiled potatoes and beans together. The potatoes, having first been reduced to a pulpy state, the beans are but partially broken. It is then put into a dish, and a pound of butter or rendered lard thrust into the middle of it. 1890D. A. Simmons List Words & Phr. S. Donegal 16 Stelk, champ, food made of pounded potatoes. 1949‘M. Innes’ Journeying Boy xiii. 162, I greatly fear that for dinner now we shall have to fall back upon stelk. 1971Guardian 10 July 9/6 Stelk..is alternatively known as champ and consists of spring onions simmered in milk. |