单词 | mush and molasses |
释义 | > as lemmasmush and molasses 1. Chiefly North American. Porridge; spec. porridge made with maize meal boiled in water or milk until thick. Frequently in mush and milk, mush and molasses. 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- 1671 J. Hardy Descr. Last Voy. Bermudas 11 Indian corn..Which being groun'd and boyl'd, Mush they make Their hungry Servants Hunger for to slake. 1676 B. Tompson New Englands Crisis 6 These times were good, Merchants car'd not a rush For other fare than Jonakin and Mush. 1746 E. Kimber Itinerant Observ. Amer. in London Mag. July 322/2 The meaner Sort you find little else but Water amongst, when their Cyder is spent. Mush and Milk, or Molasses, Homine,..and Fish, are their principal Diet. 1811 H. M. Brackenridge Jrnl. 3 Apr. in Views Louisiana (1814) 202 A pot of mush for supper, with a pound of tallow in it. 1893 K. Sanborn Truthful Woman S. Calif. 37 The old greenhorn above who had his supper of mush and milk. 1908 U. Sinclair Metropolis 162 [Common people] ate mush and molasses. 1934 W. Saroyan Daring Young Man 97 We ate mush in those days. It was cheap and we were poor, and the mush filled a lot of space. 1988 S. Bellow Theft 40 In a sophisticated boardroom Clara could be as plain as cornmeal mush. < as lemmas |
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