Topic: British slang?

Topic: British slang I heard this word twice in two different British/Scottich TV series. It sounds like "scows" and it refers to food - something commonly eaten. Asked by MusicLoverMe 47 months ago Similar questions: Topic British slang Food & Drink > Food.

Scouse! Scouse is stew, especially cheap stew. Originally, it was a shipboard thing: you boil meat (especially the kind of dried ship’s meat that takes several hours of boiling to soften) and ship’s biscuit (a kind of cracker that’s so hard you have to boil or fry it before you can eat it), along with any vegetables you happen to have on hand.

These days, it’s usually made with lamb, though it can also be made with beef (or a combination) and uses potato instead of the hardtack/biscuit. Beyond that there’s a huge variation, depending on where you live and what you like. The link below has several recipes.It's pronounced "scows" in Liverpool, and the Liverpudlians call themselves and their accent "Scouse".

Liverpool is a blue-collar town, and the term connotes a kind of working-class existence, where scouse is a working-class food. You won't find it on fancy menus, but it's actually quite tasty. Sources: culinary.senses.com/own/81-Scouse-Everto... PamPerdue's Recommendations Lobscouse and Spotted Dog: Which It's a Gastronomic Companion to the Aubrey/Maturin Novels (Patrick O'Brian) Amazon List Price: $18.95 Used from: $10.39 Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 (based on 18 reviews) A truly charming recipe book of early 19th century recipes.

The "lobscouse" in the title was shortened to "scouse".

Possibly you mean "scouse" The word Scouse was originally a variation of "lobscouse", the name of a traditional dish of Scouse made with lamb stew mixed with hardtack eaten by sailors. Alternative recipes have included beef and thickened with the gelatin sauce found in cowheel or pig trotter in addition to various root vegetables. Scouse is also the accent and dialect of English found in the north-western English city of Liverpool and in some adjoining urban areas of Merseyside.

Inhabitants of Liverpool are called Liverpudlians, but are more often described by the coloquialism Scousers. Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scouse .

" Scows is a british term for a flat-bottomed boat with a blunt bow, used to haul garbage. Http:/en.wikipedia.Org/wiki/Scows However, if it’s food related, perhaps you heard Scones. A scone is a biscuit (a.k.a.

A cookie here in america); a british snack of scottish origin. A small quickread made of wheat, barley or oatmeal, usually with baking powder as a leavening agent. The pronunciation across the United Kingdom is varied.

Some sections of the population (nearly two thirds of the British population and 99% of the Scottish population, according to one academic study1) pronounce it as /sk? N/ (to rhyme with con and John, the U English Pronunciation), and the rest pronounce it /sk? N/ (to rhyme with cone and Joan, the Non-U English pronunciation).

Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scows and verified by my lovely british wife ;) X-Modius's Recommendations Great British Cooking: Wellkept Secret, A Amazon List Price: $18.00 Used from: $4.24 Average Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 (based on 13 reviews) Breakfast in Bed Cookbook: The Best B and B Recipes from Northern California to British Columbia Amazon List Price: $16.95 Used from: $0.39 Average Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 (based on 4 reviews) .

Likely Scone The scone is a British snack of Scottish origin. A small quickbread made of wheat, barley or oatmeal, usually with baking powder as a leavening agent. British scones are often lightly sweetened, but may also be savoury.In the U.S. , scones are drier and larger, and typically sweet.

The pronunciation across the United Kingdom is varied. Some sections of the population (nearly two thirds of the British population and 99% of the Scottish population, according to one academic study1) pronounce it as /sk? N/ (to rhyme with con and John, the U English Pronunciation), and the rest pronounce it /sk?

N/ (to rhyme with cone and Joan, the Non-U English pronunciation). According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word scone derives perhaps from the Middle Dutch schoonbrood (fine white bread), from schoon (pure, clean) and brood (bread). The word is attested in the Scots language long before it was in more general use in the English language.

Sources: Wikipedia and personal knowledge .

It can be hard to understand the Brits. You probably heard the word Scone or Scones. A Scone is an English biscuit made from flour, butter, sugar, milk or cream and baking powder, not much different from the American biscuit.

Traditionally, they are made with currants but are now seen with other dried fruits and flavors. They are served at tea time with clotted cream and jam.

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