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crowdie

British  
/ ˈkraʊdɪ /

noun

  1. a porridge of meal and water; brose

  2. a cheese-like dish made by straining the whey from soured milk and beating up the remaining curd with salt

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of crowdie

C17: of unknown origin

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Rob searches for a closer connection to his family members, hoping to understand their self-sustaining way of life, including fishing for herring, cooking over peat fires and making crowdie cheese.

From BBC Jan. 5, 2024

The pot-au-feu of France and Switzerland, the olla podrida of Spain, the borsch of Poland, the tschi of Russia, the macaroni of Italy, the crowdie of Scotland, all are practical examples of this fact.

From The Cooking Manual of Practical Directions for Economical Every-Day Cookery by Juliet Corson

Crowdie ance, crowdie twice: Crowdie three times in a day: An ye crowdie ony mair, Ye'll crowdie a' my meal away. 25th, Christmas Morning.

From The Letters of Robert Burns by Robert Burns

And yet again:— Willie Warstle, auld Carle, Dottered, dune, and doited bodie, Feeds his weans on calfs' lugs, Sowps o' brose, and draps o' crowdie.

From Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories A Book for Bairns and Big Folk by Robert Ford

To enjoy crowdie at his age, besides, indicated that he still possessed that quality on which no doubt much of his practical success in life had depended,—a strong and healthy digestion.

From Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson by Samuel Smiles

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