more culinary musings

[Alice Faber]

On 1/26/11 4:10 PM, Victor Steinbok wrote:
> I came across this in a 1880 cookbook. Normally, when someone refers to
> bread-and-butter, I assume it to be a slice of bread spread with a thin
> layer of butter. But what does it mean when the cookbook says, "Slice
> bread-and-butter"?

Bread and butter pickles, maybe?

--
 =======================================================================
Alice Faber                                       faber at haskins.yale.edu
Haskins Laboratories                            tel: (203) 865-6163 x258
New Haven, CT 06511 USA                               fax (203) 865-8963

------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org