LL-L 'Etymology' 2006.10.25 (08) [E]

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L O W L A N D S - L * 25 October 2006 * Volume 08
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From: David Barrow [davidab at telefonica.net.pe]
Subject: LL-L 'Etymology' 2006.10.25 (04) [E]

>From: Wesley Parish [wes.parish at paradise.net.nz]
>Subject: LL-L 'Etymology'
>
>Hi, folks
>
>Just a question - for reasons utterly absurd, I was reminded today of the word
>"fool" as used to describe a British Isles dish related to the "junket", a
>curds-and-whey dish.
>
>What are the origins of this word in relation to food? The dish seems to be a
>peasant/yeoman dish, so I doubt it was influenced by the influx of French
>words - "junket" seems to me more likely to be French in origin.
>
>Thanks
>
>Wesley Parish
>
>P.S. Oh, yes, the reason I was reminded of this usage? Song lines I
>persistenly misheard as a ten-year-old:
>"The Joker is the only fool\ who'll do anything for you"
>misheard as:
>"Supper is the only fool ..." ;)
>Food plays a large role in the minds of ten-year-olds, much bigger than that
>topic those pestiferous adults are always worried about ... ;)

Wesley,

http://www.etymonline.com/

junket
1382, "basket in which fish are caught or carried," from M.L.
juncata "rush basket," perhaps from L. juncus "rush." Shifted meaning
1530 to "feast, banquet," probably via notion of a picnic basket, which
led to extended sense of "pleasure trip" (1814), and then to "tour by
government official at public expense for no discernable public benefit"
(1886, Amer.Eng.). Cf. It. cognate giuncata "cream cheese" (originally
made in a rush basket).

The food sense may have had the same origin as the Italian cognate.

David Barrow

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