Thanks for this. cheers Thompson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lisbeth Jardine" <lisjardine@msn.com> To: <ORCADIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 7:26 PM Subject: Re: [<orcadia>] Clapshot > In my v. basic Norwegian-English dictionary, I notice that the word for > "sticky snow" is klabbeforel, klabbe meaning "cloggy" as in "clabber", I > would presume? > > LJardine > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dutch Thompson" <dutchink@isn.net> > To: <ORCADIA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 3:06 PM > Subject: [<orcadia>] Clapshot > > >> Hi- >> Several cooknooks I have list Clapshot- neeps & tatties- as an Orkney >> dish. >> I've looked in the OED for an etymology of "clapshot" but not there and I >> can't find any reference to it in other cookbooks. >> Any ideas 1/ why it's considered Orcadian (as opposed to say Northern >> Scotland-it's listed in some cookbooks as a "Scottish" dish- but the >> Orkney recipes -I checked 3- all call for a pinch of nutmeg or mace) >> 2/ where does the word come from ? >> >> Thanks >> Thompson in Prince Edward Island, Canada, full of clapshot >> >> >> >> >> ==== ORCADIA Mailing List ==== >> To unsubscribe from the Orcadia mailing list, send an e-mail with the >> word >> 'unsubscribe' in the message body to orcadia-l-request@rootsweb.com >> >> > > > ==== ORCADIA Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the Orcadia mailing list, send an e-mail with the word > 'unsubscribe' in the message body to orcadia-l-request@rootsweb.com >