WELSH RABBIT.
The Editor, "The Listener." Sir,-With regard to the letter in your last issue by G. H. Jones on the subject of Welsh Rabbit, you might be interested to have Chambers’s Definitions: "Welsh Rabbit, melted cheese with a little ale poured over a slice of hot toast-jocularly formed on the analogy of Norfolk Capon=red herring, Irish apricots = potatoes, etc. Sometimes written ‘Welsh Rarebit’ by Wiseacre." Yours etc.,
M.
J.
Auckland, June 25, 1940.
The Editor, The. Listener. Sir-I have read with interest the discussion on "Welsh Rarebit." I don’t think G. H. Jones was querying the spelling of "rabbit." The cheese dish called "Welsh Rarebet" is spelt "Rarebit," meaning a Welsh rare bit or dainty morsel. I also have seen it spelt "rabbit" in many books. "Rarebet" is in all dictionaries. Wares ae
SUBSCRIBER
Dannevirke, June 30, 1940. (Our correspondent will find that ‘rare bit" is not favoured Ph the Oxford English Dictionaty, our highest authority, Ed.).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 56, 19 July 1940, Page 5
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