Re: Pequeno (was Re: Pilovese in the Romance Language Family)

Benct Philip Jonsson wrote:

>> quoting me:
>>  Pytt-i-panne is known in Norway, too. But here it's
>>  generally something you make from any available meaty
>>  leftovers, potatoes, including potato leftovers, onions
>>  and anything else you like besides that, usually in a
>>  frying pan.
>
> Seems to be the same thing,
Probably borrowed from Swedish, as the Swedish _pytt_ is a more
likely origin than the Norwegian one.

> except you don't always make it
> from real leftovers, and if it's supposed to be fancy the
> ingredients are supposed to be cut into really small pieces
> -- you can even buy it cut, mixed and frozen so that you
> only need to heat it up!
We have that, too.

> I suppose you too eat it with fried eggs?
I don't know. Don't think so, but I haven't had it since I was a kid.
I'm not fond of fried potatoes, not in any form.

Den 7. apr. 2008 kl. 02.22 skreiv Michael Poxon:

> "Lob" is a mediaeval / late-mediaeval term generally used for a
> brownie/boggart - that sort of thing. But I don't think it meant
> that originally. The original meaning was probably something like
> "rough-living or dirty person, someone of ill-repute" whence words
> such as "Landlubber". In English, it's probably AS rather than
> Norse, since the "brownie" meaning is fairly well-distributed over
> Britain, not just those parts subject to a heavy Norse influence.
I agree. I've heard of the "lob" word, too, but found it difficult to
connect to the course. However, when connected to "lubber", it makes
sense. So lob's course then originally is a rough-living person's
course. Rightie-ho. Someone should inform www.answers.com.

All this talk has given me the taste for lapskaus, I think I'm going
to have it next week.

> So you're a Liverpool fan? Come on you reds! Anyone who can put
> Arsenal out of the Champions League is a friend o' mine! Great goal
> by Crouch today...
Aye, we'll do our best. Promise.

LEF