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#1 2007-06-29 10:32:13

klakritz
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From: Winchester Massachusetts
Registered: 2005-10-25
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'fin and haddie' for 'finnan haddie'

Finnan haddie is smoked haddock. ‘Finnan’ is the modified name of a northern Scottish town and doesn’t connect to fins, despite the fishy context. Uncommon-

Remember Fin and Haddie? A simple fish called Haddock, smoked and lightly glazed, then steamed in milk and chopped onion, thickened and then served on toast …
www.mrspeters.com/faqs.asp

Recipes from Kymerians Fin and Haddie My grandmother was and English cook, and I believe this came down from her.www.maresdream.com/clarion/dec04/recipes.html

Fin and Haddie. *. Smoked Filet. COOKED LOBSTER. EVISCERATED CH’CKENS. Watermelons Ig. $1.99…
digitize.gp.lib.mi.us/digitize/newspapers/gpreview/1945-49/46/1946-06-13.pdf

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#2 2007-06-29 11:37:22

Peter Forster
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Registered: 2006-09-06
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Re: 'fin and haddie' for 'finnan haddie'

I do like this one and, as is so often the case, I wonder how I missed it ( I was about to submit ‘prestodigitation’ before finding, not for the first time, that you’d been there already) – I’m particularly pleased to see a bit of Scottish English making a rare appearance.

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