lobscouse

To prevent a repeat of the "flying lobscouse" debacle, organisers were indebted to Cwt y Bugail, a syndicate of Welsh Lamb producers who loaned their catering trailer.

It was a hearty dish of stew and a bit like a Welsh version of lobscouse.

"Scouse" is from "lobscouse", first recorded in the early 18th century - a type of gruel served on ships.

The managing director, whose favourite dishes include Sunday roast and lobscouse (stew), said: "I love food - absolutely.

Scouse or lobscouse came to mean any cheap, unthickened meat stew, usually comprising lamb or mutton and always containing potatoes.

LOBSCOUSE While she and the local party lickspittles can celebrate her parachute jump into Liverpool, I''m also confident her friends and colleagues in London will also congratulate her impending success, here in the provinces.

The word Scouse was originally a variation of lobscouse, the name of a traditional dish of Scouse made with lamb stew mixed with hardtack and eaten by sailors.

NScousers got their nickname from their traditional local dish, lobscouse, a dish consisting of stewing steak or mutton with potatoes and vegetables brought over from the Baltic ports.

Tables, cups and plates were sent flying and boiling water and lobscouse was flung over guests.

Recipes vary, but the tasty lamb or beef stew we know today comes from lobscouse - originally eaten by sailors across Northern Europe.

In Pwllheli, Spar store owner Conrad Davies treated the bearded duo to a dish of traditional lobscouse followed by samples of local Llyen produce.

Meat dishes included lamb shank; Irish steak and Guinness stew; stewed pork ribs; rib-eye or sirloin steak; Welsh cawl lobscouse; marinated chicken skewers and chicken green curry.

Recipes have varied down the years, but the tasty and filling lamb or beef stew we know today comes from lobscouse - which was eaten by sailors across Northern Europe.

TV cooks the Hairy Bikers cooked up a tasty meal of lobscouse at Portmeirion yesterday for a new series on regional signature dishes.

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