http://www.word-detective.com/2011/12/hard-tack/ Semper Ubi Sub Ubi Tue, 26 Mar 2013 05:05:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.word-detective.com/2011/12/hard-tack/comment-page-1/#comment-32214 Moley Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:28:13 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=5979#comment-32214 Lobscouse is supposedly a traditional dish from Liverpool - one of the UK's main trading ports, so not difficult to spot a nautical connection - so much so that people from Liverpool are nicknamed 'scousers' and 'scouse' is the Liverpool dialect. I believe Lobscouse there is traditionally made with lamb, although aboard ship I supposed they would 'lob' (that is throw) in whatever meat was to hand. Lobscouse is supposedly a traditional dish from Liverpool – one of the UK’s main trading ports, so not difficult to spot a nautical connection – so much so that people from Liverpool are nicknamed ‘scousers’ and ‘scouse’ is the Liverpool dialect. I believe Lobscouse there is traditionally made with lamb, although aboard ship I supposed they would ‘lob’ (that is throw) in whatever meat was to hand.

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