It's what they called it

[Peter Stines]

A friend brought me some of my FOXFIRE books from home. Good chapters on hog butchering, making sausages, candy, preserving fruit and lots of recipes. The appallachian folks called squirrels a " boomer". This is probably the wrong thread but what is the origin of "boomer"? Maybe we can turn up more names for food. Example: there were leather breeches beans and pumpkin leather.
Some words no doubt were borrowed from languages and others were plain rural. Something to chew on.....

 

[donna]

Know there are some terms for food on forum. But will look for others.

 

[donna]

What I have read a boomer is a red squirrel.

 

[Fairfield]

You can buy scrod (or schrod) at a fish restaurant but there is no such fish. In New England, the term refers to any firm, white fish (it might be cod or halibut or haddock or....).

 

[donna]

Hope Peter alright. Haven't seen him on for a while.