Potlikker

[PeterT]

"I just bumped thread you first mentioned it." What is "bumped thread"?

You "bump" it to get the thread up to the front of the line so that it gets noticed.

 

[Norm53]

You "bump" it to get the thread up to the front of the line so that it gets noticed.

Thanks, but how do I bump thread. IOW, what is the process. (Learn sth new every day here.)

 

[PeterT]

Thanks, but how do I bump thread. IOW, what is the process. (Learn sth new every day here.)

Just enter a comment in the relevant thread.

Such as ... "Bumping this thread because ....."

 

[Norm53]

Just enter a comment in the relevant thread.

Such as ... "Bumping this thread because ....."

... "because I'm worthier than the poster of the thread ahead of me?" Hardly a way to win friends and influence people.

 

[donna]

Bumped means the thread is brought up. It is older thread but since mention of subject some one brings it (thread) back up.

 

[Norm53]

The British manufacturers knew that the Indian species was inferior to the American species, but they had no choice. Egypt had better cotton, but not enough of it. I would be interested in knowing what machinery changes had to be made to accommodate the Indian cotton, but there is no way to get at that information without visiting the British Museum, if it exists there in drawings.

 

[Norm53]

Bumped means the thread is brought up. It is older thread but since mention of subject someone brings it (thread) back up.

Each recipe is a separate

Bumped means the thread is brought up. It is older thread but since mention of subject some one brings it (thread) back up.

By bringing it up, does that mean one thread is incorporated into another thread?

 

[LSBusch]

Has anyone besides me heard the term "potlikker" used as an insult? My dad, born in northern Wisconsin with a father from Chicago, called people "dirty potlikkers" when he was mad at them. (I thought it was spelled "potlicker.")

 

[E_just_E]

Has anyone besides me heard the term "potlikker" used as an insult? My dad, born in northern Wisconsin with a father from Chicago, called people "dirty potlikkers" when he was mad at them. (I thought it was spelled "potlicker.")

Different origin (and meaning.) Potlikker is a corruption of "Pot Liquor" denoting the liquid that is left in a pot after boiling different foods (usually greens). Potlicker is someone who licks pots.

 

[PeterT]

Bumped means the thread is brought up. It is older thread but since mention of subject some one brings it (thread) back up.

That's better than my way of explaining it …

 

[Eleanor Rose]

Has anyone besides me heard the term "potlikker" used as an insult? My dad, born in northern Wisconsin with a father from Chicago, called people "dirty potlikkers" when he was mad at them. (I thought it was spelled "potlicker.")

What @E_just_E said. I've seen potlikker spelled lots of ways. Potlikker is the common spelling in cooking. The word can be used as a derogatory reference to one's social status (i.e. poor and hungry), but I don't remember ever hearing it used that way.

 

[donna]

There was question on this food. Bumping thread from Eleanor Rose.