Ranee wrote:

> I'm curious about how many food related (or almost related)
> sayings/slang/phrases there are out there. I'm thinking along
> the lines of curried favors,

Just for the record, "curry favor" came into usage long before the
Indian-food meaning of "curry" came into the English vernacular.

The expression "curry favor" comes from the Middle English phrase "currayen
favel," which means "brush a chestnut horse with a currycomb."

(I haven't been following this thread, so I apologize if someone else
already mentioned that.)

Bob

In article >, "Bob"
> wrote:

> Ranee wrote:
>
> > I'm curious about how many food related (or almost related)
> > sayings/slang/phrases there are out there. I'm thinking along
> > the lines of curried favors,
>
> Just for the record, "curry favor" came into usage long before the
> Indian-food meaning of "curry" came into the English vernacular.
>
> The expression "curry favor" comes from the Middle English phrase
> "currayen favel," which means "brush a chestnut horse with a
> currycomb."
>
> (I haven't been following this thread, so I apologize if someone else
> already mentioned that.)

Thanks for the linguistics lesson. I already knew that, which was
why I said almost related, though perhaps that wasn't clear enough.
Anyway, it wouldn't make sense that curried favor was about a spice
mixture, because that would be spice mixtured favor.

However, it only took, what 16 posts before someone had to trot out
their superior knowledge? I wonder what took so long.

Thank you to all who have responded, please keep them coming.

Regards,
Ranee (who is enjoying this thread quite a bit)

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In article >, "Bob"
> wrote:

> Ranee wrote:
>
> > I'm curious about how many food related (or almost related)
> > sayings/slang/phrases there are out there. I'm thinking along
> > the lines of curried favors,
>
> Just for the record, "curry favor" came into usage long before the
> Indian-food meaning of "curry" came into the English vernacular.
>
> The expression "curry favor" comes from the Middle English phrase
> "currayen favel," which means "brush a chestnut horse with a
> currycomb."
>
> (I haven't been following this thread, so I apologize if someone else
> already mentioned that.)

Thanks for the linguistics lesson. I already knew that, which was
why I said almost related, though perhaps that wasn't clear enough.
Anyway, it wouldn't make sense that curried favor was about a spice
mixture, because that would be spice mixtured favor.

However, it only took, what 16 posts before someone had to trot out
their superior knowledge? I wonder what took so long.

Thank you to all who have responded, please keep them coming.

Regards,
Ranee (who is enjoying this thread quite a bit)

--
Remove Do Not and Spam to email

"She seeks wool and flax, and works with willing hands." Prov 31:13

See my Blog at: http://arabianknits.blogspot.com/