A Rasher Of Bacon, a Murder Of Crows

[hauntedtexan]

Seldom used ways to describe things. What terms were used that you have heard that are outside todays norm.

A Rasher of Bacon is one that grandpa always used and refers to a thin slice, but rasher also meant breakfast. In the old days there was a term used described here from the culinary lore site.:
"Etymologists are not certain about the origin of the word but we can make some pretty good guesses.
Sometimes, the word rasher would be used to refer to breakfast in general. It was used in this way in the naughty slang "A ride and a rasher," which meant sexual intercourse followed by breakfast."

 

[helenbacque]

I love reading down a list of collective nouns. My favorite is a 'charm of hummingbirds'.

http://www.rinkworks.com/words/collective.shtml

 

[Butterfly]

I like "a rhumba of rattlesnakes." I've never seen a rattlesnake doing the rhumba.

 

[Toomuchstuff]

That's a neat list ....... fun to read !

 

[jujube]

A group of crows AND of baboons is called a "congress". Now, that explains everything.

 

[Falcon]

A bevy of beauties; Fox News girls reading us the news. (What news? I was watching the girls.)

 

[dpwspringer]

I like "a rhumba of rattlesnakes." I've never seen a rattlesnake doing the rhumba.

A sidewinder?

Now the one that I'm calling bs on is "a stud of mares"... something doesn't seem right about that one. LOL

 

[Mike]

I understand that a slice of bacon is called a "Rasher",
because it has to be cooked Rashly or Quickly at a
high heat in lard, probably oil today, but it was in the
1950s that I was given that explanation.

Mike.

 

[hauntedtexan]

I understand that a slice of bacon is called a "Rasher",
because it has to be cooked Rashly or Quickly at a
high heat in lard, probably oil today, but it was in the
1950s that I was given that explanation.

Mike.

Cool, thanks, never heard that before!