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Welsh Rarebit Crostini | #ProgressiveEats
January 25, 201612 Comments
It’s said Wales didn’t have any rabbits. They’d been hunted into extinction.
Others are quoted as saying that the Welsh name was used as a patronizing way to discount things. For example a Welsh pearl was one of poor quality. And Welsh Rabbit (where the Rarebit name stemmed) clearly lacks rabbit.
In truth, the origins of this dish is likely both. It probably represented a dish that really didn’t have meat because none was available. But how did Rabbit become Rarebit? We don’t know for sure, but it was probably a PC way of referring to Rabbit — more genteel, and all that.
The important thing is: have you had it? It was a favorite dish of…
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