10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DANDYFUNK»
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1
Fish: Food from the Waters
Dandyfunk. A rough canvas bag was made into which hard ships' biscuits were
placed; then we hammered the bag on the windlass until the contents were
converted into what we termed flour. Next we courted the cook ... offering to 'wash
up' ...
2
Saltwater Foodways: New Englanders and Their Food, at Sea ...
Dandyfunk: This was a sailors' dessert. The origin of this word is obscure, and it
does not appear in the Oxford English Dictionary. 127 When soaked in water,
hardtack has a consistency similar to dumplings or soft boiled puddings.
Examples ...
Sandra Louise Oliver, 1995
3
Yarns from a Windjammer
To appreciate dandyfunk properly, one should be on a hungry ship when, for
several days before, sacrifices will have to be made. A stranger should taste first
and not ask its composition, for the recipe is never exactly the same. The
principal ...
4
Around the Galley Stove: A Dissertation Upon Stoves, ...
“Dandyfunk” is another foc'sle mess, made by pounding biscuit into a fine powder
and mixing it into a paste with water. Molasses is added, and the resulting “cake”
is bakedin the oven. Regarding “dandyfunk.” Aboard a large Scotch ship, the' ...
Frederick William Wallace, Stamford Foundary Company, 1911
5
A Landlubber's Log: Around the World as Sailor and Tramp
1 t was Peter who suggested dandyfunk, for instance. "Vat, you doan know vat iss
dandyfunk?" he asked incredulously, when I expressed my interest and
displayed my ignorance. "Efferybody vat go in a win'yammer, he know vat iss
dandyfunk, ...
6
Round the Horn Before the Mast
As I sat sewing, Loring came up to me and proposed that we should make some
dandyfunk for tea. I was always ready for anything in the eating line, and at once
seconded the proposal ; but what dandyfunk was I had no more idea than the ...
Dandyfunk: hardtack put in a canvas bag and pulverized with a belaying pin. The
resultant mass being smeared with slush left over from the boiling salt beef and
then baked in the galley oven in a cut down bully tin. 98. Lobscouse: one of the ...
Gustav Tjgaard, Phillip Carlson, 2012
“Well, he was so taken with my 'compliments' that he almost looked like he was
going to bust forth into a song. He didn't hardly wait a minute before he says to
me. 'Let's start with Dandyfunk or Dogbody, call it what you will. Take some
biscuits ...
After they had given us a cup of tea (in chocolate cups, which incidentally, was
very difficult to drink, as you can imagine) and one or two fancy strawberry slices,
the largest of the three promptly sat himself down before us, with a dandyfunk in ...
Christopher Mcshane, 2012
But at other times he could be talkative enough, and had passed on much useful
information to his young companion: why the BlackBrowed Albatross is known as
the Mollymawk; how to make Dandyfunk and Crackerhash; and that youshould ...
