Green Milk ~ Ew? Or Yum!
When Americans think of Ireland, we often imagine rural farmers and green
pastures. Though it has its urbanites, as we do, much of the rural vernacular
with roots in the kitchen, still permeates modern syntax.
In case you don’t spend all that much kitchen
time using the multitude of baking dishes languishing in your cupboards, you
may not know that your bonnyclabber could be useful, rather than distasteful.
Baking and cooking with bonnyclabber not only
brightens your yummy baked goods, but utilizes a food product you would normally toss down the sink.
Put the milk carton back in the fridge and
mark it “FOR BAKING” and have a fun weekday event baking pies on “Pi Day”—March
14th—or an aromatic weekend of green Irish shamrock cookies for St. Patrick’s Day! (March 17th)
Your bonnyclabber
will fit right in.
And if you want a little more Irish to go with
your week and Irish-American Heritage Month, a straight-from-Ireland
word will motivate you to enjoy a jaunty jig or two when your yummy pies,
cookies and cakes are done!
IRISH WORDPLAY
WEDNESDAY: BACHRAM (“BOCH-rum”): Bachram
is boisterous, rambunctious behavior, but it can also be used figuratively for
a sudden or violent downpour of rain.
We’ll skip the downpour of rain—had enough for
the winter—so let’s get bachram and tip a pint of green beer
to go with our bonnyclabber pie. Gabháil
le do shláinte agus do shaibhreas! (Cheers to your health and wealth!)
This week, grab your copy of Paddy’s Request, a delightful tongue-in-cheek eBook that perpetuates the fun myth of
St. Patrick and the snakes, by the inimitable John F. Harnish. Curl up with your fave
green libation, and enjoy your tasty treats made with bonnyclabber while you
read!
Word Challenge: BACHRAM (Irish) / BONNYCLABBER*. I don’t know about you, but when I bake with libation in
hand, I can become a tad bachram. Makes it tough to measure
the ingredients! Enjoy, as you fit bonnyclabber
into your week of Celtic writing. (*Bonnyclabber is in the English dictionary.)
Learning knows no prejudices or boundaries, and it isn’t fattening!
Expanding your mind is a no-cost, simple joy. Do you feel that way too? What’s
your inspiration? Share your creative genius and Wordplay Wednesday comments below.
Write first for yourself … only then can you write for others. (L.Rochelle)
LinDee Rochelle is a writer and editor by
trade, and an author by way of Rock & Roll. She has published two books (of
three) in her Blast from Your Past series about pioneering R&R Radio DJs. The true behind-the-mic
tales make GREAT Holiday Gifts available on Amazon (eBook and print): Book 1 – Rock & Roll Radio DJs: The First Five Years 1954-1959; and Book
2 – Rock & Roll Radio DJs: The Swinging Sixties. Coming soon … The Psychedelic
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