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flum·mer·y (flm-r)
n. pl. flum·mer·ies
1. Meaningless or deceptive language; humbug.
2.
a. Any of several soft, sweet, bland foods, such as custard.
b. A sweet gelatinous pudding made by straining boiled oatmeal or flour.
c. A soft dessert of stewed, thickened fruit, often mixed with a grain such as rice.



[Welsh llymru, soft jelly from sour oatmeal.]

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Also
flummery-meaningless ceremonies and flattery; complete nonsense; foolish humbug; empty compliment; unsubstantial talk or writing; mumbo jumbo; nonsense.

mark no-flummery-here Bailey

Thank you for this word! I had no idea about the food applications here, although some of them don't sound too appetizing to me...sour oatmeal?

Anyone who can pronounce words such as llymru with panache deserves something better than sour oatmeal!

I recommend Cacen Cneifio which will go down well while reading other threads.
-gailr

Gailr, that recipe sounds very good! Better than what we had when we sheared when I was younger.

But, of course, here in the south, we're used to these types of recipes...

POSSUM AND CHESTNUTS
1 Possum
1 Pot boiling water
1 Handful chestnuts
1 Handful apple sauce
1 Handful breadcrumbs
1 sweet potato
1/2 Cup lemon juice
1/4 Cup butter

Skin Possum, remove glands and entrails. Scrape clean and scald in boiling water. Rub inside and out with salt and pepper and set in a cool place. Stuff with chestnuts, applesauce, and bread crumbs in equal proportions. Cover with slices of sweet potato, 1 C. Boiling water, 1/2 C. Lemon Juice. Bake in butter and baste often until tender.

Anyone interested I can give them a recipe for baked skunk...gingerbread trailer house...collard greens...heartpumper shake (good for new year's day)...and some recipes that are actually good!

Skinny, I got a possum on ice for you, it was 'taken' from the hiway a few miles from my house. Let me know where I can ship it to.

mark can-you-say-road-killed? Bailey

(OK, I'm blowing my cover here) I've never had stomach enough for the possum and chestnuts...I can't believe those things are eaten by anyone with a choice.
My grandfather was from Alabama and did the Grapes of Wrath thing in 1930...he came up very poor. As an old man, he told me he'd starve to death before he'd ever eat another possum. I might consider starving before eating the first one.
Now balony cups are another matter...

Now balony cups are another matter...

huh?
mark I know-balongna-is-green-meat-ew! Bailey
but see here for some good ol boy meats

Yup--that site has some definite good ol' boy meats..

Bologna Cups
This hearty meal goes well with sports.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Line a muffin tin with bologna slices (red ring removed).
Crack an egg into the center of each bologna cup.
Sprinkle each with salt and black pepper.
Bake until firm.

Add a slice of American cheese to each cup and bake until melted or you can broil cheese.

Serve with beer and tobasco.

And for more uses for baloney...

WHITE TRASH BREAKFAST
1/2 dozen thick-cut slices of baloney cut into pieces
1/2 dozen eggs, beaten
1/4 block of Velveeta, chunked up
Fry baloney to desired crispness. Toss beaten eggs into frying pan and scramble along with baloney. Toss in Velveeta at the very end to melt. Serve with biscuits.

WHITE TRASH BREAKFAST
1/2 dozen thick-cut slices of baloney cut into pieces
1/2 dozen eggs, beaten
1/4 block of Velveeta, chunked up
Fry baloney to desired crispness. Toss beaten eggs into frying pan and scramble along with baloney. Toss in Velveeta at the very end to melt. Serve with biscuits.

I can hear your arteries clogging from here

mark cleaned-blood-vessels-with-garlic Bailey

flummox
1837, cant word, origin uncertain, probably from some forgotten British dialect. Candidates cluster in Herefordshire, Gloucestershire, southern Cheshire and also in Sheffield. "The formation seems to be onomatopoeic, expressive of the notion of throwing down roughly and untidily." Never let it be said that the OED editors lacked imagination.

I wonder if one who is flummoxed was confused by flummery?

Bailey, I presume your original insert was seasonally Dickensian...

SCROOGE: (TO HIMSELF) Nonsense. Twaddle! Flummery! Talking of Christmas, and not two sixpence to jingle together in his trousers pocket!

Years ago in old New Orleans we Minstrel Players performed "A Christmas Carol" and printed on our program, "Please enjoy some complimentary Twaddle and Flummery in the lobby" or something to that effect.

I was curious, and "the google" did not disappoint:

peach flummery, followed by the twaddle diet.

Is the twaddle diet for those who waddle?

wad·dle (wdl)
intr.v. wad·dled, wad·dling, wad·dles
1. To walk with short steps that tilt the body from side to side.
2. To walk heavily and clumsily with a pronounced sway.
n.
A swaying gait: the waddle of ducks.



[Frequentative of wade.]



waddler n.

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As in to waddle into a diet?

mark done-ma-share-o-waddlin' Bailey

I'm going to give this one a bump and renew the suggestion. I just came across it in a NYT article and had to look it up. Great word, IMNSHO.

Among my avid reading of mysteries are British novels. I always think of them when I hear flummery. Brings to mind some of the lead characters of John Dickson Carr, who seemed a cross between Falstaff and Churchill.