crowdie

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Rob searches for a closer connection to his family members, hoping to understand their self-sustaining way of life, including fishing for herring, cooking over peat fires and making crowdie cheese.

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2024

The pot-au-feu of France and Switzerland, the olla podrida of Spain, the borsch of Poland, the tschi of Russia, the macaroni of Italy, the crowdie of Scotland, all are practical examples of this fact.

From The Cooking Manual of Practical Directions for Economical Every-Day Cookery by Corson, Juliet

And a merry mouse in a mill, With a howdie crowdie, &c. &c.

From Notes and Queries, Number 37, July 13, 1850 by Various

When enough meal had been added, and the stirring was completed, the crowdie was made. 

From Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson by Smiles, Samuel

Chorus—Ance crowdie, twice crowdie, Three times crowdie in a day Gin ye crowdie ony mair, Ye'll crowdie a' my meal away.

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert