Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An Irish dish of mashed potatoes and cabbage, seasoned with butter.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
calecannon .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A traditional Irish dish made from
mashed potatoes andkale , withscallions ,butter ,salt andpepper added.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Amanda Lyssy, with Christus Our Daily Bread in Galveston, helps prepare a traditional Irish dish called colcannon, which is made with mashed potatoes, kale, cabbage, onions and ham.
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Amanda Lyssy, with Christus Our Daily Bread in Galveston, helps prepare a traditional Irish dish called colcannon, which is made with mashed potatoes, kale, cabbage, onions and ham.
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Amanda Lyssy, with Christus Our Daily Bread in Galveston, helps prepare a traditional Irish dish called colcannon, which is made with mashed potatoes, kale, cabbage, onions and ham.
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Amanda Lyssy, with Christus Our Daily Bread in Galveston, helps prepare a traditional Irish dish called colcannon, which is made with mashed potatoes, kale, cabbage, onions and ham.
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Amanda Lyssy, with Christus Our Daily Bread in Galveston, helps prepare a traditional Irish dish called colcannon, which is made with mashed potatoes, kale, cabbage, onions and ham.
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Amanda Lyssy, with Christus Our Daily Bread in Galveston, helps prepare a traditional Irish dish called colcannon, which is made with mashed potatoes, kale, cabbage, onions and ham.
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Amanda Lyssy, with Christus Our Daily Bread in Galveston, helps prepare a traditional Irish dish called colcannon, which is made with mashed potatoes, kale, cabbage, onions and ham.
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Bread in Galveston, helps prepare a traditional Irish dish called colcannon, which is made with mashed potatoes, kale, cabbage, onions and ham.
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Amanda Lyssy, with Christus Our Daily Bread in Galveston, helps prepare a traditional Irish dish called colcannon, which is made with mashed potatoes, kale, cabbage, onions and ham.
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Amanda Lyssy, with Christus Our Daily Bread in Galveston, helps prepare a traditional Irish dish called colcannon, which is made with mashed potatoes, kale, cabbage, onions and ham.
treeseed commented on the word colcannon
Colcannon (Irish: cál ceannan - white head) is a food made from mashed potatoes, kale or cabbage, butter, salt, and pepper. It can contain other ingredients such as milk, cream, leeks, onions, chives, garlic, boiled ham or Irish bacon. At one time it was a cheap, year-round staple food.
An old Irish Halloween tradition was to serve colcannon with prizes of small coins concealed in it, as the English do with Christmas pudding. This is still done today and small amounts of money are placed in the potato.
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February 5, 2008
bilby commented on the word colcannon
See also calecannon.
July 5, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word colcannon
Usage on powsowdie.
February 1, 2010
hernesheir commented on the word colcannon
Scots kailkennin.
May 24, 2011
hernesheir commented on the word colcannon
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January 21, 2013