There is no good evidence for any of this; what is more, Ben Jonson died almost a century before the term Welsh rabbit is first attested.
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The result was "'redirect "'to Welsh rabbit, which covers the " cheese on toast " variant already . talk 03 : 59, 22 July 2006 ( UTC)
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In his 1926 edition of the " Dictionary of Modern English Usage ", the grammarian H . W . Fowler states a forthright view : " Welsh Rabbit is amusing and right.
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In 1870 the " Society of Welsh Rabbits " ( c . 1865 ) was founded with the objective of exploring Snowdonia in winter ( and as close to Christmas as possible ).
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:: Total guess here, but is " paddy mouse " something akin to Welsh rabbit; that is it really isn't mouse, but the term is used as a perjorative towards Vietnamese cuisine ?-- contribs 02 : 33, 8 July 2009 ( UTC)
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The entry in Merriam-Webster's " Dictionary of English Usage " is " Welsh rabbit, Welsh rarebit " and states : " When Francis Grose defined Welsh rabbit in " A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue " in 1785, he mistakenly indicated that rabbit was a corruption of " rarebit ".
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The entry in Merriam-Webster's " Dictionary of English Usage " is " Welsh rabbit, Welsh rarebit " and states : " When Francis Grose defined Welsh rabbit in " A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue " in 1785, he mistakenly indicated that rabbit was a corruption of " rarebit ".
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There is some suggestion that Welsh Rabbit derives from a South Wales Valleys staple, in which a generous lump of cheese is placed into a mixture of beaten eggs and milk, seasoned with salt and pepper, and baked in the oven until the egg mixture has firmed and the cheese has melted.
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Michael Quinion writes : " Welsh rabbit is basically cheese on toast ( the word is not'rarebit'by the way, that's the result of false etymology;'rabbit'is here being used in the same way as'turtle'in'mock-turtle soup', which has never been near a turtle, or'duck'in'Bombay duck', which was actually a dried fish called bummalo ) ".
