Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—F

Food

Sir Walter Scott remarks that live cattle go by Saxon names, and slain meat by Norman-French, a standing evidence that the Normans were the lords who ate the meat, and the Saxons the serfs who tended the cattle. Examples:

Sheep Ox Calf Hog Pig (Saxon).

Mutton Beef Veal Bacon Pork (Norman-French).

Food of the gods.
(See Ambrosia, Nectar.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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