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How much is a rasher of bacon?

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  • by SiN667 on January 28th, 2005

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    The Oxford English Dictionary, in its precise (and rather prim) way defines “rasher” as “a thin slice of bacon or ham, cooked or intended to be cooked”. And then it adds (unhelpfully) “of obscure origin”. But we don’t have to give up, because there are some clues around. One suggestion is that originally “rasher” referred to that which was “rashly or hastily roasted”; while another lexicographer suggests that originally a “rasher” was something that had been burnt in the cooking, from having been too hastily or rashly cooked. The earliest citation is from 1592, and it refers to putting a rasher “on the coals”. If these thin slices of bacon were originally cooked by being thrown directly onto the coals, you can well see why such a cooking method might be described as “rash” (and might often result in burnt food). There is another possibility. There was an old (now obsolete) verb “to rash” meaning “to cut or slash” – and so “rasher” just might have referred to the thin slicing of the bacon. Either is possible: take your pick.

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