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Conny-Onny Buttie: A Scouser Treat

Visiting with me dar in Florida, we’d come to chat about the scram his ole man ate, like conny-onny buttie, much loved in de pool, our ancestral homeland. Making it’s simple.

1. Ingredients: chuck and conny-onny.



2. Smear.



3. Smash in gob. (You’ll be dead chuffed).



Doodle to make; to be enjoyed till Dick docks.

Take that, wouldja, Bridgestone!

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LOL... When I was growing up in HK, they made the same sandwich! Only we toasted the bread and sometimes we butter the toast. I always thought it was a HK thing!

Actually, after having it on white bread, which I somehow felt was traditional, I tried toasting it and my daughter and I dug it a lot. Like the music of Wagner, this buttie is much better than it sounds.

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Doesn't Winnie-the-Pooh or Paddington Bear or somebody eat condensed milk sandwiches?

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Ummm...

What language was that, David?

Mike

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Suburban gourmand

Hint is on the cutting board...in the box behind the ingredients.

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Beetle, Fab Four, Liverpool...........

You are an extremely odd man. Interesting, imaginative, but odd.

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"The only time to eat diet food is while you’re waiting for the steak to cook." - Julia Child

Conny-onny = condensed milk.

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“We all have to stand before the kitchen gods.” Chef Jacob Sahaya Kumar Aruni

I've puzzled over a few Beatles books that talk about "butties" and "sarnies." Do these terms both mean sandwiches or is there a difference? It seemed like they were used interchangeably (ham sarnies, ham butties) but I might be remembering wrong.

P.S. If you are a Beatle fan and you don't at least recognize the above terms and "Scouser," you should spend more of your life reading Beatle books.

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"things like being careful with your coriander/ that's what makes the gravy grander" - Sondheim

I'm guessing you could find some scousers who would feel there's a difference between the two words, but I don't know what it is.

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Hi,

There is an online dictionary for just about anything. From Dictionary of Slang, buttie or butty is sandwich, originally coined in Northern England and now used throughout. It is a colloquialism for a buttered sandwich. It can also mean a friend.

Sarnie also means sandwich. A 'Bacon Sarni' is slang for Pakistani.

Scouser is a person from Liverpool.

Scouse is a nickname derived from a local stew, called lobscouse aka Sailor's Beef Stew.

Fun with search engines!

Regards,

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Cathy2

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Cathy,

That's fab...a bit of all right!

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David, what time will you and your droogies be at the Korova milkbar for some milk-plus?

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Mike, you must know that David is all on for synthemesc and drencrom. They really get you in the yarbles and sharpen you up for a bit of the old ultra-violence.

Yes, I know, but I wanted to hear from someone who had real experience with someone who used the words. Not everything on the internet is correct....

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"things like being careful with your coriander/ that's what makes the gravy grander" - Sondheim

Yummy, I had those as a kid too. Like CrazyC, we'd toast it first. Nowadays I never have white bread at home though.

Why don't you call the Cultural Attache at the British Consulate? They just might humor your question. I look forward to your report.

British Consulate General ukinusa.fco.gov.uk
Suite 1300
400 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
(312) 970-3800

Regards,

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Next time I talk to my dad (which will be soon), I'll ask.

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Even better...maybe I could get a grant to study this myself in Liverpool. There's got to be some federal money for me out there somewhere. Cathy you are on to something here!

Or I could just ask Sir Paul the next time he calls me. He's been bugging me again. I've complained to Ringo but he says he can't do anything with him either. Those pesky ex-Beatles.

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"things like being careful with your coriander/ that's what makes the gravy grander" - Sondheim

Dave, I actually heard the "sarnie" word last night on TV. It was on a travel show hosted by someone from London: "I've got me sarnies."

It's really a good word. I like it much more than sandwich.

FYI, if I seem a little crazed on food words, I looked seriously into going to grad school in Linguistics. When you combine this and the Beatles, it sort of takes over what's left of my brain.

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"things like being careful with your coriander/ that's what makes the gravy grander" - Sondheim

My understanding, the last time I've seen the "buttie" vs "sarnie" debate on another message board, was that "buttie" was more a northern British term, and "sarnie" more a southern regionalism.

I did too! Clearly, the British Empire's culinary tastes remained/remain deeply embedded in the freed colonies

Jyoti

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Maybe the Conny-Onny Buttie is the sort of thing that is better eaten at home in one's jammies (what's the slang for jammies?), but in case anyone needs a little bit of comfort right in the middle of NYC, I found it at Saint's Alp Teahouse in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The menu lists it as one of several varieties of Classic Toast, this version with butter.

Saint's Alp Teahouse
Williamsburg Store
164 Bedford Ave.
Brooklyn, NY
Tel: (718)486-3888
FAx: (718)486-9888

New York University Store
39 3rd Ave.,
New York, NY
Tel: (212)598-1890
Fax: (212)598-1891

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