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18 Oct 05 - 01:55 PM (#1585462) Subject: BS: Food: Hamishers? From: TheBigPinkLad Anyone know what a Hamisher is? I came across a reference thereto in Ken Shale's 1960s book "Brewing Better Beers" in a poem about drinking and eating "We are good noshers, too" |
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18 Oct 05 - 02:22 PM (#1585480) Subject: RE: BS: Hamishers? From: Elmer Fudd hamisher (HAY-mish-er; rhymes with Danish) Yiddish: homey, cozy, warm |
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18 Oct 05 - 02:34 PM (#1585490) Subject: RE: BS: Hamishers? From: Hamish ...er? ~8^) |
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18 Oct 05 - 02:40 PM (#1585497) Subject: RE: BS: Hamishers? From: TheBigPinkLad It's definitely some sort of food. I suspect Scots, although Ken Shales wa a Basildon boy. |
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18 Oct 05 - 05:56 PM (#1585689) Subject: RE: BS: Hamishers? From: Elmer Fudd "Noshers" is Yiddish for snackers or eaters, so I'd still bet on the Yiddish meaning. |
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19 Oct 05 - 06:42 AM (#1586048) Subject: RE: BS: Hamishers? From: Dead Horse Are they allowed to eat ham? I thought it was an obscure Scottish religeous sect. You know. All riding round in tartan buggies? |
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19 Oct 05 - 08:21 AM (#1586100) Subject: RE: BS: Hamishers? From: manitas_at_work There is a style (or brand?) of gherkins called Hamish. |
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19 Oct 05 - 08:37 PM (#1586637) Subject: RE: BS: Hamishers? From: Q (Frank Staplin) Noshing hamster hams? |
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20 Oct 05 - 09:31 AM (#1586928) Subject: RE: BS: Hamishers? From: Rapparee They're sort of like guinea pigs. Like in, "I got my kid a hamisher for a pet. And them's good eatin', too." |
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20 Oct 05 - 10:25 AM (#1586982) Subject: RE: BS: Hamishers? From: GUEST,Cluin A tool in the bag of a Scottish burglar. Basically a specialized crowbar. |
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22 Jan 06 - 01:40 AM (#1653284) Subject: RE: BS: Hamishers? From: Cluin Get it? Hamish.... James..... Jimmy.... jimmy bar? |
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22 Jan 06 - 06:19 PM (#1653814) Subject: RE: BS: Hamishers? From: Dead Horse Got it! Its a secret society (or maybe a religeous sect) who believe the world will come to an end if they were to stop running round inside of a treadwheel. Something like whirling Dervishes, but without the sick bags. |
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22 Jan 06 - 06:29 PM (#1653822) Subject: RE: BS: Hamishers? From: Rabbi-Sol The Yiddish version is spelled Heimishe. It refers to someone who is a very strictly observant Orthodox Jew and dresses accordingly; usually a Hasidic person. SOL ZELLER |
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22 Jan 06 - 07:19 PM (#1653861) Subject: RE: BS: Hamishers? From: David C. Carter "Hamisher tambourine man,play a song for meeeeeee..... Everybuddy must git sto.......FORGET IT! |
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23 Jan 06 - 07:17 AM (#1654069) Subject: RE: BS: Hamishers? From: autolycus Hamisher/heimisher gherkins are the particularly big, thick ones. Delicious with rollmop herring, coleslaw, organic veg. and bread. Just like being back in dear old Lithuania. Auto. |
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25 Jan 06 - 05:50 PM (#1655628) Subject: RE: BS: Hamishers? From: Cluin Hamisher... yer gottiny shpare shange? |