英语词汇anadama bread的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

anadama bread. Anadama bread, a Yankee cornmeal recipe, offers one of the most humorous stories connected with any foodstuff. Tradition has it that a Yankee farmer or fisherman, whose wife Anna was too lazy to cook for him, concocted the recipe. On tasting the result of his efforts a neighbor asked him what he called the bread, the crusty Yankee replying, “Anna, damn her!” Another version claims that the husband was a Yankee sea captain who endearingly referred to his wife as “Anna, damn ’er.” Anna’s bread was much loved by his crew be- cause it was delicious and would not spoil on long sea voyages. The captain is said to have written the following epitaph for his wife: “Anna was a lovely bride,/but Anna, damn’er, up and died.”

词汇	anadama bread
词源	anadama bread. Anadama bread, a Yankee cornmeal recipe, offers one of the most humorous stories connected with any foodstuff. Tradition has it that a Yankee farmer or fisherman, whose wife Anna was too lazy to cook for him, concocted the recipe. On tasting the result of his efforts a neighbor asked him what he called the bread, the crusty Yankee replying, “Anna, damn her!” Another version claims that the husband was a Yankee sea captain who endearingly referred to his wife as “Anna, damn ’er.” Anna’s bread was much loved by his crew be- cause it was delicious and would not spoil on long sea voyages. The captain is said to have written the following epitaph for his wife: “Anna was a lovely bride,/but Anna, damn’er, up and died.”
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