FOOD DICTIONARY

Some of you may know that I'm working on a great food dictionary. It's
badly needed.

I'd like to have some great features that only our modern technology
can provide. Audio pronunciations and pictures for each dish, for
example.

If anyone has any ideas for the great food dictionary--publishers,
universities, collaborators, software to use--please let me know.

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PITCH-IN SUPPER

I'll re-post this here from the American Dialect Society list--Barry
Popik.


http://www.indystar.com/articles/7/172637-9237-047.html
Indiana 'pitches in' with its own brand of slang terminology
August 24, 2004

Hoosiers speak their own language. Here's a quick glossary of terms,
courtesy of the Indiana University Department of Linguistics.

Pitch-in: A gathering where everyone contributes a dish to eat, known
by the rest of the English-speaking world as a potluck.

Mango: Ha! You thought it was a tropical fruit. For some weird reason,
a lot of folks around Bloomington and Terre Haute use this word to
describe a green pepper.

Toboggan: Nope, not a sled. To Hoosiers in the southern part of the
state, this is a knit cap worn in winter.

Nibnose: A nosey person. Can also be an adjective, e.g. "She's awfully
nibbey."

Giggin' (as opposed to gigging): Hunting frogs in order to eat frog
legs.

Sweep the carpet: Vacuum the carpet.

Cheese toasty: Fort Wayne-speak for a grilled-cheese sandwich.

Hoosier: There are hundreds of stories about where the word comes
from, but it's most widely believed to have originated in the
Appalachian Mountains as a pejorative term for an unrefined, country
roughneck. Turns out a lot of native Indiana people's ancestors
migrated here from Virginia and West Virginia. In St. Louis, hoosier
is still pretty much an insult, but here it's come to mean anyone from
Indiana.

-- Courtenay Edelhart

(The Dictionary of American Regional English has "pitch-in dinner"
from 1965-70--ed.)


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Indianapolis Star Monday, May 07, 1923 Indianapolis, Indiana
....home, that the day closed with a "PITCH-IN" SUPPER, she said, VOh,
they.....wore straw hats IN snow time and furs IN summer. "I lived IN
the days when..
Pg. 6, col. 7:
When we mentioned to a friend, on coming home, that the day closed
with a "pitch in" supper, she said, "Oh, they have them in Greensburg,
too?" So this institution is evidently not peculiar to Tipton. Its
neighborliness and good fellowship would make one wish that it was not
limited to one locality, but belonged to the entire state.

Indianapolis Star Sunday, June 08, 1924 Indianapolis, Indiana
....day. The Kentland chapter will have a PITCH-IN SUPPER on June 13
with Mrs. E.....for Mrs. Jessie Logan. The ;annual PITCH-IN dINner
will be held -IN the..
Pg. 30, col. 3:
The annual pitch-in dinner will be held in the city park this month.
(Rushville--ed.)
Pg. 30, col. 4:
The Kentland chapter will have a pitch-in supper on June 13 with Mrs.
E. S. Hess, Mrs. Faye Burgess and Mrs. Virginia Spradling as members
of the committee in charge.

Newark Advocate Saturday, August 08, 1936 Newark, Ohio
....I Fred WatkINs. William R. Dean, a PITCH-IN SUPPER and stay for
the.....monthly busINess meetINg and potluck SUPPER Monday at 6 p. m.
Sunday school..

Chronicle Telegram Thursday, October 14, 1937 Elyria, Ohio
....LAQRAXGE Gleaners' Class will hold a "PITCH-IN" SUPPER and
Hallowe'en party at.....Night. X. The 115th anniversary SUPPER will be
held at the..

Lima News Friday, November 06, 1942 Lima, Ohio
....for the group's first social event, a "PITCH-IN-SUPPER." Miss Znlia
Harbaugh.....n-.is-INn-. nil 3-DIAMOND BEAUTY Rich IN beauty rich IN
rich IN quality. 2..

Walla Walla Union Bulletin Thursday, July 18, 1946 Walla Walla,
Washington
....slowly. thick add broken nut meats and PITCH-IN SUPPER Your Answer
to Guest.....IN for SUPPER. Why not ask them to PITCH IN and
contribute their favorite..

Daily Independent Wednesday, August 31, 1955 Kannapolis, North
Carolina
....harvest time. Call ft what you will. PITCH-IN SUPPER. Barn dance.
Or corn.....Patterson, and that evenINg were SUPPER guests of Mr: 'and
Mrs. j Rev..

Great Bend Daily Tribune Friday, September 02, 1955 Great Bend, Kansas
....etijoy harvest time. it what you will. PITCH-IN SUPPER. Barn dance.
Or com.....29. The next family card pSty and SUPPER will be given by
Mrs. Henry Cook..

Herald Thursday, January 22, 1959 Chicago, Illinois
....Game Dear Peg' Our foursome had its PITCH-IN SUPPER recently and
the food.....The tricky answer to this one was IN the first Whoever IN
the audience..

Sheboygan Press Friday, August 06, 1965 Sheboygan, Wisconsin
....call a potluck meal, they call a "PITCH IN." Jane also noted that
INstead.....O, II County Delegates Learn About INdiana 4-H Clubs
Johnson County, from..
Pg. 18?, col. 8:
Jane Mayhew, Meadowlarks 4-H Club, said that Indiana people use many
different speaking terms. What Sheboygan County people call a potluck
meal, they call a "pitch in." Jane also noted that instead of them
seving milk for meals they served iced tea.

Newark Advocate Monday, April 07, 1969 Newark, Ohio
....Kappa Gamma S o c i e t y. p .m.. 'PITCH-IN-SUPPER" and meetINg,
with.....for visitINg KINgswood Gardens IN Mansfield. LosINg lassies
TOPS Met at..