Brunch vs Blunch

Is it “Brunch” or “Blunch” or does it matter?
from Punch, or The London Charivari, August 1, 1898

Will I see you later for suckfast?  Or do you want to get together for brupper? Whatever we call it, it is a meal best shared in community. It’s an excuse to relax over a cuppa, catch up with old friends, meet new friends, perhaps celebrate a relationship or special occasion.

With a new season of salmon approaching, we will be serving Salmon Benedict Sunday, June 16.

Who is this Benedict character I asked myself. A monk? A priest ? Lemuel Benedict was a retired New York stockbroker who walked into the Waldorf Hotel in 1894 looking for a cure for his morning hangover. He ordered buttered toast, poached eggs, crisp bacon and a “hooker of hollandaise”.  According to this version of the story, the maitre d’hotel Oscar Tschirky was so impressed with the dish he put it on the breakfast and lunch menus (Blunch? Brunch?),  substituting ham and a toasted English muffin for the bacon and toast.

Back to the “hooker of hollandaise”. What is a hooker? Not a shapely tart covered in creamy, lemony egg yolks, but a “wide mouth small jug with an indeterminate amount of liquid, somewhere between a splash and a slosh”.

I do hope you will join us under the cherry tree next to the vegetable garden for Brunch Sunday, June 16 at 10:30 AM.

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