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I must admit you had me for a moment.One came in a lorry, the other I fetched in my van. I'll leave you to speculate which was which.
I must admit you had me for a moment.One came in a lorry, the other I fetched in my van. I'll leave you to speculate which was which.
I'll still be using trucklements to denote the accompaniments to my truckle of cheese. It may catch on."Tracklements" seems to be a word, but I can't find anything on "trucklements".
I have " (le) pamplemousse" as my favourite (pronounced pomplemousse, of course. It's French).
Noun. truckling - the act of obeying meanly (especially obeying in a humble manner or for unworthy reasons) obedience, obeisance - the act of obeying;I'll still be using trucklements to denote the accompaniments to my truckle of cheese. It may catch on.
Supper is sorted. Tabbouleh made, veggies (butternut squash, courgette, onion and sweet peppers) chopped, and my 56p lamb shanks are coddled in the slow cooker with onion, garlic, apricots and ras-el-hanout. All I need to do later is pop the tray of veg into the oven to roast.![]()
I think it applies to any whole, round cheese. I only know because I once asked for a "wheel" of cheese at a food festival and was rather disdainfully corrected. Lovely word though isn't it?
Partly correctActually, not quite...
A truckle of cheese is one that's barrel-shaped i.e. where it's taller than it is wide.
A wheel of cheese refers to one that's wider than it's tall - like the one I bought. It's about a foot wide and some three inches tall.
And then you have a ball of cheese, which applies to something like edam. And other names for those weirdly-shaped italian and spanish cheeses that look like dumbells...
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I shall truckle to your greater knowledge.Noun. truckling - the act of obeying meanly (especially obeying in a humble manner or for unworthy reasons) obedience, obeisance - the act of obeying;
That's how Colby often comes, in a little truckle. I shall see if I can get aholt of un next time I'm in the Hy-Vee.Partly correct
A truckle of cheese is a cylindrical wheel of cheese, usually taller than it is wide, and sometimes described as barrel-shaped.
I bought 20 tons of horse manure last year, and half a cubic metre of waney edged sawn oak boards recently. Whilst artists could use both purchases perfectly well, I'm pretty sure they weren't involved in the supply chain.
Waney edge is a woodworkers term.Do you mean Wavey edged? What do you plan to use them for?
Waney edge is a woodworkers term.
Do you mean Wavey edged? What do you plan to use them for?