keyword: Collops

General term for any thin piece of meat, whether natural or reformed. Sometimes a synonym for 'bacon rasher', known as far back as as Langland 1390 (Digby 1669,...

Collop Monday is Shrove Monday, the day before Shrove Tuesday, or Pancake Day, on which fried bacon slices ('collops') and eggs form the appropriate dish. See: ...

Thin beef stewed with wine, shallots, marjoram and bacon. Bradley 1728, puzzlingly, has the cooking finished in a pan over over burning paper.