O slip me a slug from the wonderful mug
I'll cut a rug till I'm stuck in the jug
A slash of onion and a raw one, draw one.
Waiter, waiter, percolator!
I'm coming to the opinion that "a slash of onion and a raw one" is not, as has occasionally been suggested, diner's slang for an underdone burger. That would be obscure and there's nothing else about the song that's obscure. I think it's what people sometimes mixed with their ground coffee before percolating to get a specific flavour - a thin slice of onion and one raw egg - back in 1940.
Has anyone here made coffee that way or am I going to have to experiment. Or is there some thirties street slang I'm unfamiliar with. The jug in "I'll cut a rug till I'm stuck in the jug" is word-play on jug as in jail, after all.
I enjoy listening to the Ink Spots.
A slash of onion and a raw one
A slash of onion and a raw one
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You have far too much time on your hands
I thought I knew more than this until I opened my mouth
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On the contrary I'm hard-pressed to do all I have on my hands at the moment. I tossed that onto the forum as a brief aside.
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When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious. [Fred Wedlock, "The Folker"]
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You date a girl and find out later
She smells just like a percolator,
Her perfume was made right here on the grill -
They could percolate the ocean in Brazil.
And when their ham and eggs need savour,
Coffee ketchup gives them flavour.
Coffee pickles way outsell the dill.
Why, they put coffee in the coffee in Brazil.
She smells just like a percolator,
Her perfume was made right here on the grill -
They could percolate the ocean in Brazil.
And when their ham and eggs need savour,
Coffee ketchup gives them flavour.
Coffee pickles way outsell the dill.
Why, they put coffee in the coffee in Brazil.
Nullius in verba ... ☎||||||||||| ... To Fate I sue, of other means bereft, the only refuge for the wretched left. ... Hold no regard for unsupported opinion.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious. [Fred Wedlock, "The Folker"]
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious. [Fred Wedlock, "The Folker"]
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
A slash of onion and a raw one
spot;1400872 wrote: O slip me a slug from the wonderful mug
I'll cut a rug till I'm stuck in the jug
A slash of onion and a raw one, draw one.
Waiter, waiter, percolator!
I'm coming to the opinion that "a slash of onion and a raw one" is not, as has occasionally been suggested, diner's slang for an underdone burger. That would be obscure and there's nothing else about the song that's obscure. I think it's what people sometimes mixed with their ground coffee before percolating to get a specific flavour - a thin slice of onion and one raw egg - back in 1940.
Has anyone here made coffee that way or am I going to have to experiment. Or is there some thirties street slang I'm unfamiliar with. The jug in "I'll cut a rug till I'm stuck in the jug" is word-play on jug as in jail, after all.
I enjoy listening to the Ink Spots.
Well it would not have been obscure in 1940's
My grandfather often said a raw one when he ordered his rare steak at his favorite diner in the fifties.
Putting onion and egg in your percolator, however, would have gummed it up and made it unusable.
No self-respecting diner would allow THAT!
I'll cut a rug till I'm stuck in the jug
A slash of onion and a raw one, draw one.
Waiter, waiter, percolator!
I'm coming to the opinion that "a slash of onion and a raw one" is not, as has occasionally been suggested, diner's slang for an underdone burger. That would be obscure and there's nothing else about the song that's obscure. I think it's what people sometimes mixed with their ground coffee before percolating to get a specific flavour - a thin slice of onion and one raw egg - back in 1940.
Has anyone here made coffee that way or am I going to have to experiment. Or is there some thirties street slang I'm unfamiliar with. The jug in "I'll cut a rug till I'm stuck in the jug" is word-play on jug as in jail, after all.
I enjoy listening to the Ink Spots.
Well it would not have been obscure in 1940's
My grandfather often said a raw one when he ordered his rare steak at his favorite diner in the fifties.
Putting onion and egg in your percolator, however, would have gummed it up and made it unusable.
No self-respecting diner would allow THAT!
The home of the soul is the Open Road.
- DH Lawrence
- DH Lawrence
A slash of onion and a raw one
LarsMac;1400882 wrote: Well it would not have been obscure in 1940's
My grandfather often said a raw one when he ordered his rare steak at his favorite diner in the fifties.
Putting onion and egg in your percolator, however, would have gummed it up and made it unusable.
No self-respecting diner would allow THAT!
Putting onion and egg in your mug then pouring hot coffee over it might be edible.
My grandfather often said a raw one when he ordered his rare steak at his favorite diner in the fifties.
Putting onion and egg in your percolator, however, would have gummed it up and made it unusable.
No self-respecting diner would allow THAT!
Putting onion and egg in your mug then pouring hot coffee over it might be edible.
A slash of onion and a raw one
Using egg white to clarify liquids is a standard process in French cookery.
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When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious. [Fred Wedlock, "The Folker"]
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When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious. [Fred Wedlock, "The Folker"]
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Clarified coffee?
Hmmm. I dunno.
Hmmm. I dunno.
The home of the soul is the Open Road.
- DH Lawrence
- DH Lawrence
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LarsMac;1400888 wrote: Clarified coffee?
Hmmm. I dunno.
The onion definitely adds a certain je ne sais quoi, I can feel the hairs on my chest growing already.
Hmmm. I dunno.
The onion definitely adds a certain je ne sais quoi, I can feel the hairs on my chest growing already.
Nullius in verba ... ☎||||||||||| ... To Fate I sue, of other means bereft, the only refuge for the wretched left. ... Hold no regard for unsupported opinion.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious. [Fred Wedlock, "The Folker"]
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious. [Fred Wedlock, "The Folker"]
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A slash of onion and a raw one
Sounded like it could be a good hangover meal.
A slash of onion and a raw one
YZGI;1400892 wrote: Sounded like it could be a good hangover meal.
I'm ready to concede in favour of the diner slang after Lars' grandfather tale. "A slash of onion and a raw one, draw one" for rare beefsteak with fried onion and a coffee on the side has me convinced, especially as it's followed by a call to the waiter to refill the emptied mug.
I'm ready to concede in favour of the diner slang after Lars' grandfather tale. "A slash of onion and a raw one, draw one" for rare beefsteak with fried onion and a coffee on the side has me convinced, especially as it's followed by a call to the waiter to refill the emptied mug.
Nullius in verba ... ☎||||||||||| ... To Fate I sue, of other means bereft, the only refuge for the wretched left. ... Hold no regard for unsupported opinion.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious. [Fred Wedlock, "The Folker"]
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious. [Fred Wedlock, "The Folker"]
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A slash of onion and a raw one
Funny you should mention that, YZGI. Some years back, I was working on a ranch in Western Kansas, and we went out drinking one night.
Next morning, breakfast was onions and Beer with raw egg in it.
Next morning, breakfast was onions and Beer with raw egg in it.
The home of the soul is the Open Road.
- DH Lawrence
- DH Lawrence
A slash of onion and a raw one
LarsMac;1400895 wrote: Funny you should mention that, YZGI. Some years back, I was working on a ranch in Western Kansas, and we went out drinking one night.
Next morning, breakfast was onions and Beer with raw egg in it.
Thats the way we roll in Kansas.
Next morning, breakfast was onions and Beer with raw egg in it.
Thats the way we roll in Kansas.
A slash of onion and a raw one
Among the farmers and ranchers here in Colorado, Menudo is the hangover relief of choice.
The home of the soul is the Open Road.
- DH Lawrence
- DH Lawrence
A slash of onion and a raw one
LarsMac;1400897 wrote: Among the farmers and ranchers here in Colorado, Menudo is the hangover relief of choice.
The Mexicans eat a lot of that here also. I've never had the balls to try it yet. Have you?
The Mexicans eat a lot of that here also. I've never had the balls to try it yet. Have you?
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LarsMac;1400897 wrote: Among the farmers and ranchers here in Colorado, Menudo is the hangover relief of choice.
YZGI;1400901 wrote: The Mexicans eat a lot of that here also. I've never had the balls to try it yet. Have you?
Absolutely.
I think you have to be seriously in your cups to be able to eat it.
YZGI;1400901 wrote: The Mexicans eat a lot of that here also. I've never had the balls to try it yet. Have you?
Absolutely.
I think you have to be seriously in your cups to be able to eat it.
The home of the soul is the Open Road.
- DH Lawrence
- DH Lawrence
A slash of onion and a raw one
"I'll cut a rug till I'm stuck in the jug."
I'm just throwing something out there but cutting a rug refers to dancing and stuck in a jug may mean being locked up.
So it may be a hangover cure to get over a heavy night's drinking/dancing and a night in the slammer
I'm just throwing something out there but cutting a rug refers to dancing and stuck in a jug may mean being locked up.
So it may be a hangover cure to get over a heavy night's drinking/dancing and a night in the slammer
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I found this:
In 1905 Tierney started selling miniature restaurants, thirty feet long, ten and a half feet wide (the maximum width permitted for railway shipment), with barrel roofs. By 1917—when Scott retired, grumbling that new and overweening customers were demanding a slice of onion with their egg sand wiches—Pop Tierney was turning ou t a diner a day.
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In 1905 Tierney started selling miniature restaurants, thirty feet long, ten and a half feet wide (the maximum width permitted for railway shipment), with barrel roofs. By 1917—when Scott retired, grumbling that new and overweening customers were demanding a slice of onion with their egg sand wiches—Pop Tierney was turning ou t a diner a day.
americanheritage.com