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foot fairy | 15:44 Sun 10th May 2009 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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Thank you for previous answer. Your help would be much appreciated with this question (not crossword). What common food takes its name from an Anglo-Saxon word meaning "MOULDY"
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mushroom?
Thanks for the (misplaced?) confidence!

I would guess 'Cheese', but I'll need time to reference it properly - hopefully someone else can leap to your aid!

Still looking... :-)
hummus
Hmm - I'm sorry I haven't been able to nail this (yet!), but so far...

http://lexicon.ff.cuni.cz/html/oe_bosworthtoll er/b0351.html

...shows 'fynig', which leads to -

http://www.rosieandglenn.co.uk/TheLibrary/ASFo od/Dairy.htm

& -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorset_Blue_Vinne y_cheese

...But I'm not happy with it!

I'll keep it stuck to the monitor so I don't forget & I'll try again later...
...The note that is, not the cheese! :-)
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Thank you Lie-in King. This is a stinker, isn't it?
I have answered 'Mouldy' question before ....

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Quizzes-and-Puz zles/Question746602.html

Old English fynig (�mouldy�) gives us �vinny�, preserved in the cheese name Dorset Blue Vinney

here are some references online ....

http://www.diclib.com/cgi-bin/d1.cgi?l=en&base =coed&page=showid&id=13127

http://lexicon.ff.cuni.cz/html/oe_bosworthtoll er/b0351.html

http://www.rosieandglenn.co.uk/TheLibrary/ASFo od/Dairy.htm

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