A Scottish or Northern English dish made of oatmeal mixed with meat broth, cream, or fat; a type of porridge or pottage.
From Scottish Gaelic 'grùdaidh' or related terms for grain-based foods. Documented in Scottish dialect by at least the 17th century as a common working-class food.
Crowdie was peasant food that sustained Scottish and Northern English workers for centuries—hearty, filling, and made from cheap oats and whatever meat broth was available, it's an ancestor of modern comfort food.
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