crowdy

[ kroo-dee, kroh-, kroo d-ee ]

/ ˈkru di, ˈkroʊ-, ˈkrʊd i /

a dish of meal, especially oatmeal and water, or sometimes milk, stirred together; gruel; brose; porridge.

Origin of crowdy

First recorded in 1490–1500; of obscure origin

They went to the Skilly Dame's house, and she gave them the Gael's welcome, with bannocks and crowdie, marag-dkubh and ale.

The Lost Pibroch |Neil Munro
But his greatest glory amongst those with whom he was most intimate, was a “crowdie!”

Lives of the Engineers |Samuel Smiles
That was but a day's march from Jean Rob, and she was making a supper of crowdie that was the first meal of the day.

The Lost Pibroch |Neil Munro
There he had his breakfast of “crowdie,” which he made with his own hands.

Lives of the Engineers |Samuel Smiles

"Let's have a crowdie night," he would say; and forthwith a kettle of boiling water was ordered in, with a basin of oatmeal.

The Life of George Stephenson and of his Son Robert Stephenson |Samuel Smiles

crowdie

/ (ˈkraʊdɪ) /

a porridge of meal and water; brose

a cheese-like dish made by straining the whey from soured milk and beating up the remaining curd with salt

C17: of unknown origin