Welsh rarebit

Welsh rarebit
Alternative names	Welsh rabbit
Type	Savoury
Place of origin	United Kingdom
Main ingredients	Cheese, bread
Variations	Buck rabbit, blushing bunny, Hot Brown
	Cookbook: Welsh rarebit; Media: Welsh rarebit;

Welsh rarebit or Welsh rabbit (/ˈrɛərbɪt/ or /ˈræbɪt/)^[1] is a dish of hot cheese sauce served on toasted bread.^[2] The original 18th-century name of the dish was the jocular "Welsh rabbit", which was later reinterpreted as "rarebit", as the dish contains no rabbit. Variants include English rabbit, Scotch rabbit, buck rabbit, golden buck, and blushing bunny.

Though there is no strong evidence that the dish originated in Welsh cuisine, it is sometimes identified with the Welsh caws pobi 'baked cheese', documented in the 1500s.^[3]

^ "rarebit". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
^ Cite error: The named reference SpryHume was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Witts, Nicholas (4 February 2017). "A Brief History of Welsh Rarebit". Culture Trip. Retrieved 7 February 2022.

[1] "rarebit". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)

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[3] Witts, Nicholas (4 February 2017). "A Brief History of Welsh Rarebit". Culture Trip. Retrieved 7 February 2022.

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