syllabub

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The Word of the Day for January 2 is: 

syllabub   \SILL-uh-bub\   noun
          : milk or cream that is curdled with an acid beverage (as wine or 
cider) and often sweetened and served as a drink or topping or thickened with 
gelatin and served as a dessert

Example sentence:
          On special occasions, grandma would serve syllabub for dessert.

Did you know?
          Syllabub's a concoction whose name has had almost as many variations 
as there are versions of how to make it: "solybubbe," "sullabub," "sullibib," 
"sellibub," "sallibube," "sillie bube," "sillybob" -- even "sillibucke" and 
"silly-bauk" in some dialects. There are theories about the word’s origins, but 
no one knows for sure where the name came from. (There's no connection to 
"silly," as far as we know, though imbibing it might make one act that way.) We 
do know that both the name "syllabub" and the concoction itself go back to at 
least the 16th century. Today, we're more likely to encounter "syllabub" in a 
historical novel than on the menu at a local drinking spot, at least in the 
United States, but those fortunate enough to taste the drink/dessert often give 
it rave reviews.





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