{"id":9248,"date":"2017-05-12T03:02:01","date_gmt":"2017-05-12T03:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/?p=9248"},"modified":"2017-05-30T11:45:18","modified_gmt":"2017-05-30T11:45:18","slug":"speaking-of-spuds-scealloga-pratai-and-scealloga-eile-irish-words-for-chips-potato-and-otherwise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/irish\/speaking-of-spuds-scealloga-pratai-and-scealloga-eile-irish-words-for-chips-potato-and-otherwise\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaking of Spuds: Sceall\u00f3ga (Pr\u00e1ta\u00ed) and Sceall\u00f3ga Eile (Irish Words for Chips, Potato and Otherwise)"},"content":{"rendered":"

(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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We recently (nasc th\u00edos)<\/strong> looked at several ways of cooking of potatoes (pr\u00e1ta\u00ed<\/strong>) and now we’ll check a few types specifically of sceall\u00f3ga pr\u00e1ta\u00ed<\/strong> (chips, or in the US, French fries).\u00a0 In the illustration above we can see four types, and one solitary bit of a chip that a bird made off with as loot (creach<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

First let’s look a bit at the word for “chip\/chips” itself, including a few words for non-potato chips, just for thoroughness, then we’ll look at the terms for the types of potato dishes seen above.<\/p>\n

“Sceall\u00f3g<\/strong>” on its own means “thin slice” or “chip” in general, and is based on the word “sceall<\/strong>,” which also means “chip” or “thin slice,” and also “flake,” “shale,” or “wedge cut out of something.” So, to some extent, “sceall<\/strong>” and “sceall\u00f3g<\/strong>” have overlapping meanings, even though one has a suffix.<\/p>\n

Here are some other forms of the word — there’s not that much variation:<\/p>\n

an sceall\u00f3g<\/strong>, the chip, for the rare times we’re just talking about one<\/p>\n

na sceall\u00f3ige<\/strong>, of the chip (blas na sceall\u00f3ige<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

na sceall\u00f3ga<\/strong>, the chips<\/p>\n

na sceall\u00f3g<\/strong>, of the chips (blas na sceall\u00f3g<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

Note that the possessive plural ending is the same as the basic form (-\u00f3g).\u00a0 We also see this in “siopa sceall\u00f3g<\/strong>” (a chip shop, lit. house of chips, a chipper)<\/p>\n

Here are a couple words used for other types of chips: “slis<\/strong>” and “sceamh\u00f3g<\/strong>,”<\/p>\n

“Slis<\/strong>” can mean “chip” but seems to have more the sense of a “slice,” “shaving,” or “sliver” (sliseanna pl\u00e1na<\/strong>, shavings from the plane, i.e. wood-shavings) and is also used for most phrases involving microchips (micrishlis<\/strong>, pl: micrishliseanna<\/strong>, srl.).\u00a0 Speaking of “slices” in the context of food, \u00a0it looks like there are at least a dozen possible words, including variations (canda\/canta, ceapaire, gr\u00edsc\u00edn, p\u00edosa, sceamh\u00f3g, scine, sliseog, slis\u00edn, slisne, stiall\/stiall\u00f3g<\/strong>).\u00a0 We’ll look more at these in a future blog, but, meanwhile, if you’re wondering about “ceapaire<\/strong>” (usually translated as “sandwich” these days), it originally meant a buttered slice of bread.<\/p>\n

“Sceamh\u00f3g<\/strong>” can also mean “chip” but is typically used with rust\u00a0 or paint, where it has more the sense of “flake,” or with bread, where it joins the others in the list above to mean “slice”(sceamh\u00f3g mheirge, sceamh\u00f3g ph\u00e9inte, sceamh\u00f3g ar\u00e1in<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

So that’s “chip” and company, and now let’s get back to sceall\u00f3ga<\/strong> and the tasty, tempting, hot and greasy chips\/fries depicted in the graphic.\u00a0 So we have the following:<\/p>\n

sceall\u00f3ga catacha<\/strong>, curly fries; one would be a “sceall\u00f3g chatach<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

sceall\u00f3ga oighinn<\/strong>, oven-ready chips (aka oven chips).\u00a0 One would be a “sceall\u00f3g oighinn<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

poutine<\/em>, well, that’s Quebecois French and there’s no actual Irish for it but we can describe what the dish consists of: sceall\u00f3ga pr\u00e1ta\u00ed<\/strong>, gruthanna c\u00e1ise<\/strong> (cheese curds) agus s\u00falach donn<\/strong> (brown gravy).\u00a0 An-bhlasta ach c\u00e9 mh\u00e9ad calra?\u00a0 Ar ith t\u00fa riamh \u00e9?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Finally, I simply used the word “gn\u00e1thsceall\u00f3ga<\/strong>” to indicate ordinary chips\/fries, with no embellishments or gourmet touches.\u00a0 Just “te<\/strong>” (hot) and “gr\u00e9isceach<\/strong>” (greasy).\u00a0 Is maith liom le braichfh\u00edn\u00e9agar iad ach n\u00ed ithim go minic iad<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Here are a couple other ways to describe chips\/fries.<\/p>\n

sceall\u00f3ga baile<\/strong>, home-made chips<\/p>\n

sceall\u00f3ga curaithe le c\u00e1is<\/strong>, curry-and-cheese chips or simply “curry cheese chips” (lit. curried chips with cheese), which I’ve never observed being served in North America.\u00a0\u00a0 Ar ith duine ar bith i Meirice\u00e1 Thuaidh iad?<\/strong><\/p>\n

OMG, I just noticed, Supermac’s brand has its own Facebook page (https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supermacs-Curry-Cheese-Fries-372682376170\/)<\/p>\n

And since I couldn’t resist checking further, there’s at least one place in North America you can get them, according to this l\u00e9irmheas<\/strong> (review): https:\/\/www.yelp.com\/menu\/mr-dooleys-boston\/item\/curry-cheese-fries<\/a>, and naturally, it looks like it must be one of the major Irish venues in America: https:\/\/www.mrdooleys.com\/<\/a>, established in 1991.<\/p>\n

And, of course, you can buy:<\/p>\n

sceall\u00f3ga reoite<\/strong>, frozen chips\/fries<\/p>\n

Bhuel, sin \u00e9 do na sceall\u00f3ga, is d\u00f3cha.<\/strong>\u00a0 Next thing you know, I’ll find some excuse for talking about “a chip off the old block.”\u00a0 In fact, no time like the present, so the overview, at least, is either the fairly literal “slisne den seanmhaide<\/strong>” (lit. a chip of the old stick), but the equivalent I prefer is “Cuid den mhuc an t-eireaball<\/strong>” (lit. The tail is a part of the pig).\u00a0 So from curly fries (sceall\u00f3ga catacha<\/strong>) to pigs’ tails, which are naturally catach<\/strong> (curly), we’ve covered some interesting territory.\u00a0 I hope you found it suimi\u00fail<\/strong> (interesting) and f\u00f3inteach<\/strong> (helpful).\u00a0 SGF — R\u00f3isl\u00edn\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

nasc: <\/strong>Not just \u2018bruite\u2019 \u2014 some Irish terms for preparing potatoes<\/a>Posted by r\u00f3isl\u00edn<\/a> on May 6, 2017 in Irish Language<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

(le R\u00f3isl\u00edn) We recently (nasc th\u00edos) looked at several ways of cooking of potatoes (pr\u00e1ta\u00ed) and now we’ll check a few types specifically of sceall\u00f3ga pr\u00e1ta\u00ed (chips, or in the US, French fries).\u00a0 In the illustration above we can see four types, and one solitary bit of a chip that a bird made off with…<\/p>\n

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