Welsh rarebit cause boby, good roasted cheese." In Boorde's account, "cause boby" is the Welsh "", meaning "baked cheese", but whether it implies a recipe like Welsh rarebit is a matter of speculation. The word "rarebit" is a corruption of "rabbit", "Welsh rabbit" being first recorded in 1725 and the variant "Welsh rarebit" being first recorded in 1785 by Francis Grose. According to the "Oxford English Dictionary", 'Welsh rarebit' is an "etymologizing alteration. There is no evidence of the independent use of rarebit". The word "rarebit" has no other use than in Welsh rabbit. "Eighteenth-century English cookbooks reveal that it was then
Rabbit stew has been described as a "kind of national dish in Crete", Greece, and is also prepared on the Greek island of Icaria, where hares and partridges comprise the primary game meats available. Circa the early 1900s in eastern France and western Germany, hare stew was commercially-prepared and canned by various packers. Circa the early 1900s in the United States, rabbit stew was prepared using domestic or wild rabbits. Rabbit ragù is an Italian sauce and/or dish prepared using rabbit meat, tomato puree, vegetables and spices. Pasta such as pappardelle and Parmigiano-Reggiano are added to create the dish. Rabbit stew Rabbit