Catchword: humbum

Filed under: English, Food & Drink

Part of speech: n.

Quotation: Is there anybody left who knows about humbums from the Depression days?…Maybe it was two words: hum bums?…They were kind of like fritters, made of selvage bread-dough pieces and plopped into hot oil. There they sizzled, expanded, turned reddish-brown.…You could slaver them with butter or powdered sugar or jam.…Humbums were yumptious.…My lineage is part French, so maybe it’s a French thing? I have fancied an etymology from hommes bonnes. They often ended up looking like little fat men.

Article or document title:
“Anyone got the dope on humbums?” (URL)

Article, document, publication, web site:
St. Paul Pioneer Press

Publishing location:
Minn.

Date of publication:
Feb. 15, 2005

This catchword has yet to be researched.