crazy bread

noun

A mixture of dried herbs and grains infected with ergot, eaten during the hungry gap in medieval times.

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Meanings

nouncrazy bread (uncountable)
  1. historicaluncountableA mixture of dried herbs and grains infected with ergot, eaten during the hungry gap in medieval times.

    Poppies, hemp, and darnel were scavenged, dried, and ground up to produce a medieval hash brownie known as "crazy bread".

    1999, Robert Lacey, Danny Danziger, The Year 1000: What life was like at the turn of The First Millennium, London: Abacus, published 2000, page 102
  2. USuncountablecookingGarlic bread stuffed or sprinkled with cheese.

Origin

The pizza sense is derived from a brand name used by the Little Caesars pizza chain.

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