RE: Users Guide to Snow

[JB Foster <jb -dot- foster -at- shaw -dot- ca>]

I long forgot the term 'Tuck Shop.' It's not used much now, here in Canada.
I would have thought that 'tuck' would be associated with "tuck your shirt
in, before coming to the table" or "tuck your napkin in." But I had not
thought of 'tuck' referring to eating food.

Wonder if the word comes from the position one adopts, when protecting what
you're eating from the group? One would have to definitely 'tuck-in' to
savor that yellow snow ... before someone else grabs it! ;-)

Thanks to everyone for the help!

Bruce


kirsty Taylor wrote:

> Tuck in is like "eat up".  According to the British boarding school books
> I used to read as a child, children will be sent to boarding
> school with a
> pile of "tuck" - or goodies and snacks, ...
> Kirsty





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