crazy bread

English

Etymology

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

Noun

crazy bread (uncountable)

  1. (historical) A mixture of dried herbs and grains infected with ergot, eaten during the hungry gap in medieval times.
    • 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:
      Poppies, hemp, and darnel were scavenged, dried, and ground up to produce a medieval hash brownie known as "crazy bread".
  2. (US, cooking) Garlic bread stuffed or sprinkled with cheese.

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