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That would be a great explanation, if only "welsh" rabbit were not one of a set of four similar dishes known in the 18th century. Another is "english rabbit", and yes, you can guess the other two.

The variant "rarebit" is apparently a later fancification.

Strange that only the "welsh" dish survived in the new world.

Oh - the culinary people explain the name like this:

Why Welsh Rabbit? According to "Toasted Cheese and St. Peter," an early fourteenth-century tale by Boorde, the Welsh were turned out of heaven because they were babbling and undeserving. St. Peter lured them out by calling "Caws Pobi, Caws Pobi" ("roasted cheese") and thereby earned for himself the post of Porter of Heaven.

Yerrrrrrs.

Anyway, here are the 18th century recipes. For some reason, the english small "s" has been TYPED as "f" in the text I wound, even though that's like writing "r" as "n" just because the original typeface has a long descender.

A Welch Rabbit

Cut a handfome Piece of Bread and an even Slice of Cheefe, let the Bread be of the Shape of the Cheefe, put a little larger every Way. Put a salamander in the Fire, or a large Poker, or the Bottom of a Fire-Shovel heated red hot will do.

A Scotch Rabbit

Cut a Slice of Cheefe very large and handfome, cut a Slice of Bread, without Cruft, juft of the Size of the Cheefe; I toaft the Bread an both Sides, and butter it, then toaft the Cheefe on both Sides, and lay it evenly upon the Toaft and Butter. Send it up hot without Muftard. This fhould be made larger than the Welch Rabbit, and fent up fingle, one in a Plate, as that fhould be two.

An Englifh Rabbit.

Cut a handfome Toaft of Bread without Cruft, and have a good Quanbreasty Cheefe very fine. Set a Tin Oven before the Fire, and have in Readinefs a Glafs of red Port Wine. Toaft the Bread carefully on both Sides, then pour the Wine upon it, and turn it. When it has foaked up the Wine fpread the fcraped Cheefe thick upon it, lay it in the Oven, and place it before a good Fire; the Cheefe will do very quickly and very finely.

Stewed Cheefe on Bread

Cut a large Slice of Bread of fuch a Shape as to lie handfomely in the Bottom of a Plate without filling it up; a Round of a threepenny Loaf, with the Cruft pared thin off, is very proper; toaft this carefully and lay it on a Plate, pour on it half a Glafs of red Wine, turn it, pour an another half Glafs, and then fet it before the Fire that it may keep warm while the Chafe is doing. Rub the Bottom of a Pewter Plate with Butter, cut tome Cheefe in moderately thin Slices, fpread thefe evenly upon the Plate, then pour in a Quarter of a Glafs of white Wine. Cover the Plate with another, and fet it over fome hot Coals in a Chaffing-difh; let it ftand about four Minutes and it will be very well done. Put a Shovel on the Fire to be red hot; ftir in a little Muftard among the ftewed Cheefe, fpread it carefully upon the Bread, and then brown it by moving the red hot Bottom of the Shovel flowly over it. Send it up hot.

Her English Rabbit (somewhat richer)

Cut a handsome Toast of Bread without Crust, and shave a good Quanbreasty of Cheese very fine. Set a Tin Oven before the Fire, and have in Readiness a Glbutt of red Port Wine. Toast the Bread carefully on both Sides, then pour the Wine upon it and turn it. When it has soaked up the Wine spread the scraped Cheese thick upon it, lay it in the Oven, and place it before a good fire; the Cheese will do very quickly and finely. Send it up very hot..

Mrs. Bradley's Welch Rabbit (London: 1756)

Cut a handsome piece of Bread and an even Slice of Cheese, let the Bread be of the Shape of the Cheese, but a little larger every Way. Put a Salamander in the fire, or a large Poker, or the Bottom of a Fire-Shovel will do. While the Iron is heating toast the Bread carefully on both Sides, without making it hard or burning it. Then toast the Cheese on one Side, lay the Bread in a Plate, lay the Cheese upon it with the toasted Side downwards, hold the red hot Iron over the other Side to toast and brown that. Put a little Mustard on it, and send it up very hot. Two should go up together.