Brewis
brewis n A hard tack, hard bread or hard biscuit that has been soaked overnight and brought to a boil. It is usually eaten with salt or fresh fish and served with pork scrunchions.Before being put to soak the bread is usually broken and one story says that the cookee on a schooner would be told to b...
| Format: | Manuscript |
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| Language: | English |
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1967
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/11008 |
| Summary: | brewis n A hard tack, hard bread or hard biscuit that has been soaked overnight and brought to a boil. It is usually eaten with salt or fresh fish and served with pork scrunchions.Before being put to soak the bread is usually broken and one story says that the cookee on a schooner would be told to break up the bread or "bruise the bread", hence the name bruise or brewis. See cited quotation. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M.Story May 1967 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 1 Not used Card is stamped DNE-cit, but its contents are not used. |
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