colcannon

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Published: 1974
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/15166

colcannon n [PT] Oh we had _ we had at Halloween cooked the colcannon, we used to call it, colcannon, colcannon, yeah. That's everything boiled together in the fire - carrots, parsnips, turnips, onions, potatoes - very little potato.An' you steamed it as best you couild - tiny drop o' water,you know,or a double _ double boiler.and steam, you steam.which was for hours,I suppose, you know.Yes.An' you mashed it.lumps o' butter which was, as I say, which Grandma used to hunk in, the big_ the big fresh butter in, an' pepper an' salt.Everybody had_ everybody had that for supper. Yes J.D.A.WIDDOWSON AUG 1974 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Not Used caulcannon, colcannon night, SNAP-APPLE NIGHT Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Wed 15 Jun 2016