cookee

cook Before being put to soak the hard bread [for Brewis] is usually broken. One story goes that the cookee on a schooner would be told to break the bread or "Bruise" the bread; hence the name Bruise or Brewis. JH 6/75 Not used Not used Withdrawn Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Wed 06 Jul 2016

Bibliographic Details
Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1975
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/19227
Description
Summary:cook Before being put to soak the hard bread [for Brewis] is usually broken. One story goes that the cookee on a schooner would be told to break the bread or "Bruise" the bread; hence the name Bruise or Brewis. JH 6/75 Not used Not used Withdrawn Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Wed 06 Jul 2016

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