flipper

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Published: 1970
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/28186

flipper Mention seal-flippers, and any true Newfoundlander begins to water at the mouth. No Englishman loves his cakes and ale one half so well as the St. Johnsman loves his flipper. Canadians (and other foreigners) often make the mistake of supposing that this famous Newfoundland delicacy consists of the animals' paws. Not at all. The paws are called pads, and are usually discarded. The flipper is the front shoulder, corresponding to a shoulder of lamb or a shoulder of pork, except that it is much tastier than either. It is heavy with rich, lean meat, the colour of red mahogany, so tender that you can cut it with a fork, and of a hearty, /gamy flavour like that of wild duck. Flippers are cooked in huge pies with vegetables and pastry. . . . Except for hides and fat, the flippers are usually the only parts of the seals brought to shore. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G. M. Story JAN 1970 JH 1/70 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 1 Used I Enitre paragraph of cited quotation not all used but most of it is.