barm

barm .used to make what they we call "barm". Yeah.Oh,you have some hops,an' you'd boil your hops an' then you scrape some potato an' then put a little bit o' sugar on it. An' you'd hang it up,or put it up somewhere for to let it work ,we'd call it,se...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1973
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/7787
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Summary:barm .used to make what they we call "barm". Yeah.Oh,you have some hops,an' you'd boil your hops an' then you scrape some potato an' then put a little bit o' sugar on it. An' you'd hang it up,or put it up somewhere for to let it work ,we'd call it,see. An' when that 'd work up to a foam,well,you'd mix your bread; mix that. Well you put about a half cup o' barm in your bread.It went a long way. Yes DNE-cit J. D. A. WIDDOWSON AUG 1973 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Used I Source appears in DNE I as: T 246/7-66 . Only first portion of quote appears in DNE I.

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