brewis

[< Brit. dial. breawis, brewis vegetable-and-meat broth]

Nfld

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a kind of stew prepared by boiling ship's biscuit with codfish and pork fat, sometimes including potato chunks and wild herbs.

Quotations

<i>c</i>1850

Tho' Newfoundland is changing fast, some things we must not lose: May we always have our flipper pie, and codfish for our brewis.

1906

A popular dish in Newfoundland is "brewis," pronounced broose.

1964

Only in Newfoundland were we served . . . fish-and-brewis.