fish and brewis

British

noun

a Newfoundland dish of cooked salt cod and soaked hard bread

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Traditional craft shops and restaurants offering fish and brewis, a starchy local dish of cod and bread, have been gradually giving way to designer sea salt companies and to purveyors of cumin kombucha and iceberg-infused soap.

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