Main Ingredients:

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Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

1 lb Salt cod 1 c Salt pork; diced
2 Hardbread or hardtack cakes

"Fish and brewis (pronounced "brews") is one of the oldest traditional
dishes of Newfoundland. ... The fish in Fish and Brewis is salt cod
and the brewis is made from hardtack or hardbread, which is available
everywhere in Newfoundland and in specialized grocery stores across
Canada. The dish is always sprinkled with scrunchions, crisp fried
bits of salt pork. Fisherman's Brewis is sometimes the same as Fish
and Brewis, but often the fish and bread are chopped while hot and
mixed together, or fresh cod is used instead of salt cod."

Cut cod into serving-size pieces. Soak cod and hardbread separately
in cold water for 8 hours or overnight. Drain fish. In saucepan,
cover fish with cold water. Heat to boiling and boil gently for 15 to
20 minutes or until tender; drain.
Meanwhile, in skillet, fry salt pork until golden. Brain bread and
place in saucepan, cover with salted water and bring to a full boil.
Drain immediately and serve with fish on warm plates. Sprinkle with
scrunchions. SERVES:4

SOURCE: The Thirties chapter in _A Century of Canadian Home Cooking_

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