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Pronunciation: [bɹˈuːiz] (IPA)

Brewis is a traditional dish from Northumberland, England. It is made with bread and onions that have been fried in bacon fat. While there are no established synonyms for brewis, it may be referred to as pan haggerty, stotty cake, or stotty bread. These are all popular dishes in northern England and share some similarities with brewis, though they are not identical. Pan haggerty is usually made with potatoes, onions, and cheese, while stotty cake and bread are more like traditional round loaves or rolls. Regardless of what it is called, brewis remains a beloved dish in the region where it originated.
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The bread-box was sweet and empty; the fragments had been all daintily crumbled by Ruth, as she sat, resting and talking, when she had come in from her music-lesson; they lay heaped up like lightly fallen snow, in a broad dish, ready to be browned for chicken dressing or boiled for Brewis or a pudding.
"We Girls: A Home Story"
Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney
Then-that Monday morning-we had Brewis to make, a little buttered toast to do, and some eggs to scramble.
"We Girls: A Home Story"
Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney
Spread those that are not eaten, and let them dry, to be pounded for puddings, or soaked for Brewis.
"The American Frugal Housewife"
Lydia M. Child

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