A dish made by pouring boiling water (or milk) on oatmeal (or oat-cake) seasoned with salt and butter.
| Example | Meaning |
Speaker: Made her own bread and- and, ah, made her own porridge. Interviewer: Yeah. Speaker: And I can mind when, ah- when we used to eat pea brose that we used to- she used to dry the peas in the oven. Interviewer: Yeah. Speaker: And take them down to Brown's-Mill in Carleton-Place to get them ground to make pea brose. (laughs) Interviewer: Pea brose? Speaker: Yeah. Did you never taste that? Interviewer: No. Speaker: Well, if you could get some good brown peas well roasted in the oven- Interviewer: Yeah. Speaker: And ground they're a very nice, ah, breakfast dish in the morning. |
A dish made by pouring boiling water (or milk) on a powder made from roasted, ground-up peas. |
You're better just to make an- an individual cup. Put in a couple of tablespoonfuls of the pea-meal in a cup. And the water real hot and, ah, you're going to stir and the- (voices in the background) Speaker: Pea-- oh yes. Pea brose as we called them. It was a- for me it was a nice dish. |
A dish made by pouring boiling water (or milk) on a powder made from roasted, ground-up peas. |
| Example | Meaning |
Interviewer: Mm-hm. Um, that cornmeal, you never ate it in the morning? Speaker: No, Interviewer: In any kind of ah- a pudding or-anything? Speaker: No. I never ah- I never bothered with it in the morning. There was pea-brose, made out of peas. Interviewer: Pea which? Speaker: Pea-brose. Interviewer: Pea-brose. Speaker: Yeah. The- they roast the peas and grind them. Interviewer: Uh-huh. Speaker: And it's very nice. You want a nice cream or-something to put on it. |
A dish made by pouring boiling water (or milk) on a powder made from roasted, ground-up peas. |
