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Oatcake Brewis

Dyffryn Ardudwy, Gwynedd

Oatcake crusher

Oatcake crusher

Brŵes was served regularly for breakfast on Wednesdays and Sundays on the Lleyn peninsula.

A little beef dripping and boiling water were used as alternatives to the stock, but the dish was then termed brŵes trodnoeth (barefooted brewis) or brŵes pig tegell (kettle-spout brewis).

Dyffryn Ardudwy, Merioneth.

Cereal and Milk Dishes

The Recipe

You will need

  • one oatcake (prepared without fat)
  • beef stock
  • pepper and salt

Method

  1. Crush the oatcake finely and put in a bowl or basin. 
  2. Pour boiling stock over it and add pepper and salt to taste. 
  3. Leave to steep for a few minutes before serving.

Uwchmynydd, Lleyn.

Comments (3)

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Glyn Jones
2 January 2022, 10:55
Brwas
Still eat this from time to time in Cerrig y Drudion area.
Two slices of bread,half a hand full of oats good knob of salted butter and two OXO cubes (was traditionally made with beef dripping) then pour over with boiling water leave to rest for a few minutes turn and enjoy!
Rhosddu
4 February 2021, 02:02
This dish was not restricted to Pen-Llyn but extended to Y Gogledd Dwyrain. My nain was regularly given it in the Wrecsam area by her Welsh-speaking parents in the Edwardian era, and she in turn fed it to my mam once or twice in the forties, using the above-mentioned OXO cube.
Henry Jackson
25 March 2020, 21:12
Brewis or brwas as it was known to us in Eglwysbach
during the 50s and 60s was made up of a slice of bread an oat cake, both crumbled up in a bowl ,an OXO cube crumbled over and a knob of butter, then pour over boiling water, allowing to stand for a minute then enjoy ?