Meaning of scrowl | Babel Free

Definitions

To cook (pilchards) on a gridiron.

Cornwall, transitive

Examples

“The approved method of cooking them [pilchards], according to Mr. Howard Fox, "is to split and pepper, place one fish flat on another, backs outside, and roast on a gridiron." This is the process provincially termed "scrowling."”

“If it wasn't for the smoothy pavement under my feet I could picture myself crawlin' home from work and mother scrowling pilchers fur my supper.”

“Next day, the fish was 'scrowled' on a gridiron over the fire and eaten with 'mahogany', a powerful mixture of black treacle and gin, a favourite tipple of Cornish fishermen for keeping out the cold!”

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