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ponask, v. Canad.|ˈpəʊnɑːsk, -æsk, ˈpuːnɑːsk, -æsk|
Also poonask.
[Algonquian.]
trans. To cook (game or fish) by splitting it and roasting it on a spit or stick over an open fire. Hence ˈponasked ppl. a.; ˈponasking vbl. n.
1922Beaver Mar. 39/2 As we had no kettle..we were forced to ‘ponask’ the fish on a pointed stick before a bright fire. 1934P. H. Godsell Arctic Trader 46 She had, therefore, taken the heart, impaled it on a stick, and ponasked it as one would roast a duck. 1944C. Clay Phantom Fur Thieves 31 Thus were the two pieces of duck held up to the blaze and heat. ‘That's called ‘ponasking’, Dave,’ said the old trapper. 1961J. W. Anderson Fur Trader's Story viii. 66 With the addition of salt, the ponasked fish was a delightful repast. 1963G. S. McTavish Behind Palisades 90 While the kettles would be boiling their meat, they [sc. Indians] would be ‘Poonasking’ strips of meat and delicacies like leg-bones in front of the fire. Ibid., ‘Poonasking’ is a method of cooking before a campfire by splitting meat or game, impaling on a pointed stick, where it is quickly roasted from the intense heat. |