ponaskv.
/ˈpəʊnask/, /ˈpuːnask/, U.S. /ˈpoʊˌnæsk/, /ˈpuˌnæsk/, Canadian English /ˈpoːˌnæsk/, /ˈpuːˌnæsk/ Canadian.
transitive. To cook (food, esp. game or fish) on a stick set in the ground next to an open fire.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > cook [verb (transitive)] > roast > roast on spit
ponask1922
spit-roast1954
rotisse1958
1817 E. Chappell Narr. Voy. to Hudson's Bay 207 We landed upon the bank, kindled a fire, and roasted some venison-steaks after the Indian manner, called by them ponask.]
1922 Beaver Mar. 39/2 As we had no kettle..we were forced to ‘ponask’ the fish on a pointed stick before a bright fire.
1934 P. 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.
1998 Canad. Geographic Mar. 29/2 From the Cree language westering travellers borrowed the cooking practice and the verb, to ponask.
Derivatives
ˈponasked adj.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > [adjective] > roasting, roasted, or roastable > spit-roasted
à la broche1806
à la brochette1829
spit-roast1954
ponasked1961
sticker-up1998
1961 J. W. Anderson Fur Trader's Story viii. 66 With the addition of salt, the ponasked fish was a delightful repast.
ˈponasking n.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > [noun] > roasting > spit-roasting
sticker-up1830
stick-up1837
ponasking1944
spit-roast1954
1944 C. 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.
1998 Canad. Geographic Mar. 29/2 Ponasking is splitting a fish or a piece of game, sticking it on a spit and roasting it over an open fire.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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