BROSE(s) [brōz; Scot.] – n.
a dish made by stirring boiling water or milk into oatmeal. [Not to be confused
with your bro’s breakfast.]
Chefs
and those who actually cook their meals, may know that this word is not a
synonym for buddy. “They’s all my broses!”
John said, pointing to the group of guys playing a scrappy game of pickup basketball.
Uh-uh. More like …
As
a food connoisseur with a delicate palate, you watch the dawn brighten your day
while pouring hot water into your cereal bowl, and taking in a slow deep breath,
exclaim heartily, “Ummm, the brose smells good …”
Hahahaha … okay, now
that we have the chuckle of the day out of the way, the real scene goes … if we
absolutely must be up when the night’s shadows are still skulking in the
corners, we’re staring into our cereal bowl with sleep-glazed eyes, heave a
heavy sigh as we splatter milk into it, and mutter grumpily, “The oatmeal needs
cinnamon.”
At
first glance, brose is a rather highbrow
term for a banal breakfast staple. Clearing the morning fog from my eyes, I spotted
an eye-opening “cocktail” variation …
