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Games

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The Board

Them days you sent a youngster up the road to say there was a game on. Now you send the code, and if a chair's still empty when you deal, one of the regulars takes it.

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Down the road

Well, Sunday after Mass we'd walk it. Start at the gate and go down, and every house along here I'll tell you who's in it.

Purity Factories Hard Bread

Purity Factories Limited is a Newfoundland institution, a food manufacturing company based in St. John's that has been producing distinctive Newfoundland food products since 1924. The company's product range is deeply embedded in Newfoundland food culture. Purity Hard Bread — also called hard tack or ship's biscuit — is arguably the most iconic: a dense, dry, square cracker that was a staple of th

Purity Factories Limited is a Newfoundland institution, a food manufacturing company based in St. John's that has been producing distinctive Newfoundland food products since 1924. The company's product range is deeply embedded in Newfoundland food culture. Purity Hard Bread — also called hard tack or ship's biscuit — is arguably the most iconic: a dense, dry, square cracker that was a staple of the outport diet for generations, used to make fish and brewis, soaked in water and cod fat for breakfast, or eaten plain. Purity also makes Jam Jams (soft ginger cookies with jam filling), Lemon Creams, Purity Syrup, Purity Savoy Biscuits, and a range of other products that are instantly recognizable to Newfoundlanders everywhere. The taste and smell of Purity products is strongly associated with childhood and home for Newfoundland expatriates, and the products are regularly shipped to Newfoundlanders living on the mainland who cannot find them locally. Purity is also the dominant supplier of wedding cake ingredients in Newfoundland — their dark fruitcake mix and Newfoundland Christmas cake traditions are closely associated with the company. The Purity brand is a source of regional pride and identity, representing Newfoundland's distinct food culture that developed in relative isolation from mainland Canadian culinary trends. The company remains locally owned and operated and is considered a cultural heritage institution as much as a food manufacturer.

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On the go

Them days the garden party was the whole summer. Here's what's on the go now, and when.

The kitchen

Well, Sunday the pot was on before Mass and the smell of it met you at the gate. Here's what was in it, and how it's done.

The hall

Them days the hall had a dance Saturday and the kitchen had music the rest of the week. It's still playing. Come in and listen.

The yarns

He said, you know the one about the light on the water. I said, I do. That's a story, mind, and I'll tell you which parts.

Not the house

No, I said, that's not the house. It was down just below there. Go back up the road.

Back up the road