flummy n also flummy dum [phonetics unavailable]. A kind of bread made by hunters and trappers. Cp FUNNEL BUN.
   P 130-67 The bread is all gone, we'll have to make some flummies. C 71-27 A common dish among hunters is known as flummy dum. It consists of a dough made of flour, bread soda and water which is wrapped on a stick and then toasted over an open fire in the woods, [and] when cooked is somewhat like unleavened bread. C 74-94 In North West River I heard of a concoction made up by trappers called a flummedum, a mixture of flour, salt, butter and sugar. It was mixed in the morning, rolled up in a long string, wrapped around the funnel of a stove and left to bake.

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