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Rubaboo

Rubaboo is a common stew or porridge consumed by coureurs des bois and voyageurs (French fur traders) and Métis people[1] of North America. This dish is traditionally made of peas and/or corn, with grease (bear or pork) and a thickening agent (bread or flour) that makes up the base of the stew.[2] Pemmican[3] and maple sugar were also commonly added to the mixture.

Rubaboo
Alternative namesRubbaboo
TypePorridge/Stew
Place of originCanada
Region or stateRupert's Land
Serving temperatureHot
Main ingredientsPeas or corn, fat (bear or pork), bread or flour, pemmican
VariationsRubaboo

Rubaboo that is made by the Plains Métis is often made with pemmican, rabbit, prairie chicken or sage hen and a wide variety of wild vegetables such as wild parsnip (lii naavoo) onion, turnip, and asparagus that can all be added to the food with preference.[4] The thickened mixture was later re-served as “rowschow” (re-chaud).[5] Sometimes, It is occasionally spelled Rubbaboo. Other sources describe it as consisting primarily of boiled pemmican, with thickening agents added when available.[3][6]

Origins

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The etymology of the word is a blend of the French word roux (a thickener used in gravies and sauces) with the word for soup ("aboo") from an Algonquian language,[7] such as Anishnaabe naboo.[8] Although pemmican can be added to the stew, Rubaboo and pemmican remain separate dishes, but are culturally linked closely to each other in Metis history.[9]

See also

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Sources

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  • Arts, A. A. (2009, January 1). About Us. Retrieved 22 November 2019 from http://albertaaboriginalarts.ca/ Archived 2019-11-19 at the Wayback Machine
  • Barkwell, Lawrence J.; Dorion, Leah; Hourie, Audreen (2006). Métis Legacy (Volume II) Michif Culture, Heritage, and Folkways. Winnipeg: Pemmican Publications Inc. and Saskatoon: Gabriel Dumont Institute. ISBN 0-920915-80-9.
  • Gordon, Irene Ternier (1 February 2011). A People on the Move: The Métis of the Western Plains. Heritage House Publishing Co. p. 20 ISBN 9781926936123 Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  • Weaver, S. M., Brockway, R. W., & Blue, A. W. (1982). Book Reviews. Canadian Journal of Native Studies, Vol. 2, Pp. 395–414., Vol. 2, 395–414.Retrieved 22 November 2019 from https://iportal.usask.ca/index.php?t=display_solr_search&having=4303766&sid=168308311
  • PEMMICAN.(1961). Nutrition Reviews, 19(3), 73–75. Retrieved 23 November 2019 from https://academic.oup.com/nutritionreviews/article-abstract/19/3/73/2672002?redirectedFrom=fulltext

References

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  1. ^ Lawson, Jennifer; McDowell, Linda; Thomson, Barbara (9 June 2019). Manitoba: Past and Present : Hands-on Social Studies, Grade 4. Portage & Main Press. p. 186. ISBN 9781553790341. Retrieved 9 June 2019 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Weaver, S. M., Brockway, R. W., & Blue, A. W (1982). "Book Reviews". Canadian Journal of Native Studies. 2 (2): 395–414. Retrieved 22 November 2019.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ a b Gordon, Irene Ternier (1 February 2011). A People on the Move: The Métis of the Western Plains. Heritage House Publishing Co. p. 20. ISBN 9781926936123. Retrieved 10 November 2019 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Weaver, S. M., Brockway, R. W., & Blue, A. W (1982). "Book Reviews". Canadian Journal of Native Studies. 2 (2): 395–414. Retrieved 22 November 2019.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Bryce, George (2005-12-19). The Romantic Settlement of Lord Selkirk's Colonists The Pioneers of Manitoba (1 ed.). Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  6. ^ Nute, Grace Lee.The Voyageur. Minnesota Historical Society, ISBN 978-0-87351-213-8, p. 55
  7. ^ "Cree, Assiniboine, Ojibwa and Michif: The Nehiyaw Pwat Confederacy/Iron Alliance in Montana - Blackfoot Confederacy (165 views)". Scribd.com. p. 13. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  8. ^ "Naboob (Ni) | the Ojibwe People's Dictionary". Archived from the original on 2015-11-01.
  9. ^ "Pemmican". Nutrition News Journal. 19 (3): 73–75. 1961. doi:10.1111/j.1753-4887.1961.tb01895.x. S2CID 252701647. Retrieved 22 November 2019.


 

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