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{{Short description|Porridge}}
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{{Infobox prepared food
| name             = Rubaboo
| image            = 
| caption          = Photo of Canadian cuisine
| alternate_name   = Rubbaboo
| country          = Canada
| region           = [[Rupert's Land]]
| creator          = 
| course           = 
| type             = [[Porridge]]/[[stew]]
| served           = Hot
| main_ingredient  = [[Pea]]s or [[corn]], fat (bear or pork), [[bread]] or [[flour]], [[pemmican]]
| variations       = Rubaboo 
| calories         = 
| other            = 
}}
{{Canadian cuisine}}
'''Rubaboo''' is a common [[stew]] or [[porridge]] consumed by [[Coureur des bois|''coureurs des bois'' and ''voyageurs'']] (French fur traders) and [[Métis people]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7hTue53MYkgC&pg=PA186|title=Manitoba: Past and Present : Hands-on Social Studies, Grade 4|first1=Jennifer|last1=Lawson|first2=Linda|last2=McDowell|first3=Barbara|last3=Thomson|date=9 June 2019|page=186|publisher=Portage & Main Press|accessdate=9 June 2019|via=Google Books|isbn=9781553790341}}</ref> of [[North America]]. This dish is traditionally made of [[pea]]s and/or [[corn]], with grease (bear or pork) and a thickening agent ([[bread]] or [[flour]]) that makes up the base of the stew.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Weaver, S. M., Brockway, R. W., & Blue, A. W |title=Book Reviews |journal=Canadian Journal of Native Studies |date=1982 |volume=2 |issue=2 |pages=395–414 |url=https://iportal.usask.ca/index.php?t=display_solr_search&having=4303766&sid=168308311 |accessdate= 22 November 2019}}</ref> [[Pemmican]]<ref name=Gordon>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F0a0qLaiPjMC&pg=PT20|title=A People on the Move: The Métis of the Western Plains|first=Irene Ternier|last=Gordon|date=1 February 2011|publisher=Heritage House Publishing Co|page=20|accessdate= 10 November 2019|via=Google Books|isbn=9781926936123}}</ref> and [[maple sugar]] were also commonly added to the [[mixture]].

Rubaboo that is made by the Plains Métis is often made with pemmican, [[rabbit]], [[prairie chicken]] or [[Sage Hen|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.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Weaver, S. M., Brockway, R. W., & Blue, A. W |title=Book Reviews |journal=Canadian Journal of Native Studies |date=1982 |volume=2 |issue=2 |pages=395–414 |url=https://iportal.usask.ca/index.php?t=display_solr_search&having=4303766&sid=168308311 |accessdate=22 November 2019}}</ref> The thickened mixture was later re-served as “rowschow” (re-chaud).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bryce |first1=George |title=The Romantic Settlement of Lord Selkirk's Colonists The Pioneers of Manitoba |date=2005-12-19 |edition=1 |url=https://uottawa-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/search?institution=UOTTAWA&vid=UOTTAWA&tab=default_tab&search_scope=default&mode=basic&displayMode=full&bulkSize=50&highlight=true&lang=en_US&sortby=rank&dum=true&query=any,contains,rowschow&displayField=all&pcAvailabiltyMode=false |accessdate=20 November 2019}}</ref> Other sources describe it as consisting primarily of boiled pemmican, with [[thickening agents]] added when available.<ref name="Gordon" /><ref name="TheVoyageurNute">Nute, Grace Lee.''The Voyageur''. Minnesota Historical Society, {{ISBN|978-0-87351-213-8}}, p. 55</ref>

== Origins ==
The [[etymology]] of the [[word]] is a blend of the [[French language|French]] word ''[[roux]]'' (a thickener used in gravies and sauces) with the word for soup ("''aboo''") from an [[Algonquian languages|Algonquian language]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/340180950/Cree-Assiniboine-Ojibwa-and-Michif-The-Nehiyaw-Pwat-Confederacy-Iron-Alliance-in-Montana|title=Cree, Assiniboine, Ojibwa and Michif: The Nehiyaw Pwat Confederacy/Iron Alliance in Montana - Blackfoot Confederacy (165 views)|website=Scribd.com|page=13|accessdate=9 June 2019}}</ref> such as Anishnaabe {{lang|oj|ᓇᐴ}} ''naboo''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/naboob-ni|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151101065729/http://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/naboob-ni|archive-date = 2015-11-01|title = Naboob (Ni) &#124; the Ojibwe People's Dictionary}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Pemmican |journal=Nutrition News Journal |volume=19 |issue=3 |date=1961 |pages=73–75 |doi=10.1111/j.1753-4887.1961.tb01895.x |s2cid=252701647 |url=https://academic.oup.com/nutritionreviews/article-abstract/19/3/73/2672002?redirectedFrom=fulltext |accessdate=22 November 2019|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

==See also==
{{portal|Food}}
* [[Métis]]
* [[Métis in Canada]]
* [[Kama (food)]]
* [[List of porridges]]
* [[List of stews]]
* [[Roux]]
* [[Coureur des bois]]

== Sources ==
* Arts, A. A. (2009, January 1). About Us. Retrieved 22 November 2019 from http://albertaaboriginalarts.ca/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191119192659/http://www.albertaaboriginalarts.ca/ |date=2019-11-19 }}
* 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==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:Métis cuisine]]
[[Category:Porridges]]
[[Category:Native American cuisine]]
[[Category:Fur trade]]


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