rubaboo

[ ruhb-uh-boo ]

noun

, Canadian.

1. soup made from pemmican, flour, and water, once common among fur trappers, hunters, etc.

rubaboo

/ ˈrʌbəˌbuː /

noun

1. a soup or stew made by boiling pemmican with, if available, flour and vegetables

Word History and Origins

Origin of rubaboo¹

First recorded in 1815–25; origin uncertain

Word History and Origins

Origin of rubaboo¹

C19: from Canadian French rababou , from Algonquian

Example Sentences

There was this year plenty of buffalo meat and the Scotch women soon learned to cook it into "Rubaboo," or "Rowschow," after the manner of the French half-breeds.

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In the summer she had picked the fruit herself, just as she had gathered the saskatoon berries sprinkled through the pemmican she was going to use for the rubaboo.

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Venison broiled to a turn, juicy, succulent mallard ducks from the cold storage of their larder, mashed potatoes with gravy, young boiled onions from Whoop-Up, home-made rubaboo of delicious flavor, hot biscuits and wild-strawberry jam!

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Enough flour and pemmican for another mess of rubaboo.

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He made the man prepare the rubaboo for their supper.

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