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rubbaboo N. Amer. (Obs. exc. Hist.)|rʌbəˈbuː|
Also rababoo, robiboo, rubaboo, rubeiboo, etc.
[ult. ad. Algonquian.]
A kind of soup or porridge made from pemmican.
1821N. Garry Diary 22 Aug. in Trans. R. Soc. Canada (1900) VI. 151 Our men are now eating Rababoo made of Pemican and Flour. 1857P. Jacobs Jrnl. 72 The food that is generally prepared and eaten in these regions by voyagers is what is called ‘ahrubuhboo’. I do not know what the word itself means. I spell it as I hear it pronounced. 1862R. Kennicott Jrnl. Jan. in J. A. James First Sci. Exploration Russ. Amer. (1942) ii. 85 Rubbaboo is a favorite dish with the northern voyageurs, when they can get it. It consists simply of pemmican made into a kind of soup by boiling in water. Flour is added when it can be obtained, and it is generally considered more palatable with a little sugar. 1865Milton & Cheadle N.-W. Passage by Land xv. 289 Our fare was what the half-breeds call ‘rubaboo’, which we made by boiling a piece of pemmican the size of one's fist in a large quantity of water thickened with a single handful of flour. 1881E. S. Farrow Mountain Scouting xiii. 200 When required for use, it [sc. pemmican] is cut from the hard mass and either eaten cold, or is mixed with flour forming a porridge called ‘robiboo’. 1935Beaver Sept. 135 One of the tastiest forms, and one more often mixed than any other for table use, was ‘rubeiboo’, consisting of pemmican boiled down with a mixture of potatoes, onions and other vegetables. This, when properly seasoned, was very palatable. 1969E. W. Morse Fur Trade Canoe Routes i. ii. 23 The pemmican was either sliced off and munched raw, or made with flour and water into a potage called ‘rubbaboo’. |