noun
- a stew made from pemmican, flour, and other available ingredients, traditionally prepared by fur traders and trappers
Usage: historical; North American
Examples
- The fur traders prepared rubaboo over the campfire using dried meat and flour.
- Rubaboo was a staple food for voyageurs during long wilderness journeys.
- The recipe for rubaboo varied depending on what ingredients were available.
- After days of travel, the trappers looked forward to a hot bowl of rubaboo.
- Traditional rubaboo combined pemmican with whatever vegetables could be found.
- The Hudson’s Bay Company traders often relied on rubaboo for sustenance.