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teenth century Quebec, a feast that would be considered somewhat unusual today.
Before each diner at the feast was placed a bowl of blrchbark or polished basswood and a spoon of bark. The diners supplied their own knives, and there were no: forks.
Into the bowl went first the : appetizers — cornbread and a : boiled mixture of eels, salmon and beans. The soup course was a rich meat broth, thickened with nuts. Vegetables Included corn, peas and baked squash.
The main course featured roast venison and squirrel pies, with baked wild pigeons, partridges, blackbirds, owls— ■ all served together. Dessert consisted of cakes of maple sugar or sunflower seeds . and nuts.
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