A FOOD TRADITION

Métis Cuisine

Métis cuisine reflects the historical and continuing foodways of Métis communities across the Prairies, northern woodlands, and river corridors. It combines Indigenous ingredients and techniques with influences from French, Scottish, and other fur-trade communities. Game, fish, berries, wild rice, flour, potatoes, dried meat, and preserved foods are common elements. Characteristic practices include pemmican making, smoking, drying, stewing, baking, and cooking over open fire. Representative examples include pemmican, bannock, and meat or berry dishes associated with Métis households and gatherings. Recipes vary by family and region, so the cuisine is better understood as a living cultural tradition than a fixed collection of dishes.

Catalogue preview Cuisine connections may be unreviewed. Regional comparisons include their food references and do not establish the ingredients of a particular meal.