Rubaboo was a basic stew or porridge consumed by 'coureurs des bois' and 'voyageurs' (fur traders) and Métis people of North America. Porridge, or porage, is a simple dish made by boiling Oats (normally crushed oats occasionally Oatmeal) or another cereal in Water A coureur des bois (runner of the woods was an individual who engaged in the Fur trade without permission from the French authorities The Métis are descendants of marriages of Cree, Ojibway Algonquin, Saulteaux, and Menominee aboriginals to Europeans, Traditionally made of peas or corn (or both) with grease (bear or pork) and a thickening agent (bread or flour). Pemmican and maple sugar were also commonly added to the mixture. Pemmican is a concentrated mixture of Fat and Protein used as a nutritious emergency foodstuff Maple sugar is what remains after the sap of the Sugar maple is boiled for longer than is needed to create Maple syrup or Maple taffy.