Caribou (drink)
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Caribou is a sweet
Caribou can be made at home but is now available as a premixed beverage by the
Cloves and nutmeg
are also commonly added to flavour the drink.
The drink has been traditionally served at the
National holiday of Quebec. It is also a staple of the Festival du Voyageur in Winnipeg, Manitoba,[6]
where it is sometimes served in glasses made out of ice.
Origins
Caribou is supposed to have derived its name from a drink consisting of a mixture of
caribou blood and whisky which was consumed by hunters and loggers in colonial times to stave off the cold when working.[3][7]
See also
- Le Sang du caribou ("Caribou/reindeer blood")
- Conditum Paradoxum
- Hippocras
- Mulled wine
- Negus (drink)
- Sangria
References
- ISBN 978-1-55199-081-1
- ^ Misuraca, Karen (2007), A Warm December in Old Quebec
- ^ a b c Ovenell-Carter, Julie (6 February 2009), Quebec's Carnaval is worth freezing your a** off for, theseboots.travel, archived from the original on 3 March 2012
- ^ Seven Wonders of Canada: Old Quebec City, Quebec, CBC.CA
- ^ Grescoe, Taras, Quebec's Carnival, National Geographic Society
- ^ Festival du Voyageur official website, archived from the original on 2 March 2014
- ^ Mieusset, Sébastien, Le "Temps des sucres" au Québec, archived from the original on 1 May 2009
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