Hi Winslow, I missed it (first year in many) because I had to attend some Irish sessions in Montreal the week before and couldn't envision making the 10-hour...
Anjili, Two lines into reading your post I was going to suggest the same thing. When I go to MTL, I make that 10-hour DRIVE too. Last year, I did it 4 times,...
Hi Lucy, Actually, La Grand Rencontre will be my next trip to Montreal--I'll be going on August 24 or 25 and staying through the weekend--There are also some...
Anjili, You are so kind. I would so love to go to La GR. I have no problem driving non-stop -- I do the 10-hour thing alone, straight thru. I will write you...
In the latest Pirates of the Caribbean movie (Dead Man's Chest), Fisher's Hornpipe (recorded by La Bottine and Laurie Hart) is the soundtrack to a fight scene...
Well, there are films *about* Quebec trad, like Reel du Megaphone (follows Gilles Garand around), the one that follows Jean Carignan around to studio sessions...
... Recently at the Shelburne Museum I saw a French Canadian animation depicting the story of a rocking chair. The soundtrack was by Reve du Diable, all...
( disclaimer : this is a shameless plug ) You like Québec music but do not understand french enough to your taste ? You like Québec but are to lazy to read...
Hi Henry, That's the film I saw. I don't see why it means someone is lazy about reading Quebecois history just because they like this film... was it a "hit"...
My first reaction was "My God, Henry has described me to a T"--then I remembered his sense of humor. Henry, if the potato peeler is not available, perhaps you...
Traditionnal pea soup is made with yellow peas ! There is at least one tune not played by Louis Boudreau ... hint: it is by the end of the film ... Henry...
I really feel that an important point is being overlooked in this discussion--even if he doesn't want to learn French or read French-Canadian history, Jeff...
Thanks Anjili, Please post the recipe, if you like. As I recall, Henry shared a pea soup recipe last year or so. Where do I find the yellow peas? I think our...
Andy--I love it! Who would have thought that pea soup merited a longer Wikipedia entry than James III, who I was researching last week...thankfully, it seems...
This is another shameless plea to Henry or anyone who can help! I realize that I am exceeding my portion of requests for the group, but I wondered if anyone...
Hi Anjili, I asked my sister, the genealogist in my family. Here are links she sent me. One site has a list of links, and the 3rd one below has census...
Hi Lucy, I know here in New Hampshire we're proud of our American-Canadian Genealogical Society (www.acgs.org), specialists in French-Canadian, Franco-American...
Hi Benoit, I'm going to try to go ! Anjili, I thought you probably know about it, but Roots Web has helpful genealogists on it. http://www.rootsweb.com/ ...
Can't believe we only have 1 trad french-canadian recipe in the file. Let's also include trad french, trad franco-american and trad breton food. Brigitte, Can...
This is good site for me since I never got hold of my fre-can granny's baked beans recipe. http://frenchfood.about.com/od/frenchcanadian/index.htm Lucy...
Hi Lucy and Benoit, Thank you so much for the information! I will contribute to the recipes myself in a couple of weeks--I'm submitting my dissertation shortly...
Hi Anjili, I was there 2004 (its "1st annual"). No seemingly organized session, but always songs with food -- songs at breakfast, Sunday (a breakfast room...
Old fashion : Cut the salted pork pork in spoon size pieces , heat in the pot a few minutes , add the water and the round dry peas ( the kind of peas used...
Thank you, Henry! This sounds like excellent party fare--and an easy way to find out if any of one's friends have TB, syphilis, hair loss, or lice. Assuming,...
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