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DESCRIPTION:Now presented digitally here:\n	\n	With the rise of digital commu
 nication\, one way to connect with family and friends is over a meal or a 
 board game. Bonding over food and games is a practice that has been around
  for centuries. Many 18th- and 19th-century communities gathered for dinne
 rs bountifully infused with play of all kinds to further their enjoyment o
 f each other’s company. Among their favourite pastimes during meals was te
 lling and solving riddles.\n\nThis digital exhibit introduces examples of 
 different mealtime riddle practices. One\, largely occurring in Britain be
 tween 1780-1840\, involved formal dinners where guests sampled dishes desc
 ribed in riddles\, written on cryptic menus – often called “Enigmatic Bill
 s of Fare.” Another\, known as “Conundrum Suppers\,” were popularised in 1
 880s-1930s America and involved menus written in riddling form: guests had
  to play the game to decipher what they would eat!\n\nGame-filled evenings
  were enjoyed elsewhere as well. In France\, 19th-century diners ate meals
  served on intricately illustrated plates called “assiettes parlantes\,” w
 hich would reveal pictorial riddles\, or “rebuses\,” once their plates wer
 e emptied. This led to conversations about possible solutions to the revea
 led puzzles. Once everyone had their fill of food and discussion\, they co
 uld turn their plates over and discover the answers.\n\nThese food-themed 
 riddling practices facilitated social cohesion and served up a portion of 
 humour alongside the main dishes. Riddle me this: Is the time ripe to brin
 g them back into fashion?\n\nCurated by members of The SSHRC-funded Riddle
  Research team. The Riddle Project is an ROAAr project dedicated to transc
 ribing\, solving\, and researching riddles in early manuscripts. The proje
 ct is led by Prof. Nathalie Cooke\, Associate Dean of ROAAr\, along with a
  team of graduate and undergraduate research assistants.\n\n\nThis project
  is funded in part by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council 
 of Canada's Insights Development Grant Program.\n\n \n\n \n
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LOCATION:Fourth floor lobby\, McLennan Library Building\, CA\, QC\, Montrea
 l\, H3A 0C9\, 3459 rue McTavish
SUMMARY:Digital Exhibition | Food Riddles and Riddling Ways 
URL:/library/channels/event/digital-exhibition-food-ri
 ddles-and-riddling-ways-320762
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