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DESCRIPTION:Now presented digitally here:\n	With the rise of digital communi
 cation\, one way to connect with family and friends is over a meal or a bo
 ard game. Bonding over food and games is a practice that has been around f
 or centuries. Many 18th- and 19th-century communities gathered for dinners
  bountifully infused with play of all kinds to further their enjoyment of 
 each other’s company. Among their favourite pastimes during meals was tell
 ing and solving riddles.\n\nThis digital exhibit introduces examples of di
 fferent mealtime riddle practices. One\, largely occurring in Britain betw
 een 1780-1840\, involved formal dinners where guests sampled dishes descri
 bed in riddles\, written on cryptic menus – often called “Enigmatic Bills 
 of Fare.” Another\, known as “Conundrum Suppers\,” were popularised in 188
 0s-1930s America and involved menus written in riddling form: guests had t
 o play the game to decipher what they would eat!\n\nGame-filled evenings w
 ere enjoyed elsewhere as well. In France\, 19th-century diners ate meals s
 erved on intricately illustrated plates called “assiettes parlantes\,” whi
 ch would reveal pictorial riddles\, or “rebuses\,” once their plates were 
 emptied. This led to conversations about possible solutions to the reveale
 d puzzles. Once everyone had their fill of food and discussion\, they coul
 d turn their plates over and discover the answers.\n\nThese food-themed ri
 ddling practices facilitated social cohesion and served up a portion of hu
 mour alongside the main dishes. Riddle me this: Is the time ripe to bring 
 them back into fashion?\n\nCurated by members of The SSHRC-funded Riddle R
 esearch team. The Riddle Project is an ROAAr project dedicated to transcri
 bing\, solving\, and researching riddles in early manuscripts. The project
  is led by Prof. Nathalie Cooke\, Associate Dean of ROAAr\, along with a t
 eam of graduate and undergraduate research assistants.\n\nThis project is 
 funded in part by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of C
 anada'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:https://www.mcgill.ca/channels/channels/event/digital-exhibition-food-r
 iddles-and-riddling-ways-320762
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