1880s Menu


Senior Cooking Class. Belleville School for the Deaf, 1933

Back from a busy weekend not too many interesting foodie type things except for seeing this exhibition at the Deaf Culture Centre at the Distillery District and Alex's lasagna/Scrabble extravaganza on Sun night (and no rinsy is not a word!)That post will come later.

The first line of the menu says 'For Protestant Deaf-Mutes and the Blind' now this was a menu from a deaf school from the 1880s in Canada. Some of the other pics at the exhibition also said; deaf, dumb and blind. Not terminology we really use anymore, right? The exhibition is a must see with guided tour. Upon entering it looks like a mix of items that do not connect but once you get free tour (about 10min) you are opened up to a whole different world. Laura was our gracious host and explained the art pieces, images and gave us insight into the history of deaf people in Canada. Thx Laura, it is was a nice surprise! The pics below are of the cooking school and the dining hall where the children would eat. And if you look at the menu it wasn't anything spectacular, I guess Jamie Olvier's grandad wasn't around to campaign for them back then.


Saskatchewan School for the Deaf, school dining room, 1945