Banquet

Marché Bonsecours, Montréal

When we were around the table, the lights of the room die out and we are enlightened only by a candle, placed in a lantern in the medium of the table.
A small thought for our ancestors, which them, did not have a lot of means to light the night.

The Menu is nicely presented under the title "Boustifaille" ("Grub" in old french), 11th day of October of the year 2003.

After some cocktail snacks, and a white wine blow in aperitif, the service starts, always carried out by young dressed actors.

We served usa "brouet d'épices", a soup with vegetables decorated of ginger, cumin, cardamome and other "Bouquets de Provence", which was very appreciated. Then, duck Rillettes with jam of onions and cornflowers, and a "stewed piece of pork" with vegetables.

​​​​And to finish a dessert named « marquise au chocolat noir », a cake furnished with a chocolate mousse and a fields fruits mash.

All this evening was animated by "girls of Roy", young workmen or peasants, a merchant of furs come to propose its invaluable fur skins, and a young widower, come sometime to our table to court Nathalie "How old are you ?

; me I don't know count ; do you have a dowry ? , You look so nice for me. Even, he called me " father-in-law " !

As the guests started to dance, Nathalie was ready to play the game, and to agree to dance with him, when someone says to him seriously : "This girl is tainted, she has in her family back-back-back... a grandmother who killed her the first 3 husbands".

Amazed, the widower left while running, with a demolished face, and we didn't see him again to our table!!

We laughed so much, and we will remember a long time of this evening. 

Many personalities are present: the French Consul, Presidents of the Société historique de Montréal, the Société généalogique canadienne-française, des familles souches québecoises, the assistant mayor of Montreal, the mayor of La Flêche. It is Michel Désautels, of the Radio-Canada, which is with the microphone, and which passes the word to the intervenants.

The environment is a festive party !

We make the knowledge of Jacques Desautels, descendant of Catherine Lorion. Then, we see Janet, born Larion, and her husband Eldon Kramer, which are also of the part. They came from Arizona. We make the presentations with Antonio and Nathalie, who speak better than us to in English. Hi! It very nice to meet you. Janet speaks a little French and learns it with assiduity.