Sourced from The Métis Bannock Queen
Darnell Stager, manager at Salmon n’ Bannock (7-1128 West Broadway), ate fried bannock with raisins as a child. Stager, who is urban Indigenous, meaning he was born and raised in Vancouver, connects bannock with memories of family. “I always had aunties, grandmas, and my mom making bannock. It’s a pretty common shared history with Indigenous people across the country,” he says.
Stager emphasizes that while bannock is a common food item among Indigenous peoples, it can’t and shouldn’t be reduced to a single recipe or taste experience. “We’re so diverse as people, and we’re so diverse even within regions across this vast territory.
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