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08/31/2005 03:03:21 PM · #1 |
Okay, I have a friend who teaches a class of senior citizens at a local nursing home. For the past few weeks she has been "studying" Canada, and wants to take in a few dishes of "national cuisine."
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08/31/2005 03:04:14 PM · #2 |
The only truly national dish I can think of is Poutine..
We're too obscured by U.S. culture.
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08/31/2005 03:05:18 PM · #3 |
| Put vinegar on your fries and call it a day. |
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08/31/2005 03:06:45 PM · #4 |
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08/31/2005 03:08:49 PM · #5 |
Cod Tongues Don't cringe, they are delicious. I bet the Icelanders like them too.
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08/31/2005 03:09:41 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by thatcloudthere:
Put vinegar on your fries and call it a day. |
I often do that with popcorn, or just a squeeze or two on half a lemon!
Hummmmm......salt, a cold beer......is it 7 pm already?
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08/31/2005 03:11:04 PM · #7 |
Oh...wait, I know I know!!
Maple Syrup. I don't like it but most Canadians do and it's a very Canadian product. |
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08/31/2005 03:12:02 PM · #8 |
//www.baccalieu.com/yaffles/ More Newfoundland "ethnic" food. Never ever thought of myself as ethnic before.
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08/31/2005 03:12:30 PM · #9 |
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08/31/2005 03:14:18 PM · #10 |
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08/31/2005 03:27:44 PM · #11 |
Beaver tails
When I went to university (Carleton U., in Ottawa) I did a lot of skating on the canal. Huts along the way sell a pastry, called beaver tails.
===Googled===
The tail of Canada's largest and most symbolic rodent, Castor canadensis, is edible, in a dish called beavertail beans, for example, in which the tail is cut off and blistered over a fire until the skin loosens. After the skin is removed, the tai flesh is boiled in a large pot of beans.
But beaver tail also came to be applied to a recipe for quick-baked dough, especially in early 19th-century places where people might camp for one night and where there was no frying pan. The dough, with or without one of the "risings" was shaped into a long, narrow, flat loaf, vaguely resembling a beaver's tail, stuck on one or more sticks and baked over an open fire.
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08/31/2005 03:35:36 PM · #12 |
| Yes...beavertails are another good example (the second definition, not the first!) |
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08/31/2005 03:38:16 PM · #13 |
poutine is very Quebec-like, not as popular elsewhere (That i know of).
I'd have to say Maple Sirup is also a good exemple, although again, mostly from Quebec. and Its not a meal, its a ... well sirup.
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08/31/2005 03:41:25 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by RedOak:
poutine is very Quebec-like, not as popular elsewhere (That i know of).
I'd have to say Maple Sirup is also a good exemple, although again, mostly from Quebec. and Its not a meal, its a ... well sirup. |
Poutine is extremely popular here in B.C., and quite popular in Alberta too, AFAIK..
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08/31/2005 03:45:42 PM · #15 |
| And then there's "Tim Horton's", the most overrated, hyped-up, inconsistent-tasting bland coffee craved by Canadians from sea to shining sea. |
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08/31/2005 03:48:37 PM · #16 |
Coming from both European and US cultures pretty much anything is a cultural dish!! :-)
But poutine, although a lovely artery clogger, is just awesome!
There's also "tourtière" which is a meat pie of sorts.
And even though I think Maple Sirop should be a distict food group, pooring it on snow and then eating it like toffee is to die for!!! :-P
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08/31/2005 03:57:34 PM · #17 |
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08/31/2005 04:01:03 PM · #18 |
poutine is a favorite in the Toronto area too
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08/31/2005 04:13:06 PM · #19 |
Originally posted by thatcloudthere:
And then there's "Tim Horton's", the most overrated, hyped-up, inconsistent-tasting bland coffee craved by Canadians from sea to shining sea. |
I used to be a coffee-snob. Nothing but the finest brew for me. One day I tried a Tim's and it tasted just horrible, but I needed it, so I finished it. My head was spinning, my body was tingling. Now I need a Tim's to start the morning, though I've built a resistance to the spinning & tingling. It's still pretty nasty stuff, but I'm addicted. I'm sure they put drugs in that crap.
-edit: And how do they get it so far over 100 degrees Celsius without it boiling in the cup. I'm sure it must be about 135 degrees! It's the drugs. I think the government puts stuff in there to keep us addicted and to keep us submissive, so they can tax us so much.
Message edited by author 2005-08-31 16:16:14.
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08/31/2005 04:14:22 PM · #20 |
nanaimo bars are also deliciously canadian. :)
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08/31/2005 04:15:21 PM · #21 |
Canada has an offical policy governing Muticulturalism,characterized by the concept of 'the cultural mosaic' in contrast to the US 'melting pot' concept, therefore many dishes could be regarded as Canadian Cuisine even though their history may reside elsewhere.
It is documented that many First Nations Tribes have inhabited Canada for 10,000 years easily winning the Canadian Cuisine debate. The traditional food from the west coast of British Columbia would be Salmon, Blackberries, Clams, Oysters, Mussels -foods that are readily available(for now) from the land and sea. I know when I lived in Alberta Moose, ducks,Goose, berries were traditional foods. |
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08/31/2005 04:17:25 PM · #22 |
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
Originally posted by thatcloudthere:
And then there's "Tim Horton's", the most overrated, hyped-up, inconsistent-tasting bland coffee craved by Canadians from sea to shining sea. |
I used to be a coffee-snob. Nothing but the finest brew for me. One day I tried a Tim's and it tasted just horrible, but I needed it, so I finished it. My head was spinning, my body was tingling. Now I need a Tim's to start the morning, though I've built a resistance to the spinning & tingling. It's still pretty nasty stuff, but I'm addicted. I'm sure they put drugs in that crap. |
I'm no coffee connoiseur by anybody's definition...I just know that everytime I get a coffee from Tim Horton's it tastes different than the last location I got one at! I would actually say that Tim Horton's coffee isn't that bad if you happen to get a fresh, properly made cup.
That being said, you're right, they really do wake me up when I do break down and get one.
And the rest of the food there is fantastic...the soups, the chili, the sandwhiches and donuts and muffins and cookies...mmmmmm... |
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08/31/2005 04:26:00 PM · #23 |
Originally posted by thatcloudthere:
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
Originally posted by thatcloudthere:
And then there's "Tim Horton's", the most overrated, hyped-up, inconsistent-tasting bland coffee craved by Canadians from sea to shining sea. |
I used to be a coffee-snob. Nothing but the finest brew for me. One day I tried a Tim's and it tasted just horrible, but I needed it, so I finished it. My head was spinning, my body was tingling. Now I need a Tim's to start the morning, though I've built a resistance to the spinning & tingling. It's still pretty nasty stuff, but I'm addicted. I'm sure they put drugs in that crap. |
I'm no coffee connoiseur by anybody's definition...I just know that everytime I get a coffee from Tim Horton's it tastes different than the last location I got one at! I would actually say that Tim Horton's coffee isn't that bad if you happen to get a fresh, properly made cup.
That being said, you're right, they really do wake me up when I do break down and get one.
And the rest of the food there is fantastic...the soups, the chili, the sandwhiches and donuts and muffins and cookies...mmmmmm... |
and those maple danishes, and the English toffee capuccino!! Mmmmmmmmmm
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08/31/2005 04:28:41 PM · #24 |
Originally posted by thatcloudthere:
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
Originally posted by thatcloudthere:
And then there's "Tim Horton's", the most overrated, hyped-up, inconsistent-tasting bland coffee craved by Canadians from sea to shining sea. |
I used to be a coffee-snob. Nothing but the finest brew for me. One day I tried a Tim's and it tasted just horrible, but I needed it, so I finished it. My head was spinning, my body was tingling. Now I need a Tim's to start the morning, though I've built a resistance to the spinning & tingling. It's still pretty nasty stuff, but I'm addicted. I'm sure they put drugs in that crap. |
I'm no coffee connoiseur by anybody's definition...I just know that everytime I get a coffee from Tim Horton's it tastes different than the last location I got one at! I would actually say that Tim Horton's coffee isn't that bad if you happen to get a fresh, properly made cup.
That being said, you're right, they really do wake me up when I do break down and get one.
And the rest of the food there is fantastic...the soups, the chili, the sandwhiches and donuts and muffins and cookies...mmmmmm... |
I hate Tim Horton's. It makes me angry at myself every morning while I'm sitting in the drive through, digging through my ashtray trying to find as many pennies as possible to mix into that $1.55 for my extra large. I think I'm having a grumpy day today, excuse my raving.
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08/31/2005 04:30:30 PM · #25 |
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