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Vancouver · Joined: 12 Dec 2006

poutine is good...and the only culinary contribution I can think of

Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

peppermint · Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 3:38 pm Post subject:

There's a market for them in.. . China I think. Stamina food doncha know Rolling Eyes

This Newfie doesn't eat seal, but I know lots that do. Flipper pie is pretty traditional at Easter.

Underwaterbob · Joined: 08 Jan 2005 Location: In Cognito

Rappie Pie

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rappie_pie

blaseblasphemener · Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 4:20 pm Post subject:

Most Canadians have never even seen a seal in the wild, let alone get offended about the seal hunt. I have no problem with people protesting as much as they want about it, Americans included.

As for Canadian foods, most of our most beloved foods were invented elsewhere, and have been Canadianized. I could give two-shits if we have Canadian food, all I know is I miss the foods I can find in Canada, like Cheemo perogies, Peter's Drive-in burgers, Taco Time, Wings and a Big Rock beer, NY Fries poutine, Old Dutch chips, M&M meat shop jalepeno poppers, smarties, Spiros pizza in Calgary, Harvey's hamburgers with banana peppers, a spicy Caesar, and many more. Not to mention dad's beef stroganoff and mom's wife saver caserole on Christmas Day!

ReeseDog · Joined: 05 Apr 2008 Location: Classified

grnmle · Joined: 13 Sep 2007

It is terribly hard for either country to have a culinary tradition, seeing as though they are each so young. I think each are still evolving, although we are both so similar comparisons are hard.

I love going back home to have some French-Canadian style split-pea and ham soup. God, what I would give for some? Of course, we have Maple Syrup. My friend always gives me a hard time about when we went to Costco and I had to buy a two litre bottle of the stuff.

Oh and Canadian back bacon; bannock, a traditional aboriginal bread type thing; moose meat pie; we do a fine smoked salmon; beer seared lake trout; beaver tail soup... I could go on and on

Underwaterbob · Joined: 08 Jan 2005 Location: In Cognito

As for the seal hunt some guy once said something along the lines of "Some actress in Hollywood flashes her stuff and 10'000 people lose their jobs."

Fact is the seal population is not in danger and the hunt is heavily regulated thanks to all the controversy. If they looked like slugs, people couldn't have cared less.

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dtown · Joined: 06 Jun 2008

Canadians also bastardized a way to eat french fries...with vinegar.

I really cannot condone that seal clubbing business. If they were eating the seals it would be one thing, but clubbing them to send their penises to China? Is that really necessary? Unless seal populations are so overblown that seals would die anyway...

yingwenlaoshi · Joined: 12 Feb 2007 Location: ... location, location!

I ordered from a place called Rock Poutine in St-Hyachinthe, Quebec. Never set foot in the restaurant. The best damn poutine I've ever had. And cheap.

I've had it at other places in Quebec where they throw in everything but the kitchen sink. Pizza poutine, chicken poutine, etc. Peas in it and whatever. When the curds are just melted right, it's awesome. I have to put ketchup on it.

Another popular dish is torti�re. It's popular around Christmas-time with the francophones (maybe Acadiens or New Brunswick francophones). I think they eat that and boiled potatoes on Christmas Eve. Torti�re is pretty good (and good with ketchup). It's meat pie. The meat is a mixture of ground pork and ground beef with certain spices. Great thing to put in your freezer and heat up in the microwave.

Quebec have a lot of their own, heart attack-enducing dishes. Another is called creton. It's a p�t� that's good spread on toast. Used to eat it with tomatoes from my friends garden, cheese, mustard, etc. Doesn't look too appetizing, but it's not too shabby.

Heres' creton on bread:

You can find it in any grocery store in Quebec package with a styrofoam plate, wrapped in cellophane. Cheap and locally made.

Torti�re:

Not usually that thick, really. Maybe it's better thin, because it can tend to crumble. I think the stuff on the side of the above pic is tomato aspic. I think that's supposed to be eaten with it. But why bother.

Another famous thing (well at least in Ontario) are the chip wagons. Fresh cut fries in a box. Great with vinegar and salt. If you get a large, make sure to tell them to put half the fries in and pour some vinegar and salt in, and then do the same after they fill it to the top. You can't really shake them up.

Better than poutine, really. Best fries I ever had. They can usually be found in any town in Ontario. The last one I had was in Kenora, I think. Great stuff.