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Title: Canada Day July 1- Favourite Canadian Foods?
Post by: Lil Me on Jun 19 07 09:18
Well?  What are they???
 
 Maple Syrup/Maple Candy
 Poutine
 Salmon
 VQA Wines
 
 (My cousins in the US swear that you can't buy canned salmon there, but 49er says you can!)
   
Title: Re: Canada Day July 1- Favourite Canadian Foods?
Post by: Sportsdude on Jun 19 07 09:18
I buy canned salmon all the time.  
Title: Re: Canada Day July 1- Favourite Canadian Foods?
Post by: Lil Me on Jun 19 07 09:19
Good.  I'll stop lugging cases of canned salmon to Cali!  
Title: Re: Canada Day July 1- Favourite Canadian Foods?
Post by: Sportsdude on Jun 19 07 09:21
what are VQA wines?

you forgot the beaver tail.
 
Title: Re: Canada Day July 1- Favourite Canadian Foods?
Post by: Lil Me on Jun 19 07 09:24
[a href="vny!://www.canadianvintners.com/woc/vqa.html"]vny!://www.canadianvintners.com/woc/vqa.html[/a]  
Title: Re: Canada Day July 1- Favourite Canadian Foods?
Post by: kitten on Jun 19 07 09:26
Nanaimo bars.  B.C.

Fiddlehead ferns.  N.B.

Lobster.  P.E.I.

Salt cod. Nfld.  
Title: Re: Canada Day July 1- Favourite Canadian Foods?
Post by: Lil Me on Jun 19 07 09:30
Where can you buy salt cod in Van?  I've gotta try it one of these days.
 
 I've had fiddleheads before (frozen in a bag from McCain)
   
Title: Re: Canada Day July 1- Favourite Canadian Foods?
Post by: P.C. on Jun 19 07 09:31
I think of seafood when I think of Canadian cusine.  

  (Kitten, we just had some fiddleheads the other night.  There is such a short window for those, that if you like them, you better grab some soon)  
Title: Re: Canada Day July 1- Favourite Canadian Foods?
Post by: kitten on Jun 19 07 09:32
Sorry but I just don't know.  I think I heard of a place in New Westminster that specialized in Atlantic foods, but I don't know the name or even if they are still open.  
Title: Re: Canada Day July 1- Favourite Canadian Foods?
Post by: Sportsdude on Jun 19 07 09:33
 oh so that's where I get BC wine. thanks! lil me

smoked meat sandwiches from Montreal
Butter tarts
bakeapple pie or cloudberry pie
The Caesar drink
 Donairs
Montreal Hot Dog


   
Title: Re: Canada Day July 1- Favourite Canadian Foods?
Post by: 49er on Jun 19 07 09:34
I saw a pallet full of canned salmon at Costco last weekend.  
Title: Re: Canada Day July 1- Favourite Canadian Foods?
Post by: kitten on Jun 19 07 09:35
Sure I like fiddleheads, P.C.  We used to have them when they came out on the farm.  They are SO good!  A little touch of butter and they are perfect.    
Title: Re: Canada Day July 1- Favourite Canadian Foods?
Post by: P.C. on Jun 19 07 09:35
cloudberry?

  What about Alberta Beef?  
Title: Re: Canada Day July 1- Favourite Canadian Foods?
Post by: Sportsdude on Jun 19 07 09:38
[a href="vny!://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloudberry"]vny!://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloudberry[/a]  
Title: Re: Canada Day July 1- Favourite Canadian Foods?
Post by: kitten on Jun 19 07 09:38
Saskatoons  (berries)
Title: Re: Canada Day July 1- Favourite Canadian Foods?
Post by: P.C. on Jun 19 07 09:48
Huckleberries and Chantrelles (not together of course)
Title: Re: Canada Day July 1- Favourite Canadian Foods?
Post by: kitten on Jun 19 07 09:50
Deer or moose meat (if you can find it anywhere!)
Title: Re: Canada Day July 1- Favourite Canadian Foods?
Post by: Sportsdude on Jun 19 07 09:56
hmmm wild game they don't sell that at the grocery store.  
Title: Re: Canada Day July 1- Favourite Canadian Foods?
Post by: Lil Me on Jun 19 07 10:06
No, they sell farmed versions of the same animal.  If you want wild game, you need to get it from a hunter.  They don't sell it in stores.  
Title: Re: Canada Day July 1- Favourite Canadian Foods?
Post by: Schadenfreude on Jun 20 07 08:30
You can get farm raised deer, elk or bison. I have not heard of farm raised moose.

  Though perogies are not "Canadian", you can not go anywhere in AB, SK, MB (and perhaps other provinces) and not find perogies on the menu.
Title: Re: Canada Day July 1- Favourite Canadian Foods?
Post by: Devil on Jun 20 07 08:36
Pizza!

although not really a 'Canadian' food, this Canadian loves it more than any other food.
Title: Re: Canada Day July 1- Favourite Canadian Foods?
Post by: Lise on Jun 20 07 10:07
Beaver.

  Oh er......

  Viva la maple syrup.
Title: Re: Canada Day July 1- Favourite Canadian Foods?
Post by: P.C. on Jun 20 07 10:24
You often hear that Canada doesn't have that specific 'Canadian Food'......like hot dogs and apple pie is for the US, it has been said that we don't have that.  When you look at all the things mentioned here, I think that what it shows, is a menu as diverse as its people.  

Many of these favourites are all 'borrowed' from the people that have come from everywhere and have become OUR stamp, in a way.

  I saw a little blurb on the news, that sushi will take its place alongside the hot dog at the ballparks.
Title: Re: Canada Day July 1- Favourite Canadian Foods?
Post by: purelife on Jun 20 07 10:34
I like hotdogs, burgers, fries, pizza, pancakes with maple syrup...

  in my mind, these make me feel "canadian"
Title: Re: Canada Day July 1- Favourite Canadian Foods?
Post by: Michel on Jun 20 07 10:43
Pâté chinois (shepherd pie)

  The pizza and the steak submarines made by the Canadian-Greeks in Montréal huhum...
Title: Re: Canada Day July 1- Favourite Canadian Foods?
Post by: Schadenfreude on Jun 20 07 10:59
Tourtiere every Christmas eve.
Title: Re: Canada Day July 1- Favourite Canadian Foods?
Post by: purelife on Jun 20 07 11:00
Is that French for "torture," Shadey? ;)
Title: Re: Canada Day July 1- Favourite Canadian Foods?
Post by: Michel on Jun 20 07 11:42
PL is perv !  

  It's a meat pie made originally with a bird called tourtre, unfortunately this bird has been killed to extinction quite rapidly. Today the meat used is pork and beef mixed.
Title: Re: Canada Day July 1- Favourite Canadian Foods?
Post by: purelife on Jun 20 07 11:46
I knew that it was a tart/pie, Michel.  I think that you misunderstood my original comment.  When I said "torture" I was thinking about my experience with them at I personally didn't enjoy these little meat pies...  
Title: Re: Canada Day July 1- Favourite Canadian Foods?
Post by: Michel on Jun 20 07 11:48
hehe ok, this meal is indeed a plot to destroy the hottie factor in any slim woman, I agree with you. Stay away from the tourtiere !
Title: Re: Canada Day July 1- Favourite Canadian Foods?
Post by: purelife on Jun 20 07 11:56
ha ha! i s'pose.  but at 'xmas, you kinda have to put your "figure" aside because there are just tons of good food!
Title: Re: Canada Day July 1- Favourite Canadian Foods?
Post by: Devil on Jun 20 07 01:24
Pea Soup is always good on a cold day.
Title: Re: Canada Day July 1- Favourite Canadian Foods?
Post by: Michel on Jun 20 07 02:13
[SPAN class=termheader1]Onion soup au gratin, is it typically canadian ? I don't know but it's goooooood, especially in winter. Miam miam.[/SPAN]
Title: Re: Canada Day July 1- Favourite Canadian Foods?
Post by: margretli on Jun 20 07 02:14
 Maple syrup on vanilla ice cream.(//forums/richedit/smileys/Love/3.gif)  (//forums/richedit/smileys/Love/3.gif)  (//forums/richedit/smileys/Love/3.gif)


   
Title: Re: Canada Day July 1- Favourite Canadian Foods?
Post by: Michel on Jun 20 07 02:20
Maple Syrup on snow, nothing more Canadian than that ! (//vny!://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Happy/3.gif)
Title: Re: Canada Day July 1- Favourite Canadian Foods?
Post by: Lil Me on Jun 20 07 03:47
 Devil wrote:
[div style="font-style: italic;"]Pea Soup is always good on a cold day.[/div]--
 Totally.
 
 (//vny!://canadiandelicacies.com/sauces/habitantpeasoup.jpg)