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10 Quintessentially Canadian Foods
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@nayr69sg Ok so it appears there is more to Canadian cuisine other than moose and maple syrup!
yeah I am surprised myself.
The thing is Canada is such a big country. So many of the food in Quebec and Maritimes I dont see here in Alberta frankly. The Eastern side has more culture and history than the west like BC and AB. hence most of these foods are more from the Eastern Provinces.
Guess it is the French lah. More arty and creative than the Brits.
Salmon Candy
Indigenous people need to be thanked again for this tasty sweet and smoky treat. The first candied versions of it became known as “Indian Candy”. This used the best wild-caught salmon which is marinaded then brined and cold smoked.The salmon “rests” for a while and is then cold smoked with glazes of maple sugar brushed over the salmon many times. A sweet-salty totally addictive treat Salmon candy should be on everyone’s must-eat list. You can order yours from Amazon.
Agree, the French know and love their food. Very atas. The only French food I am familiar with is French fries.
Surely you have heard of French Baguette, Escargot, Foie gras
Toutons
Who could beat a favourite Newfoundland treat? A Touton is deep-fried fresh bread dough that is cooked and then dipped in Maple Syrup or molasses. Sort of like a pancake the toutons used to be fried in pork fat and served with the main course but these days are more likely to be a sweet dessert.
@glockman you see like even this ice cream....only in Maritimes! Why leh? I would try it in Alberta if they had it here.Moon Mist Ice Cream
Only available in the Maritimes Moon Mist ice cream has been around for years a combination of banana, blue raspberry and grape the Instagrammers love it.
Cream Soda
One of the only “pop” type beverages that I enjoy a Canadian Cream Soda is very different from those found around the rest of the world. Canadian cream soda is not vanilla-flavoured in the same way that other cream sodas are it’s more of a sweet cotton candy flavour. The bonus is that you can buy Canadian Cream Soda from Amazon.
Ice Cider
We are famous for our ice wine but what the heck do you do with frozen apples? Well in Quebec they are making cider from them. An Eastern Ontario treat the apples are frozen and pressed very slowly to preserve what juice is left. Served with a cheese board at the end of the meal superb!
Screech
Newfoundland Screech rum is made from a blend of imported Jamaican rum, water from Newfoundland, caramel colour and flavouring. It’s typically quite “raw” in taste and said to be extremely potent. The great Newfie tradition of downing a shot of screech and kissing the cod makes you a true “Newfie”.Fiddleheads
Fiddleheads or Fiddlehead greens are the furled fronds of a young fern, harvested for use as a vegetable. Another great vegetable that we can thank our indigenous people for teaching us about. The fiddlehead comes from the Ostrich fern and they grow in wild wet areas of Eastern Canada. The Maliseet, Mi’kmaq, and Penobscot have traditionally harvested fiddleheads, and the vegetable was introduced first to the immigrants and refugees from Great Britain.Bannock and Indian Tacos
Bannock is something a lot of folks consider a Canadian food, and again it was the indigenous peoples of Canada who taught folks how to make bannock to help boost their carb intake back in the day.
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The name Bannock probably came about from dominantly Scottish settlers in Canada at the time but the word has many original translations into languages such as the Inuit muqpaura. These days you can find several restaurants and food trucks serving Indigenous Cuisine all around Canada specializing in native foods and ingredients from game meats to corn, beans and squash (the 3 sisters) and producing fabulous fusion dishes such as Indian Tacos.
The bannock I tried at Fort Edmonton was on a stickBannock and Indian Tacos
Bannock is something a lot of folks consider a Canadian food, and again it was the indigenous peoples of Canada who taught folks how to make bannock to help boost their carb intake back in the day.
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Ansgar Walk CC BY-SA 2.5
The name Bannock probably came about from dominantly Scottish settlers in Canada at the time but the word has many original translations into languages such as the Inuit muqpaura. These days you can find several restaurants and food trucks serving Indigenous Cuisine all around Canada specializing in native foods and ingredients from game meats to corn, beans and squash (the 3 sisters) and producing fabulous fusion dishes such as Indian Tacos.
Pemmican
In any other language, this is a dried jerky but the word pemmican is derived from the Cree pimikan, meaning “manufactured grease.” Cooled and sewn into bison-hide bags in 41-kg lots, pemmican is a dense, high-protein, high-energy food that could be stored and shipped and was taught to the white voyageurs by the native people and it helped them survive their travels.Three Sisters
The Three Sisters in most North American First Nations people are corn, beans and squash. This trinity is a critically important facet of Indigenous culture and foodways. They’re planted in a symbiotic triad where beans are planted at the base of the corn stalks. The beans add nitrogen to the soil which fertilizes the corn and squash and the squash’s spiky broad leaves protect the plants from animals that eat the corn and beans.The Three Sisters are used as the basis of many native American cuisines and can be served either individually or in the famous Three Sisters Soup.
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