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MoltkeWarding
5195 Posts
When I think of Canadian food, my mind draws a complete blank. If you have any recommendations, please list them here. Furthermore, if you can think of any Canadian "drinks," you are welcome to brainstorm with me. There is the obvious maple syrup, but what to serve it with? Your recommendations should be easy to make (or buy) by inhospitable hands. Failing success, I suppose I could impersonate as a German, but it would be a tough sell to the Poles.   | ||
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Alsar
United States130 Posts
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MoltkeWarding
5195 Posts
On August 25 2009 19:07 Alsar wrote: The only specifically canadian food I know of is poutine. :D Not precisely representative, but I'll take it. Can it be prepared at home? | ||
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kaisr
Canada715 Posts
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Navane
Netherlands2762 Posts
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FirstBorn
Romania3955 Posts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_cuisine ? | ||
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Aegraen
United States1225 Posts
Off the top of my head though....Moose?  | ||
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WeSt
Portugal918 Posts
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Oxygen
Canada3581 Posts
I think something better (though not necessarily Canadian, but North American) would be something with pancakes/crepes (whatever you call the thin ones). This works well for breakfast: Pancakes with shrimp and broccoli. Marinade shrimp in some garlic/olive oil/basil/lemon/spice/soy sauce concoction. Make thin crepes. Boil, then saute broccoli. Make Alfredo sauce. (I haven't seen it anywhere in Europe - and I've looked. No one has heard of this kind of sauce). On a crepe, combine sauteed shrimp and broccoli, pour with sauce, fold over pancake. Nothing hard here as long as you know how to make crepes. This has turned out ridiculously good every time I've made it. It's a good, light breakfast, and if you want to be truly Canadian, you can serve it with coffee with maple syrup (which adds as a good substitute for sugar and makes it tastes mmm... add nutmeg for best results). I was going to post this recipe once on TL but I never got around to it, though I did it and took pictures of the process, so lemme know if you're interested and I'll try to get them for you. Where will you be in Ireland? When and where will you be staying in Poland? EDIT: Canadian whiskey? Dr. Pepper? ... no such thing as a Canadian drink, I think. | ||
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hcliff454
Canada127 Posts
all I can really think of is like, tim hortons and timbits. but that's not exactly revolutionary, is it? | ||
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Schnake
Germany2819 Posts
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genwar
Canada537 Posts
First ketchup chips now this. | ||
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Pads
England3228 Posts
On August 25 2009 19:51 genwar wrote: First ketchup chips now this. England had these yearsss ago, they were the best. No idea why they died out though.  | ||
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blue_arrow
1971 Posts
but off the top of my head... what about BC smoked salmon? prbly will be hella expensive to make or even impossible in poland though you could also try to get some raw moose/whale/seal i forget what that inuits actually eat up north haha that will be great to present, and also prbly impossible to get oh right, also ginger beef lol, which like fortune cookies and other stuff, is actually not real chinese cuisine, but food made by chinese restaurants way back in north america and marketed as chinese food. if i remember correctly ginger beef originated from alberta you could prbly make ginger beef, to my knowledge it's just a strip of beef covered in some kind of thick fried starchy shit EDIT: oh man, even the canadian cuisine shouts out the multinational country that is canada... smoked salmon and raw seafood from natives, poutine from french ppl, ginger beef from chinese ppl... lol... | ||
Liquid`Drone
Norway28894 Posts
On August 25 2009 19:23 Aegraen wrote: Eh, I thought Maple Syrup was Vermont which is in the US. Never knew Canadians were "famous" for their Maple Syrup, though I knew Vermont was. o.O Off the top of my head though....Moose? to people outside the US, maple syrup is most definitely considered canadian rather than ameircan | ||
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Divinek
Canada4045 Posts
On August 25 2009 19:23 Aegraen wrote: Eh, I thought Maple Syrup was Vermont which is in the US. Never knew Canadians were "famous" for their Maple Syrup, though I knew Vermont was. o.O Off the top of my head though....Moose? yeah it's not like we have a maple leaf on our flag or anything | ||
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starfries
Canada3508 Posts
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jello24
Canada327 Posts
Drinks? For beer we have Molson and Sleeman (Honey Brown mmm... awesome beer). I could say Granville Island Brewing but they seem more local than national to me... BC is also known for its Okanagan Ice Wine (nice gift to give to the boss after vacation) and there's a ton of maple syrup in our tourist shops so im willing to say it's one of the foods Canada's known for. | ||
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blue_arrow
1971 Posts
that's like how some ppl think polar bears roam canadian streets, while other people don't even know polar bears lived in canada; of course you could go one more level and have ppl who dont know what canada is or what polar bears are. unfortuantely not all of them are children =p | ||
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benjammin
United States2728 Posts
as a side note, i've always found grade b maple syrup to be much better | ||
Manifesto7
Osaka27178 Posts
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Thratur
Canada917 Posts
Personally, I love it. | ||
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Cloud
Sexico5880 Posts
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FaCE_1
Canada6185 Posts
Easy stuff to do (sorry.. name in french  )Tourtière Ragout de patte de cochon Six Patte ... not sure of spelling (that is pure awesome) Pate Chinois .. Could had more but im at work currently _________ Do a Tourtiere :D http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourtière ![[image loading]](http://www.ontarioveal.on.ca/images/recipes/tourtiere.jpg) | ||
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Oglop
Canada36 Posts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Caesar | ||
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jello_biafra
United Kingdom6642 Posts
On August 25 2009 20:01 Pads wrote: England had these yearsss ago, they were the best. No idea why they died out though. I'm sure they still sell them but they're pretty rare I believe | ||
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King K. Rool
Canada4408 Posts
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Kogu
Canada83 Posts
http://www.tourismnewbrunswick.ca/Home/Activities/DiningCuisine/LocalRecipes/AcadianRecipes.aspx so a good desert is Poutines with a Hole (poutine a trou) its a great recipe and every one should love it. and for a soup Chicken Fricot. its quite good try it out. there still more missing from that list but it shows my 2 fav from acadian culture. | ||
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Elegance
Canada917 Posts
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MiniRoman
Canada3953 Posts
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illu
Canada2531 Posts
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Foucault
Sweden2826 Posts
On August 25 2009 21:43 Manifesto7 wrote: French toast. Beat eggs, add a little milk, sprinkle cinnamon. Dip both sides of bread in mixture and fry in pan. Serve with maple syrup on top. Oh man, thanks! I was just thinking of how boring it is to eat your 2 slices of bread the same way every morning. I will definately try this out. What should you fry the bread in? | ||
CTStalker
Canada9720 Posts
and On August 25 2009 20:19 Divinek wrote: yeah it's not like we have a maple leaf on our flag or anything lol | ||
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Foucault
Sweden2826 Posts
curry chicken is fine without maple syrup =) | ||
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MoltkeWarding
5195 Posts
Pancakes with shrimp and broccoli I will not make something I personally would not eat. I suppose I'll look into making poutine, although I have never made fries except by oven, and have no clue how to make them out of potatoes. Does anyone know know the word(s) for cheese curds in Polish? I might have to ask for it. French toast. Beat eggs, add a little milk, sprinkle cinnamon. Dip both sides of bread in mixture and fry in pan. Serve with maple syrup on top. Definitely making this one. Should you not spinkle cinnamon on the toast rather than in the mix though? Also, I've done the following at home, although I don't know if you'd consider it Canadian: Hot milk + maple syrup. | ||
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puttputt
Canada240 Posts
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SwEEt[TearS]
Canada1575 Posts
pro style (2 servings, or 1 angry nerd): 1 cup of milk, 3 eggs, 4 tablespoons of maple syrup, 1 tablespoon of cinnamon. Mix VERY WELL (especially if you kept your maple syrup in the fridge, it'll tend to stay rigid at the bottom and you won't taste it at all), dip your bread in it and just before it feels like it's going to crumble dump it in a frying pan with 1 tablespoon of butter. "like grandma used to make 'em" (2-3 servings, or 1 mega angry nerd): basically the same recipe as above, except instead of cinnamon and maple syrup put 4 to 5 tablespoons of brown sugar and mix VERY WELL (in milk and eggs it'll be hard to do as if there was any clumps to begin with it'll harden them even more). *Note: when I do the 2nd recipe I tend to not dip the bread as much as it's very sugary, twice on each side should be good enough, but it all depends on the thickness of your bread yo. | ||
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MutaDoom
Canada1163 Posts
As said in the film "Big Daddy" featuring Adam Sandler, "I was drinking Canadian beer... that stuff's like moonshine to us!" Edit: That's the first thing I think of when I think Canadian drink. Bloody Caesars are also a viable option. | ||
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SwEEt[TearS]
Canada1575 Posts
On August 25 2009 19:51 genwar wrote: Wait poutine is strictly canadian? First ketchup chips now this. lol poutine was created in Quebec and honestly everywhere else in Canada I've eaten it it wasn't nearly as good as real poutine t_t edit: lulz | ||
Archaic
United States4024 Posts
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QuickSandSlowly
China95 Posts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar_(cocktail) | ||
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GogoKodo
Canada1785 Posts
Alberta would be known for steak and other types of beef. Vancouver would be fish dishes as well as Chinese dishes because of the large Chinese population. It's sort of like trying to come up with a United States cuisine, other than, fat hamburger americon lol, there really isn't such a thing. | ||
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ZBiR
Poland1092 Posts
On August 26 2009 00:46 MoltkeWarding wrote: Does anyone know know the word(s) for cheese curds in Polish? I might have to ask for it. I'm far from being any kind of kitchen pro, but from what I understood in wiki article, I would say there is no such thing here. You may try to use young cheese and crumble it yourself, I don't think you could get a better substitute in any normal (non-specialized) shop. On August 26 2009 01:13 MutaDoom wrote: Canadian beer > any other beer, with the exception of maybe German imo. It's stronger than American beer, so be prepared to be drunk a little faster. As said in the film "Big Daddy" featuring Adam Sandler, "I was drinking Canadian beer... that stuff's like moonshine to us!" LOL He's going to Poland, you know. Oh, and a question to you, Moltke - aren't you Chinese grown in Canada? It would really be easier to get typical Chinese food than Canadian. And just out of curiosity - where in Poland you plan to be? | ||
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SwEEt[TearS]
Canada1575 Posts
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Durak
Canada3685 Posts
As someone said, Canadians have many origins so there are really many options. You can make anything from the different backgrounds: Metis+Quebecers, First Nations, Inuit, and Acadians+seafood dishes. If you can't get bison, I'd go with bannock. | ||
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MoltkeWarding
5195 Posts
You may try to use young cheese and crumble it yourself, I don't think you could get a better substitute in any normal (non-specialized) shop. I was afraid of this. Also I don't know what facilities will be made available to me in Poland. I also don't know if I can even get maple syrup in Poland, so I had better fetch some here. And just out of curiosity - where in Poland you plan to be? My provisional route is: Dublin-Szczecin-Torun-Warsaw (not sure about this yet)-Rzeszow-Sanok-Krakow-Wroclaw-Germany | ||
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darkjustice
Afghanistan15 Posts
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Avidkeystamper
United States8556 Posts
This is "Canadian cuisine"? ![[image loading]](http://www.nestle.ca/NR/rdonlyres/469ABBC2-3AEB-4824-B58B-8AFFD360B71F/0/201402CCrisp50g.jpg) | ||
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Manifesto7
Osaka27178 Posts
On August 26 2009 00:17 Foucault wrote: Oh man, thanks! I was just thinking of how boring it is to eat your 2 slices of bread the same way every morning. I will definately try this out. What should you fry the bread in? If you have a non-stick pan, don't fry it in anything, the egg acts as batter. Otherwise just a dab of margerine / butter to grease the pan (this adds a nice touch of crisp too) On August 26 2009 00:46 MoltkeWarding wrote: Definitely making this one. Should you not spinkle cinnamon on the toast rather than in the mix though? Nope, in the mix is fine. It will float, and coat the outside nicely when you dip. | ||
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Slaughter
United States20255 Posts
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lac29
United States1485 Posts
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rushz0rz
Canada5300 Posts
On August 25 2009 20:36 jello24 wrote: I could say Granville Island Brewing but they seem more local than national to me... Granville Island Brewing is the absolute WORST beer I have ever had in my life. Just make them a poutine. That shit is fucking good. | ||
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CharlieMurphy
United States22895 Posts
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