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| 145.1 | Regional vs National | KAOO01::LAPLANTE | THE INTERLOPER | Tue Jan 03 1989 08:11 | 26 |
| I think it would be fairly difficult to identify 'typical' Canadian
dishes. The country is so large and diverse that we probably have
more regional dishes than we do national.
For instance, your examples were primarily French Canadian dishes:
tourtiere - meat pie traditionally served during Christmas season
pate chinois - shepherd's pie
Other Quebec dishes are
ragout de pattes - pig's knuckles in a brown gravy
tarte au sucre - sugar pie so sweet it hurts
Newfoundland has some fantastic dishes that aren't found anywhere
else ie figgy duff. As I am not from there, although I go to a local
Newfie restaurant, I can't give much information.
Similarly, the Prairies are famous for perogies, a Ukrainian dumpling.
I am sure people from across the country will be putting in their
regional dishes.
What do people think about putting in some recipes for these dishes?
Maybe in another note to be titled _RECIPES_?
Roger
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| 145.2 | RECIPES WANTED | BEST1::ATKINSON | it's not over till the fat lady sings | Tue Jan 03 1989 10:01 | 4 |
| I think the recipe idea is great. We can share the fine art of Canadain
cuisine. I'd love to hear about the Newfoundland recipe. Waiting
in anticipation with a watering mouth.
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| 145.3 | one more.. | OTOFS::LALONDE | Work! Work! Work! Work! Work! | Tue Jan 03 1989 12:06 | 1 |
| An official Canadian dish is "PEA SOUP".
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| 145.4 | Newfoundland | TRCA03::OBRIEN | Glenn O'Brien @TRC 18/6 | Tue Jan 03 1989 12:13 | 3 |
| I'll see what Newfoundland recipes I can dig up.
Glenn
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| 145.5 | From God's Country ... | TRCO01::FINNEY | Keep cool, but do not freeze ... | Tue Jan 03 1989 13:08 | 13 |
| From my Cape Breton past:
- Solomon Gundy
- Rapi Pie (Acadian)
- Lobster Steamed in BEER (had some in Maine this New Year's)
- Fiddleheads with butter sauce (to go with the lobster)
Scooter
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| 145.6 | What's in that there thing ? | BEST1::ATKINSON | it's not over till the fat lady sings | Wed Jan 04 1989 03:03 | 4 |
| Some of these dishes have rather interesting names but unfortunately
they don't mean too much to me. Maybe we could mention just a little
about the dish. For example what's in Figgy Duff, Solomon Gundy
and Rapi Pie.
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| 145.7 | and from NB | MSEE::SYLVAIN | Keep on running | Wed Jan 04 1989 07:42 | 17 |
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From New Brunswick area
One of my favorite has always be "ploye"(sp?). It's like
a pancake but made from buckwheat flour.
As mention in .5 fiddlehead (fougu�re) is still one of my
favorite vegetable. For those who don't know what it is, it's
a fern that grows on the side of rivers in the spring time.
Toutiere is also very popular. I think there are many versions
of meat pie, the one that I'm familiar with is made from ground
pork. To go along with toutiere there is "creton" which is
a spread to go on toast and made the same way as toutiere.
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| 145.8 | We have great food too!!! | DUB01::EGRI | | Thu Jan 05 1989 04:36 | 13 |
| Bonjour mes amis,
I have a wonderful little cook book entitled "Food a la Canadien"
which has a plethora of great native Cnadian recipes from all over
the country. I'll make a point of bringing it in tomorrow and giving
you a list of its mouth-watering contents.
Anyone interested in any of the recipes can get in touch with me
and I shall be more than happy to send them along.
Happy New Year to all of you.
Ted (a Canadian in exile in Ireland.)
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| 145.9 | "Just What the Cook Ordered !" | BEST1::ATKINSON | it's not over till the fat lady sings | Thu Jan 05 1989 05:32 | 4 |
| That is exactly the kind of book we need. Do you remember where
you got it? Maybe I can get my family to find it and send it over.
In the mean time I'd love to have som eof those tasty Canadian recipes.
Thanks in advance.
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| 145.10 | The Canadian Cookbook | KAOO01::LAPLANTE | THE INTERLOPER | Thu Jan 05 1989 08:08 | 6 |
| I also will bring in a cookbook I have _The Canadian Cookbook_ which,
although it has mostly common recipes, has a complete section on
regional dishes. This is quite an old book but I will list the author
when I get it here.
Roger
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| 145.11 | More | OTOFS::LALONDE | Work! Work! Work! Work! Work! | Thu Jan 05 1989 08:50 | 12 |
| I remembered another official Canadian dish.
POUTINE
Its french fries covered with cheese and gravy! Very popular in
Quebec.
Another pate if you want to call it that my family has enjoyed for
years is "Tete au Fromage". Has nothing to do with Cheese by the
way. The pate is like Croton which was metioned earlier.
The way my parents make it is from Grounded pig's knuckles,
ognions and other spices. Its ok!
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| 145.12 | What it is ... | TRCO01::FINNEY | Keep cool, but do not freeze ... | Thu Jan 05 1989 08:57 | 13 |
| Solomon Gundy is Pickled Herring.
Rapi Pie is a meat pie (chicken, rabbit, deer, beef ...) which has
a "crust" (sort of) that is made from potato. The interesting thing
is how much physical effort is required. When my wife makes it,
she mashes raw potato up, and puts it in an old pillow case, which
I then spend hours squeezing and pressing and squashing in order
to force out the starch (which comes out as a pinkish-red fluid).
The resulting potato mash is combined with magicke and the meat
and other stuff into a sort of pie. Mmmmmmmmmmmmm....
Scooter
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| 145.13 | Memory like a sieve | DUB01::EGRI | | Fri Jan 06 1989 06:14 | 16 |
| Re 9
Sorry folks I forgot to bring in the book. We got the book as a
gift before we left Canada so I don't know where it was bought.
I'm up in Belfast next week teaching a course. I'll bring the book
up with me and pass along all the necessary info on Monday.
Sorry about that. This sounds like it's going to be a very tasty
note.
See ya on Monday
Ted (the EXILE)
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| 145.14 | Poutine and a Brador to go... | KAOM25::RUSHTON | Inspired lunacy | Fri Jan 06 1989 13:53 | 36 |
| Re: < Note 145.13 by DUB01::EGRI >
-< Memory like a sieve >-
Ted, old son:
Glad to see that you are still active in NOTES. Anyone who
can drive around Dublin with me in tow and not get us lost, must
have a memory better than a sieve or do you often have occasion
to visit Pearse Street, the airport and the Naas road at one go?
Greatly enjoyed your family and the quick tour of Dublin - I
must go back! There was an audio cassette in amongst my luggage that
I wanted to give to you but I didn't find it until I returned home.
I thought you might get a kick out of hearing the CBC news and the
Royal Canadian Air Farce. I'll send it off to you forthwith.
Back to the topic of this note, I have a number of recipe
books of good Canadian fare from various ethnic origins:
Lutheran Women of Canada Cookbook -- German-Canadian
Almonte Daycare Centre Recipes -- Irish, Scot
and numerous others from Nova Scotia, Labrador and Northern Ontario.
I'll pick out some interesting recipes and post it here.
The Canadian Tire Catalogue, Winter '88-'89 has some interesting
recipes for various winter occasions, such as ice-fishing, snow-shovelling,
battery-boosting, and car-towing. I'll dig those up too unless someone
else has a catalogue.
Don't forget guys, only 28 days until beaver tails will be available
again on the canal ice!
Gidday,
Pat
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