Friday, February 5, 2010
Canadian food
There were articles on the upcoming winter Olympics in Vancouver in the local newspaper this week. The food section has an article on Canadian food. It was surprising in part. I expected some of it, such as the maritime provinces having lots of seafood dishes and the prairie provinces having grain dishes. But I was surprised by poutine, which was described as "a rib-sticking concoction of french fries, cheese curds and gravy that is sometimes called Canada's national dish." There was also a dessert called Nanaimo bars, which David wanted to make but sounded very fatty for me. Anyone who's Canadian, or who has eaten these foods, have any comments?
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poutine is nasty.
ReplyDeletedid the article mention canadian bacon and doughnuts? they eat a lot of doughtnuts. Tim Hourton's. good doughtnuts, shitty coffee
No, no mention of doughnuts. I think the article was on uniquely Canadian foods.
ReplyDeleteah. well there isn't much that is. at least in Ontario. Maybe in Quebec there is. Or Nova Scota
ReplyDeleteA friend of mine moved from Montreal to DC where I lived at the time and when they had friends visit from Canada they would make poutine as kind of a joke because everyone new how unhealthy it was but of course everyone would eat it because it is greasy and good. Once and a while you can break out and have the bad stuff. As far as Vancouver and food I can tell you they have some of the best food around in any city. When i lived in Seattle we used to go up all the time. Lots of Asian and Asian fusion going on, really good Indian food and lots of seafood. I live in Mass right now and i can tell you the thing i miss the most is wild salmon which is abundant out there (for the time being). The farm raised crap doesn't compare. They have an awesome public market with all kinds of food. The city is surrounded by water and huge mountains it is beautiful. And yes i miss living in the NW.
ReplyDeletePoutine sounded unappetizing to say the least. We visited Vancouver and stayed in the West End, with Asian and Indian restaurants all around. The berries were great. It's one of the few places that I've visited that I thought that I could live.
ReplyDeleteyeah im hoping my grades can get me into UCLA
ReplyDeleteI hope so, Arodomon. Berkeley is good, as is UC Davis. I don't see you wanting to go to UC Merced, and I can't blame you.
ReplyDeleteI'm from The Maritimes and poutine is very popular over here and I think it's only when it's made right. You can have all the ingredients but if you're throwing fries, cheese and gravy together it's best to have quality stuff, then it's delicious. And the nanaimo bars are unbelievably good. melt in your mouth good.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the input, Benny. The recipe for poutine didn't sound appetizing, but I'll take you word that it is delicious if prepared properly. My husband David wants to make nanaimo sometime, so I'll give that a try.
ReplyDeleteYou can't eat just any poutine. It must be Fois Gras Poutine by Wild Chef Martin Picard. Just have a cardiologist standing by.
ReplyDeleteThe first link is to the recipe, the second is a story about Quebec's Wild Chef.
http://www.foodnetwork.ca/recipes/Side/Eggs-Dairy/recipe.html?dishid=9695
http://www.macleans.ca/culture/entertainment/article.jsp?content=20070212_140515_140515