This
is my second blog and I was not really sure about what to write
about. Then I decided to talk just loosely about the most typical
Canadian foods/recipes or things that are popular in the Candian food
culture. I found an article from Huffington Post and I chose from
that site few things I would like to tell you about. The article
about Canadian cuisine helped me a lot with finding things that are
the most popular ones in Canada. I will put the link of the sources
beneath.
Maple
syrup
Maple
syrup is probably the most famous Canadian food icon and I think most
people link Canada and maple syrup together. The maple syrup can be
made from most of the maple tree species. The indigenous
people in North America were the first to use it and collect it. In
1970s the technology had improved. Nowadays Quebec in Canada is the
largest producer and Canada's exports exceed about 130.5 US dollars
per year. The Canadians use the syrup in all kinds of baking and
cooking but what they love is putting it on their breakfast pancakes.
Poutine
The
poutine is sometimes called Canada's official national dish. It is
made out of french fries that are topped with a light brown sauce and
cheese. The dish comes originally from Quebec and was originated in
the 1950s but can now be found almost everywhere in the country and
is often sold in fast food chains like Burger King and McDonalds.
Ketchup
chips
The
ketchup flavored chips were first put out on the market in the 1980s
by a company called Herr's. The ketchup chips are exclusively
Canadian but only one in every ten Candians know that. The ketchup
chips from Lay's are now the most popular ones and they are also sold
in some places in the United States. I found this chip flavour very
interesing and I had never heard of it before.
Kraft Dinner
The
idea of the Kraft Dinner first came out in the Great Depression and
the company Kraft introduced the product in the United States and
Canada in 1937. In the United States and in Australia the Kraft
Dinner is better known as Kraft
Macaroni & Cheese. It was and still is very popular mostly
because of how cheap it is and easy in making.
Pierogi
Montreal-style bagel
The Montreal-style bagels are not typical ones like we know. The Montreal-style ones are handmade and wood-fired baked, they are also sweeter, smaller and denser then the once we are used to. The Montreal bagels are originally European and were brought to North America by jews from eastern Europe and the first baked in Montreal by Hyman Seligman. Both nowadays and back in the days special bagels shops are very popular in Canada but there are also two in New York. The Montreal-style bagels are also selled in just normal bakery's.Pierogi
So this dish is not originally
Canadian but since Canada has so many immigrants from Poland, Russia
and Ukraine, this dish has become a really popular one. This dish
comes originally from Poland and it is also known as dumblings. The
pierogi/dumblings are unleavened dough that is filled with
ingredients like for example; potatoes, cheese or ground meet. The
filled dough is then boiled in water, butter and usually onions. When
I was in Estonia in 2012 I tasted pierogi/dumplings at a Russian
restaurant. The piergoi/dumplings were filled with both meat and
cheese and were served in a bowl of hot water so they were fresher.
This dish does not look very good but the taste is good I can tell
you.
Probably
many other things are known as typical Canadian, but if I would talk
about them all it would take many days to read this blog so I am
going to stop now. Hope you enjoyed this article.
Here are the resources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maple_syrup#Europeans
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