# Canadian Food Menu **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 5, 2006, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-food-menu/375410 "2006-10-05T18:05:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-food-menu/375410/1 "2006-10-05T18:05:26Z")
I was thinking today, while I was making Butter Tarts, that we really haven’t got a whole lot of Canadian Cuisine. So, I propose we make up a menu comprised of Canadian foods only. I believe that for starters, we should have smoked Arctic Char with a low-bush cranberry relish. Perfectly NT/NU/YT fare. Who wants to fill in the next course? ---
**Author:** ![MrSquishy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9e5f3/32.png) [@MrSquishy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrSquishy)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-food-menu/375410/2 "2006-10-05T18:25:05Z")
I loves me some Nanaimo Bars! And yes, I think that could be the next course after the starter. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![StinkyBurrito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@StinkyBurrito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StinkyBurrito)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-food-menu/375410/3 "2006-10-05T18:28:29Z")
Poutine? ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-food-menu/375410/4 "2006-10-05T19:28:15Z")
While I agree that Nanaimo Bars are teh yummay, I was thinking more along the lines of, say, a soup or meat dish. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-food-menu/375410/5 "2006-10-05T19:34:03Z")
Just let me have some Alberta beef, some PEI potatoes, and some nice fresh Ontario vegetables, and I’ll be happy. Oh, nearly forgot … a nice BC wine too. ---
**Author:** ![McDeath\_the\_Mad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a3d4f5/32.png) [@McDeath\_the\_Mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/McDeath_the_Mad)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-food-menu/375410/6 "2006-10-05T19:34:53Z")
Prairy Oysters? Smartee’s Coffee Crisp MtM ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-food-menu/375410/7 "2006-10-05T19:41:51Z")
And for dessert? ---
**Author:** ![brownie55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f14d63/32.png) [@brownie55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brownie55)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-food-menu/375410/8 "2006-10-05T19:56:22Z")
Tim Horton’s? ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-food-menu/375410/9 "2006-10-05T19:58:06Z")
I’m going to hell for saying this, but seal meat is actually pretty tasty… ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-food-menu/375410/10 "2006-10-05T19:58:40Z")
Don’t forget Canadian Bacon and Maple Syrup. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-food-menu/375410/11 "2006-10-05T20:05:51Z")
[QUOTE=GingerOfTheNorth] And for dessert? [/QUOTE] Apple pie (BC or Ontario apples) with a piece of extra-old cheddar cheese (from one of those small family-run cheese factories in Ontario). Or ice cream–plain ol’ vanilla, but topped with Quebec or Ontario maple syrup. And butter tarts, of course! ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-food-menu/375410/12 "2006-10-05T20:12:40Z")
Don’t forget Canadian Bacon and Maple Syrup. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-food-menu/375410/13 "2006-10-05T20:35:57Z")
When I was in TO over the spring I bought a cook book called the Flavours of Canada. It has recipies by province. Give me a course or a province or an ingredient and I’ll let you know what The Book says. ---
**Author:** ![bagkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ab992/32.png) [@bagkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bagkitty)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-food-menu/375410/14 "2006-10-05T21:08:56Z")
Saskatoon berry pie, just keep it away from the Royal Family… apparently the British health authorities have not been convinced that Saskatoon berries are fit for human consumption (google it yourself, I am not providing cites for the lazy) ---
**Author:** ![Plynck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Plynck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plynck)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2006, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-food-menu/375410/15 "2006-10-05T22:29:03Z")
[QUOTE=alice\_in\_wonderland] I’m going to hell for saying this, but seal meat is actually pretty tasty… [/QUOTE] I’ve heard that it goes well with Canadian Club. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-food-menu/375410/16 "2006-10-06T01:29:37Z")
[QUOTE=alice\_in\_wonderland] I’m going to hell for saying this, but seal meat is actually pretty tasty… [/QUOTE] You’re a dirty liar. BAD! **bagkitty** : I heard that! I laughed my ass off. I routinely buy (never seem to make it home at the right time of year) saskatoon berries and can them to bring them home. I made a Saskatoon pie just a couple of weeks ago! For breakfast, I will put forth Sunny Boy porridge (Red River cereal, but not quite the same). With milk and a bit of brown sugar. Golden brown, not dark brown. Washed down with Tetley tea, if you please. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-food-menu/375410/17 "2006-10-06T01:36:48Z")
My mother’s homemade huckleberry pie. Wild BC huckleberries, worth going into the woods and fightin’ the bears for. With the Tetley tea, yes (the only brand I drink). Is apple pie with cheddar cheese Canadian? I love that combination. So very good. Matrimonial bars? Aren’t those a prairie staple? BC salmon. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-food-menu/375410/18 "2006-10-06T04:25:28Z")
Montreal-style smoked meat, you heathens! On a big, thick kaiser bun. Mmmmmmph. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-food-menu/375410/19 "2006-10-06T04:29:59Z")
[QUOTE=Savannah] Is apple pie with cheddar cheese Canadian? I love that combination. So very good. [/QUOTE] It’s found throughout New England as well, especially Vermont, where both good apples and even gooder cheddar cheese are in great abundance. ---
**Author:** ![Das\_Glasperlenspiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/das_glasperlenspiel/32/2944_2.png) [@Das\_Glasperlenspiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Das_Glasperlenspiel)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-food-menu/375410/20 "2006-10-06T12:46:35Z")
Sea pie (not what you think) Cree bannock with wild blueberry jam My mother’s smoked salmon Saturna Island fish chowder . . . rock cod, salmon, cream, potatoes, corn, onion, bacon . . .) Pancakes with Rogers’ Golden Syrup NOT corn syrup. I want to go home. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-food-menu/375410.md?page=2)