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No, you don’t have to stop. But you do have to feel disgusted while you do it, and mutter things to yourself like “You dirty, filthy Canadian. Do you like that vinegar on your fry, you filthy Canadian?” in between mouthfuls of fries.
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Excellent. The muttering should go over well at the county fair.
On the other hand, maybe everyone will just think I got a horrid evil soul-sucking Bluetooth.
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The only thing I know that my Canadian freinds eat that Americans don’t is Malt Vinegar on French fries.
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We’re not picky. White vinegar works just as well.
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The only thing I know that my Canadian freinds eat that Americans don’t is Malt Vinegar on French fries.
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This American does. Of course I learned it from a guy I knew from England.
I got stranded in Canada several years ago with a couple of co-workers. We kept seeing restaurants that claimed “Canadian Cuisine”. We discussed what it could be and finally asked a cab driver. After explaining what cuisine meant, he informed us it was chicken and steak because that’s what Canadians like to eat.
Another source is the movie Gremlins 2. At the Canadian themed restaurant they clean and gut the fish right at your table. For desert you get chocolate moose. A moose head made of solid chocolate.
Ok, neither of these are real answers but I just had to share
If Strange Brew taught me anything, it’s that beer is the only “Canadian” food.
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Poutine sounds kind of tasty.
The only thing I know that my Canadian freinds eat that Americans don’t is Malt Vinegar on French fries.
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Poutine is good. I was just introduced to it and I’m a fan. I can’t say poutine without thinking of poontang though.
And, I know lots of people in the US that put vinegar on fries.
Are those amazing blood sausages I had in Quebec something typical or did I just get lucky? There were packed with herbs and spices. Haven’t had any like that since.
Kraft Dinner. Apparently Americans don’t call mac’n’cheese Kraft Dinner. 
Most Canadian food is regional, in the same way that a lot of U.S. food is regional. We just don’t have as many dishes common to the whole country.
Bannock. Nanaimo bars. Butter tarts. Sugar cream pie. Poutine, which is one of the best things ever invented. Peameal bacon sandwiches.
I was going to say Kraft Dinner, but I haven’t even had any in at least a decade…
Overall, there’s no such thing as Canadian cuisine – anything that’s been listed here is never eaten in at least part of the country (They don’t have sugar shacks out west!!!) but there are regional foods that are great – fiddleheads, pacific salmon fresh off the boat, caribou up north, etc…
When I was in Honolulu in the early nineties, I picked up a flier for a place that claimed to have “Canadian style pizza”. I didn’t go, so I have no idea what was supposed to make the pizza Canadian style – maybe they put canned pineapple on the “Hawaiian pizza”.
Coffee Crisp. The Caesar cocktail. Peek Freans. Dulse. This veal stew I had at Aux Anciens Canadiens in Québec, PQ, on a reeeally cold day that had, like, cinnamon in it.
Also, do Canadians actually drink the whisky? There’s a whole book out about CanCult (How to be a Canadian (Even If You Already Are One)) that mentions whisky exactly twice (once as a curling prize and once as something you spend your welfare check on), tacitly implying that beer is the true beverage of the Northland.
-BoD, Canadaphile and frequent visitor
And don’t forget saskatoon berry pie!
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Kraft Dinner. Apparently Americans don’t call mac’n’cheese Kraft Dinner. 
Most Canadian food is regional, in the same way that a lot of U.S. food is regional. We just don’t have as many dishes common to the whole country.
Bannock. Nanaimo bars. Butter tarts. Sugar cream pie. Poutine, which is one of the best things ever invented. Peameal bacon sandwiches.
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Tourtiere, ragout, pate a soeurs, Boiled Dinner, bison burgers, back bacon, the Nip, Maple Sugar Taffy.
BTW you can get poutine at Burger King here.
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Here in Calgary, we have Ginger Beef.
I’ve been living here a few years and I still can’t get enough of the stuff.
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God, yes. That’s what I eat to exclusion of just about everything else when I’m home visiting. I posted a recipe for it on the Dope once, lemme see if I can find it. -The thread is old and boring, but here is the link.
It’s picky and involved but it’s damned good.
Also, we did a thread sorta like this in the fall.
ch And the always faithful about 50 flavors of potato chips with Catsup and pickle my faves.
Sweet Marie, a chocolate covered bar with peanuts around a chewy caramel center…er, centre.
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Sweet Marie, a chocolate covered bar with peanuts around a chewy caramel center…er, centre.
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It’s not exactly “Canadian cuisine,” but along the same lines, Thrills chewing gum. I remember that being popular when I was a kid, but my American-born-and-raised wife says it tastes like soap.
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Also, do Canadians actually drink the whisky? There’s a whole book out about CanCult (How to be a Canadian (Even If You Already Are One)) that mentions whisky exactly twice (once as a curling prize and once as something you spend your welfare check on), tacitly implying that beer is the true beverage of the Northland.
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When Canadians drink cocktails, the most popular beverages are rye [whiskey] and ginger [ale] or a [Bloody] Caesar (a Bloody Mary with Mott’s Clamato instead of tomato juice).
[QUOTE=Spoons]
We’re not picky. White vinegar works just as well.
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Heh. I’m picky. I loathe malt vinegar.
One day, not long after I emigrated to the States, my wife and I went to a “British” pub in DC and ordered fish and chips. They placed our orders in front of us, each with a handy dippin’ cup of tartar sauce. :dubious: I sat there for five minutes until the waiter came by and asked if I could have vinegar instead. He gave me a funny look, but left and came back with a bottle of malt.
“No, no!” says I, “Do you have white vinegar?”
“You mean the clear stuff?”
“Yup.”
He takes off and comes back about another 10 minutes later with a couple of little cardboard cups of white vinegar. He apologized for the delay, explaining that they had to dip into the restaurant’s cleaning supplies and open up the bottle of white vinegar used by cleaning staff to clean the windows and steel equipment.
My wife won’t let me ask for vinegar anymore.
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It’s not exactly “Canadian cuisine,” but along the same lines, Thrills chewing gum. I remember that being popular when I was a kid, but my American-born-and-raised wife says it tastes like soap.
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So does this Canadian. BLEAH. My sister loves the stuff, further proof that she’s insane.
If we’re bringing up candy, we can’t forget the Smartie - the better M&M.