Traditional Canadian Food?!
~The food has to be~
*Relatively easy to make
*Doesn't have to be refrigerated [school doesn't have fridge for student use only in Home ec]
*Has to be kinda small [I have to make like 30 of them for the class ^_^]
Answers: We each have to do a report on a country. Lucky me, I got Canada. It's not that I don't like Canada. I actually love Canada. The problem is that we have to bring a traditional food for that country. Is there really a significant difference in "American" food and "Canadian" food? What are some traditional Canadian foods?But there are some guide lines....
~The food has to be~
*Relatively easy to make
*Doesn't have to be refrigerated [school doesn't have fridge for student use only in Home ec]
*Has to be kinda small [I have to make like 30 of them for the class ^_^]
Poutine, as someone else mentioned - white cheese curd and chicken gravy mixed with spices.
Tire sur la neige (tire d'erable, maple taffy) - Cook maple syrup in a LARGE saucepan, leaving lots of space; use a candy thermometer to measure to 111 degrees Centigrade. Pour it out onto the snow to harden, or put it in the freezer, over ice, in a metal dish. It hardens to taffy you can eat off a stick.
Tourtiere - French Canadian meat pie. I gave a recipe here:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...
Newfies make some interesting food. Fried cod tongue is a delicacy - my boyfriend ate them and liked it.
They also make a good eggnog.
1.5 litres fresh homo milk (whole)
6 eggs
1/2 cup sugar
1 can evaporated milk
1 bottle Screech (cheap, traditional rum - leave it out for your purposes, but mention it in your report)
Mix
The First Nations (Indians), specifically the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee), make strawberry juice to celebrate at feast-time, and have for hundreds of years.
Just crush the strawberries. They used wild berries.
I don't know if American First Nations eat Bannock, but I know a lot of First Nations in Canada, especially the Metis, eat it. It's a kind of campfire bread.
3 cups flour
1 tsp salt
1 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp baking powder
1/2-cup lard (or butter/full fat margarine)
1 1/2 cups cold water
Mix
Knead 5 to 8 minutes
Roll 1/2 inch thick, bake at 375° F until browned.
Poutine!!! Basically it's french fries covered with gravy and cheese.
Nanaimo bars.
Nanaimo is a town on Vancouver Island and I think the story is about this lady who won a contest with her chocolate layered bars. You guessed it...she was from Nanaimo!
Plenty of recipes on the internet, sweet, chocolaty and I'm sure all your schoolmate will enjoy them!
The symbol for Canada is the Maple leaf. What could be more authentic than a dessert made from Maple syrup? I've listed a link with a recipe for no-bake Maple syrup/oatmeal cookies. Have fun