calling all canadians

[emptyspool]

My seventh grade son needs to bring a traditional Canadian dish and recipe to school as he has been assigned this country to present to his class. Are there any traditional Canadian dishes???Thanks for any ideas.

[jd]

emptyspool, I would recommend Nanaimo bars. I don't know the history and why they are Canadian, but I've been enjoying them since I was a kid and continually introduce them to friends and family in the US. I'm not sophisticated enough to post the link, but if you do a search for 'nanaimo bars' you will get a few threads. The one named nanaimo bars has several recipes with comments. Let us know what your son takes in!

[julia]

Try buttertarts. I believe they are quite Canadian. I love, them but have never made them. My mother used to all the time when I was a kid. Here's a recipe I found on the net.

Butter Tarts

Pastry
(you can also use your own pie crust recipe)

3 c. flour
3/4 tbsp. sugar
1/3 tsp soda
1 egg
2 tbsp. lemon juice
1 c. lard
2 tbsp cold water
1/2 tsp salt

Blend together flour, sugar
soda and salt. Cut in lard until very
fine. Then beat egg slightly and
mix with cold water and lemon juice
and add to flour mixture. Stir and mix
with hands until it clings together in a
ball. Roll and cut for tarts. Don't bake
pastry until you add the filling.

Filling

1 c. corn syrup
2/3 c. brown sugar
2 eggs
1/4 c. melted butter
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp vanilla

Filling:
Beat eggs, add melted butter, salt
vanilla, sugar and syrup. Fill unbaked
tart shells 3/4 full. Bake 425 degrees
for 5 minutes, then reduce oven to
350 degrees and bake for 10 more
minutes or until brown. Nuts, currants
or raisins can be added before baking,
but if you try them first without you may
not want them in.

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[emptyspool]

Thanks for the ideas. I will do a search, I don't have great skills either but will see what I can do. The tarts sound wonderful.

[Teresa]

I second the motion for Nanaimo Bars. Here is a web site from the city of Nanaimo on Vancouver Island, B.C. There is a photo of the bars and they look perfect. These would be a hit with any 7th grade class. Yum.
http://www.city.nanaimo.bc.ca/admin/corpserv/clerks/misc/cc-m-nbi.htm

[JJ40]

How about POUTINE? I think that's about as Canadian as it gets!

Julie http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif

[lanie]

Tourtieres are French Canadian - I have a recipe that I would be happy to type up if you would like.
Elaine http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif

[emptyspool]

hi Lanie

I would love to get recipe of the Tourtieres, if you have the history of them that would be nice.

[emptyspool]

Teresa,

Thanks so much for the Nanaimo site!! Maybe we can tackle this one. Do you know how to pronounce Nanaimo?

[Natasha]

Originally posted by emptyspool:
Do you know how to pronounce Nanaimo?

None-eye-mo.

[Luiza]

I'm sure the kids would like poutine, but it needs to be served as soon as it's made (for the uninitiated, poutine consists of french fries, cheese curds, and gravy).

I don't know about Canada as a whole, but traditional Quebecois recipes are (besides poutine http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif ) split pea soup, tourtiere (meat pie), and sugar pie (mmm). Here are some links:
http://frenchcaculture.miningco.com/aboutcanada/frenchcaculture/cs/fcfood/index.htm
http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~dufort/cuisine.html

Hope this helps,

Luiza

PS Hi JJ40! Nice and warm today, isn't it?

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[JJ40]

I figured poutine wouldn't be very practical! Oh well. You have some great ideas for Quebecois cuisine, Luiza!

BTW, I'm also in Montreal. If we could just find a few more of us, we could get a supper club going!

Julie

[Luiza]

Originally posted by JJ40:

BTW, I'm also in Montreal. If we could just find a few more of us, we could get a supper club going!

Hi Julie, nice to meet you!

A supper club would be nice. As long as I don't have to bake anything! http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif

Luiza

[Susann]

Canada was our country of the month awhile back. I remember making a maple chicken breast recipe. Although I cannot speak for how authentic the recipe actually is, I am willing to post it if you want.

[JJ40]

Another "Canadian" food is maple sugar candy. I don't know if it's easy to find outside Canada or not...

Julie