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100 canadian foods for the tummy

i saw this on montcarte and decided to play along. i don’t think i’ve eaten much off this list, but it gives me ideas for the future!

1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.
4) Post a comment here linking to your results

100 Canadian Foods to Consume
compiled by Maple Syrup and Poutine

  1. Arctic Char
  2. Ketchup flavoured chips
  3. Wild Rice Pilaf
  4. Caribou Steak
  5. Gourmet Poutine
  6. Screech
  7. Beaver Tails
  8. Maple Baked Beans
  9. Bison Burger
  10. Bumbleberry pie
  11. Nanaimo bar
  12. Butter Tarts
  13. Cedar Planked B.C. Salmon
  14. Wild Blueberries
  15. Pure Local Cranberry Juice
  16. Chocolate from Ganong or Purdy’s
  17. A cup of warm cider from your local orchard
  18. Caesar
  19. 4 of the following types of apples (Cortland, Empire, Golden Delicious, McIntosh, Spartan, Greensleeves, Liberty, Granny Smith, Red Delicious, Honeycrisp, Golden Russet, Idared, Gala)
  20. Freshly foraged mushrooms
  21. Dinner cooked by Michael Smith, Susur Lee or Rob Feenie
  22. Fondue Chinoise
  23. Dish created from a Canadian Living Magazine recipe
  24. Peameal Bacon Sandwich from St. Lawrence Market in Toronto
  25. Lobster bought directly from a boat in a Maritime harbour
  26. Handmade perogies from your local church or market
  27. Alberta Beef at an Alberta Steakhouse
  28. Leamington Tomatoes
  29. Roasted Pheasant
  30. Wild Game hunted by someone you know
  31. Ice Wine
  32. Habitant Pea Soup – entire can
  33. Any Canadian Artisinal Cheese
  34. Bannock
  35. Tourtiere
  36. Flapper Pie
  37. Jellied Moose Nose
  38. Saskatoon Berries
  39. Fish and Brewis
  40. Screech Pie
  41. Fiddleheads
  42. Montreal Smoked Meat Sandwich
  43. Flipper Pie
  44. Montreal Bagels with Smoked Salmon
  45. Toutins
  46. Jam Busters
  47. Bakeapple Pie
  48. Bridge Mixture
  49. Canadian Style Pizza (bacon, pepperoni. Mushrooms)
  50. Shreddies
  51. A cone from Cow’s Ice Cream
  52. Lumberjack or Logger’s Breakfast
  53. Jigg’s Dinner
  54. Rappie Pie
  55. Pemmican
  56. Lake Erie Sturgeon Caviar
  57. Belon Oysters
  58. Brome Lake Duck(in a way…)
  59. Beer from a stubby bottle.
  60. A beer from Unibroue or Phillips Brewery.
  61. Salt Spring Island Lamb
  62. Fry’s Cocoa
  63. A bag of Old Dutch Potato Chips
  64. Every Flavour of Laura Secord Suckers
  65. Chicken Dinner from St Hubert’s or Swiss Chalet
  66. Hickory Sticks
  67. An entire box of Kraft Dinner
  68. Candy Apples (NOT caramel apples)
  69. Corn from a roadside stand
  70. A meal at Eigensenn Farm
  71. Okanogan Peaches
  72. Berkshire Pork
  73. PEI Potatoes
  74. Something cooked in Canola oil
  75. Figgy Duff
  76. Blueberry Grunt
  77. High Tea at the Empress Hotel
  78. Fresh maple syrup hardened on the snow
  79. Oreilles de Christ
  80. Nova Scotia Beer Warmer
  81. A cheese plate containing Bleu Bénédictin, Friulano, St. Maure and Oka
  82. Black or red currant jam
  83. Maple glazed Doughnut from Tim Horton’s with a Large “Double Double”
  84. A glass of Mission Hill’s “Oculus”
  85. Alberta Pure Vodka
  86. Chokecherries
  87. Canada Day Cake
  88. Boulettes
  89. Canadian Iced Tea
  90. Mead
  91. Fricot
  92. Grandperes
  93. Local honey
  94. Creton on toast
  95. Glen Breton Rare
  96. A whole box of Smarties, where the empty box is then used as a kazoo
  97. Grilled cheese made with Canadian Cheddar
  98. A meal from Harvey’s
  99. Lake Erie Perch
  100. Red Rose Tea

i’m only 40% canadian-foodie! i’ve got some catching up to do… there’s so much eating to be done!

2 Comments

  1. Anita

    Honestly never tried a butter tart?? They are so good!
    LOL, guess I am showing my age compared to you & Judy because I remember drinking beer from a stubby bottle…although I was underage…

  2. 44 from this list, not bad I suppose lol.

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