10 Quintessentially Canadian Foods

[nayr69sg]

Wild Rice​

Wild rice is not actually rice – it is a grass seed that isn’t related to any Asian rice varieties. The outer part of the rice seed is a dark brown colour and longer than the rice from other parts of the world. The taste is chewier and nutty flavoured.

The Ojibwa people call it minomiin, or manomin and wild rice is a large part of their culture and foodways. Wild rice has been a staple of many First Nations people such as the Mississauga Nishnaabeg First Nations the Algonkian and Manitoba First Nations peoples. Wild rice has been harvested in marshlands and along waterways from Manitoba to the Atlantic Ocean in southern Canada and over much of the eastern US.

 

[glockman]

@glockman you see like even this ice cream....only in Maritimes! Why leh? I would try it in Alberta if they had it here.

Critical mass I suppose. Not enough demand except for the Maritime provinces?

 

[nayr69sg]

Wild Game meats​

These can range from bison to seal, whale and polar bear. Sadly wild game has not been allowed in restaurants and eating traditional game meats like moose is banned in every province except Newfoundland. Seal meat is a hugely political issue and many white people seek a ban on this meat but it is a cornerstone of traditional Inuit foodways.

“Game farming is the practice of raising formerly non-domesticated animals such as deer, elk, caribou, reindeer, moose, and ostriches for their meat, hides, feathers and antlers. Only Newfoundland and Nova Scotia allow the sale of wild game. Outside of these provinces, any game meat that appears in a butcher shop or a restaurant menu has come from a farm.” quote from MoosemeatandMarmalade.

Plum Point, Newfoundland, Canada – October 12, 2018: Moose meat hanging outside after hunters have killed it.

 

[nayr69sg]

Wild Fruits & Berries​

First Nations peoples relied on many native fruit species including raspberries, strawberries, saskatoon berry, chokecherry, blueberry, pincherry, highbush cranberry, buffaloberry, buffalo currant and lingonberry (lowbush cranberries).

Women and children gathered wild fruit. One method of collecting berries was to place blankets under the bushes then beat or shake the bushes so the berries fell off the branches. The berries were kept in baskets.

Berries were eaten fresh or mashed and dried into cakes. Different methods were used to dry the berries. Berries were spread out on blankets or mats and dried in the sun. Berries were also dried next to a fire.

 

[nayr69sg]

Fresh and dried fish​

Fish is also a staple from salmon to trout and the Great Lakes perch fishing was always a part of indigenous foodways for centuries. Surprisingly to many white Canadians the types of fish included herring of which the roe was particularly important, and eulachon a very fatty fish. Other fish included the following:

Salmon: Sockeye, Chinook, Chum, Pink, Coho
Groundfish: Pacific Cod, Black cod, Lingcod, Rockfish
Flatfish: Sole, Flounder, Halibut
Small fish: Eulachon, Herring, Herring Roe
Trout: Dolly Varden, Lake, Rainbow, Steelhead, Cutthroat,
Kokanee
Whitefish: Northern Pike, Walleye, Burbot, Arctic Grayling
Bass, Chub

 

[nayr69sg]

Shellfish and seafood​

Crab, Scallops, Shrimp, Abalone, Sea cucumber, Octopus, Clams, and Prawns are all on the Indigenous foods menu. A wide variety of seafood has long been used for food by coastal people of British Columbia, and
to a lesser extent by people in the interior.

 

[nayr69sg]

Critical mass I suppose. Not enough demand except for the Maritime provinces?

Maritimes population is actually VERY SMALL.

I was actually SHOCKED how small the population is when I checked during elections. Considering we are talking the entire Province!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newfoundland_and_Labrador

Newfoundland and Labrador (/njuːfənˈlænd ænd læbrəˈdɔːr/; sometimes abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. It is composed of the island of Newfoundland and the continental region of Labrador to the northwest, with a combined area of 405,212 square kilometres (156,500 sq mi). In 2018, the province's population was estimated at 525,073.

https://worldpopulationreview.com/canadian-provinces/nova-scotia-population

Nova Scotia Population 2021​

Nova Scotia, or "New Scotland," is a province in Canada. It's one of 3 Maritime provinces and one of 4 Atlantic Canada provinces located nearly halfway between the North Pole and the Equator. Nova Scotia is the second-smallest province in the country with a total area of 21,300 square miles (55,284 square kilometers), which includes Cape Breton Island and almost 3,800 small coastal islands.
Nova Scotia has an estimated population of 940,600, up from 921,700 in 2011. This makes Nova Scotia the 2nd most densely populated province in the country with a population density of 45 people per square mile, or 17 per square kilometer. Nova Scotia is the second-smallest province in Canada in terms of area behind Prince Edward Island.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Brunswick

New Brunswick has a surface area of 72,908 km2 (28,150 sq mi) and 747,101 inhabitants (2016).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Edward_Island

According to Statistics Canada, the province of PEI has 158,717 residents

So total population of Maritimes ie Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island combined is about 2.2-2.3 million?


Uhmmm what critical mass? Calgary population alone is already close to 1.3 million and we are just a city.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calgary

Calgary (/ˈkælɡəri/ (listen)) is a city in the western Canadian province of Alberta. With a population of 1,239,220, Calgary is the most-populous city in Alberta, the third most populous city in Canada after Toronto and Montreal, and the most populous city in Western Canada.

 

[nayr69sg]

Another case in point is Federal Seats for the Provinces.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Canadian_federal_electoral_districts

Alberta – 34 seats​

British Columbia – 42 seats​

Manitoba – 14 seats​

New Brunswick – 10 seats​

Newfoundland and Labrador – 7 seats​

Northwest Territories – 1 seat​

Nova Scotia – 11 seats​

Nunavut – 1 seat​

Ontario – 121 seats​

Prince Edward Island – 4 seats​

Quebec – 78 seats​

Saskatchewan – 14 seats​

Yukon – 1 seat​

So all maritimes get total 4+11+7+10 = 32 seats. For 2.2 million people.

https://www.alberta.ca/population-statistics.aspx

As of July 1, 2021, Alberta’s population was 4,442,879.

Alberta gets 42 seats for 4.4 million people. We have double the population but not double the representation in Parliament.

Western Canada is very under represented in Ottawa. Basically the seats in Western Canada dont really matter at all. You can win the election just with Eastern Canada.

 

[glockman]

Maritimes population is actually VERY SMALL.

I was actually SHOCKED how small the population is when I checked during elections. Considering we are talking the entire Province!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newfoundland_and_Labrador

Newfoundland and Labrador (/njuːfənˈlænd ænd læbrəˈdɔːr/; sometimes abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. It is composed of the island of Newfoundland and the continental region of Labrador to the northwest, with a combined area of 405,212 square kilometres (156,500 sq mi). In 2018, the province's population was estimated at 525,073.

https://worldpopulationreview.com/canadian-provinces/nova-scotia-population

Nova Scotia Population 2021​

Nova Scotia, or "New Scotland," is a province in Canada. It's one of 3 Maritime provinces and one of 4 Atlantic Canada provinces located nearly halfway between the North Pole and the Equator. Nova Scotia is the second-smallest province in the country with a total area of 21,300 square miles (55,284 square kilometers), which includes Cape Breton Island and almost 3,800 small coastal islands.
Nova Scotia has an estimated population of 940,600, up from 921,700 in 2011. This makes Nova Scotia the 2nd most densely populated province in the country with a population density of 45 people per square mile, or 17 per square kilometer. Nova Scotia is the second-smallest province in Canada in terms of area behind Prince Edward Island.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Brunswick

New Brunswick has a surface area of 72,908 km2 (28,150 sq mi) and 747,101 inhabitants (2016).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Edward_Island

According to Statistics Canada, the province of PEI has 158,717 residents

So total population of Maritimes ie Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island combined is about 2.2-2.3 million?


Uhmmm what critical mass? Calgary population alone is already close to 1.3 million and we are just a city.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calgary

Calgary (/ˈkælɡəri/ (listen)) is a city in the western Canadian province of Alberta. With a population of 1,239,220, Calgary is the most-populous city in Alberta, the third most populous city in Canada after Toronto and Montreal, and the most populous city in Western Canada.

Well I don't know, perhaps all the 2.2-2.3 million people only buy that particular ice cream flavour? BTW, I don't really like ice-cream. Except maybe rum and raisins. And only after I have dumped it in a glass of overproof rum.

 

[nayr69sg]

Well I don't know, perhaps all the 2.2-2.3 million people only buy that particular ice cream flavour? BTW, I don't really like ice-cream. Except maybe rum and raisins. And only after I have dumped it in a glass of overproof rum.

hey I love rum and raisin too! The Lucerne brand at Safeway is the only place I can find it. My dad likes it too.

 

[glockman]

hey I love rum and raisin too! The Lucerne brand at Safeway is the only place I can find it. My dad likes it too.

Great! But you really need to tambah rum. It enhances the whole experience. Not bluffing.

 

[nayr69sg]

Great! But you really need to tambah rum. It enhances the whole experience. Not bluffing.

Will try next time.

Singapore still can find those Rum Ball cake? My mother used to tell me cannot eat will destroy my brain. LOL!

 

[glockman]

Will try next time.

Singapore still can find those Rum Ball cake? My mother used to tell me cannot eat will destroy my brain. LOL!

I am sure they're still being sold, in cafes and bakeries. Mothers are such a killjoy.

 

[nayr69sg]

I am sure they're still being sold, in cafes and bakeries. Mothers are such a killjoy.

I did buy some after becoming adult.

Realized that it is generally a mix of leftover extra cake crumbs they add some rum and syrup to it and roll it into balls then cover with chocolate sprinkles.

Good way to turn waste into a product. But I think with new kitchens and bakeries they dont have much of this waste and dont make this low SES kind of cake liao.

 

[eatshitndie]

what about atb abalones at spas and massage parlors all over toronto and vancouver?

 

[nayr69sg]

what about atb abalones at spas and massage parlors all over toronto and vancouver?

actually good point.

Does Canada have abalone ( I mean the real one not pussy or vagina)?

 

[eatshitndie]

actually good point.

Does Canada have abalone ( I mean the real one not pussy or vagina)?

should have on the west coast. it’s native to california, oregon, and washington state. outside of america, they’re found in arsetralia, nz, and south africa. not sure about alaska. may be too cold.