Lobster Poutine – The Canadian Vindication November 17, 2011
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I recently made a trip to Canada to try to more fully understand their “Canadian cuisine”, which I have alleged is about as real as the Yeti or the Loch Ness monster. You may want to review a previous post, “Canadian Cuisine – Oxymoron or Not?” where we talk about their national dish – Poutine. Made with French fries topped with cheese curds and brown gravy, one is tempted to giggle thinking that this is a “national dish”. Since I had gone public with my sentiments, I decided not to travel too deeply into Canada for fear that they might take me and my wife hostage. So we went from home in Wisconsin to Niagara on the Lake, Ontario – close enough to escape on foot back to the U.S.
The Canadian team – actually family and friends – were going to show us how to make a gourmet Lobster Poutine. They dubbed the meeting “The Canadian Vindication” – whatever. (more…)
Canadian Cuisine – We’ve Unleashed a Monster! September 13, 2011
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As we have said before, men think about sex an average of 72 times per day. As part of our program to try to focus on a few other things, let’s look at how we treat our Canadian neighbors. Most of us don’t even know who their Prime Minister is. Click here to find out who he is and see his 9/11speech:
http://pm.gc.ca/eng/media.asp?category=3&id=4332&featureId=6&pageId=26
We also don’t understand their cuisine. In a recent post (“Canadian Cuisine – Oxymoron or Not” Sept. 9, 2011), we poked fun at Poutine, one of their national dishes – a Quebecois concoction of French fries, cheese curds and gravy. The Canadians describe the dish as a “heart-stopper”, which I actually thought that was a tall busty blonde in high heels until they corrected me. (more…)
Canadian Cuisine – Oxymoron or Not? September 9, 2011
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Poutine – National Dish of Canada?!
I have a number of Canadian friends and they know that I am into cooking. We trade barbs from time to time and half-jokingly I told one of them that I was considering a blog post called “Canadian Cuisine – Oxymoron or Not”. That produced some quick retorts like, “You really think you’re funny, don’t you?!” and “I’m surprised you Americans can even spell cuisine”. I knew that I had struck a nerve. (more…)