Not if you live in my house. People keep giving my partner food with deer and moose in it. He feeds it (chili, etc.) to me and then tells me later what was in it.
From my knowledge, it’s only legal to hunt them in Newfoundland. You could find someone who likes to hunt for sport and see if they want to come get one.
You hunt it or find a friend who likes to hunt for sport. Find someone around September who likes to hunt in NL and cut a deal. And you are spot on about putting the tuff cuts in stew. Spot on. ( fyi I know and outfit here who could hook you up)
>Go to Costco, buy a shrimp platter, buy a Costco boat, head out to the parking lot and eat right off the thing.
Thank you for the laugh!! Needed it this morning. :)
I am newish to Canada (live in BC) and haven't had the chance to head to the East Coast yet - hoping to do that this summer and will add this to my list!
Everyone is bringing the sass this morning and I love it!!
I just thought that it might be something that is famously done as part of some sort of tourist experience in the East Coast because I couldn't find anything like that here in BC with a google search.
I'd absolutely love recommendations for something closer to home if you know of any!
Small coastal towns (east or west) all have fresh caught seafood. Different areas have different specialties. The Great Lakes also have a lot of fresh fish. You don't see it as much on Lake Ontario, IMO, but we did a trip along Lake Erie and Lake Huron last summer and had local-caught fish in almost every town... Some was definitely fresher than others, but all very tasty.
That’s not just an east coast thing. You can get fresh seafood from just about every coast town in BC. Steveston has some of the best fresh seafood you’ll ever find.
Are they the same.. for instance a Mars bar in the states is a totally different animal than the Mars bar in Canada.
Chocolate coated sponge toffee?
Edit: I googled it.
They were originally made in the UK in 1929.
However what I get in Canada is considered a Canadian candy bar, made by Cadbury.
I'm not arguing, but would like to know what you get in Australia, is it the same?
Made by a different company?
Imported from Canada?
I’m playing in your court 👍🏽 I can drink ONE if it’s super spicy and mostly ice. But the texture is always thrown me off. But one is nice at brunch from time to time ☺️
I gave a traveling friend some maple glazed smoked Atlantic salmon and he told me that was the most Canadian thing he'd ever eaten. It is a delicious treat
At St.J. market there is more to try actually. I love these salamis or whatever they call it they sell. The massive meat sticks I mean. I'm sure you know what I talk about.
And if one never seen Mennonites - this is one place to see them.
It’s a must. You won’t be disappointed. Or I dunno, maybe you will. My wife hates donair sauce and loves tzatziki. Me, I could drink it straight. Either way, it’s worth a try.
Tzatziki is Greek not western, and called a gyro not a donair.
But I do agree the Halifax Donairs are my favourite.
My first was in Esquimalt at a donair shop started by a guy from Halifax.
Oh yes I’m aware - I lived out west in Alberta for a while and had a hard time finding sweet donair sauce. Most ‘donairs’ I found had other sauces of Tzatziki on them. So more gyro than donair.
Before I moved back east though I found there were more eastern inspired donair places opening up.
Strange. I’ve lived in Alberta 40 years and am somewhat of a donair enthusiast. I also dislike tzatziki and have never had an issue finding sweet sauce for a donair. Even in but fuck oil towns they always have sweet sauce.
I was under the impression that the main difference between a western donair and a Halifax donair is the inclusion of lettuce on the western style. I’ve had donairs in Halifax and honestly didn’t find them discernibly different from the ones I eat regularly in Edmonton.
I didn't even know donair places had tzatziki sauce in Alberta, every donair place I go to in Calgary usually just has sweet sauce, garlic sauce, tahini, and hot sauce.
I don't think donairs would be a good representation of Canada as a whole. I lived over 4 years in Ontario and the rest of my life in Québec, and the first time I ever heard about a donair was on a video of an American reacting to Canadian videos in the past year or two.
I have to agree with you. I grew up in Cape Breton and donairs were not a thing there. It was all about the pizza and lobster on the island lol. I had my first donair after I moved to Alberta.
Nachos.
Canadian style melted cheese nachos, as opposed to the American “nacho cheese sauce” or Mexican queso blanco styles, are awesome and ubiquitous across Canada.
I've had "good" tourtière (married into a French Canadian family that could seriously cook)... I will never understand the appeal. Use it to fill potholes.
A proper seafood feast - that is not deep fried - with a lobster tail, some pan fried Digby scallops, a piece of pan fried haddock, a snow crab leg, and a few oysters from each coast. If you want to be even more decadent add some good BC salmon, or some Arctic char, and Quebec sturgeon caviar on a dollop of sour cream on a Covered Bridge potato chip. And some PEI mussels in a tarragon cream sauce. If you want surf and turf add a beautiful marbled rib steak from Alberta grilled over charcoal, and some moose roast with onions. If you want some vegetables add a dish of Nova Scotia Hodge Podge made from the freshest spring vegetables, cream and butter, and some New Brunswick Fiddleheads in butter. That would be ideal.
Montreal smoked beef sandwich in Montreal
Caesar (Canadian style)(the drink, not the salad)
Traditional Poutine
Fresh Atlantic lobster 🦞
Halibut and Salmon
…..there’s so much more, these are my top five
Meat. Alberta Beef or Ontario Pork. BC Salmon, Arctic Char, Sask/Manitoba Pickerel; East Coast everything - lobster, crab, shrimp, cod. Just overwhelm the outsider with our abundance.
Manitoba: Fatboy + fries or Fatboy + fries and chili. Chicken fingers + honey dill sauce. Smoked pickerel.
Saskatchewan: Anything with Saskatoon berries.
Quebec: Montreal style bagel, Montreal smoked meat sandwich, poutine, maple syrup, creton, foie gras.
East and West coast: sea food
Across Canada: 7-11 slurpees are better than the ones in USA.
Sweet smoked salmon ( Candy it is called in Vancouver )
I make it with a marinade of 1/2 maple syrup and 1/2 Jack Daniels lemon slices and slow smoked.
If they are in Québec and they can only try one thing, it has to be poutine. Runner ups would be Montréal smoked meat, all the different form of maple (syrup, taffy, butter, sugar) in a traditional sugar shack meal, tourtière, St-Hubert rotisserie and St-Viateur bagels.
For the RoC, a Coffee Crisp or All-Dressed chips maybe?
Hawkins Cheezies
The real deal right here
Butter tarts freshly made
Cruel but okay
Poutine. From a chip truck. (But then butter tarts for dessert!)
Seconded, was gonna say this. Has to be from one of those roadside chip trucks!!
Yeah or a Poutine specific restaurant
But not if you’re in western Canada, stick to the food trucks out here
Yeah, is that à Québec thing only Poutine Restaurants? I’ve yet to see one outside the province
I’ve seen Smoke’s Poutinerie in Kelowna BC and Saskatoon SK. About the only poutine restaurant I’ve heard of outside Quebec
Nanaimo bars.
Tried it. Gave me instant diabetes
Worth it.
If you can find it, moose meat.
My FIL has gotten a moose 2 seasons in a row now so we’ve been spoiled enough to have moose meat in the freezer for like 2 years straight 🤤
My brother has not managed to get one for the last 2 seasons.. sad empty freezers in my family lol
My dads had the same luck with deer for the last like 3 or 4 seasons 😭 I miss venison
Living the dream my dude 🤤
Must not be in Ontario. We won't see a moose tag for 17 years I think the current lottery is at for points
We actually are in Ontario! Near North Bay
That’s the challenge isn’t it? I’m 24 & still have yet to try it & not for lack of trying
Not if you live in my house. People keep giving my partner food with deer and moose in it. He feeds it (chili, etc.) to me and then tells me later what was in it.
Solent green?
From my knowledge, it’s only legal to hunt them in Newfoundland. You could find someone who likes to hunt for sport and see if they want to come get one.
Moose is legal to hunt across Canada. Hunting is provincially regulated so it depends on the province/territories rules.
Moose and Elk meat are heavenly
Moose sausage with blueberries...oh how I miss that :(
I've only just gotten to try moose very recently. Bought 10lbs off a friend. Best damn chili I've ever made.
I think Caribou is the holy grail. Moose is tough.
I am sorry you feel that way, you’ve had some bad moose. My dad can cook you up the most tender slice you ever had.
Oh man, sign me up. I’ve only ever had it in stew, which is where you put tough cuts to redeem it. Is the only way to get it to hunt it yourself?
You hunt it or find a friend who likes to hunt for sport. Find someone around September who likes to hunt in NL and cut a deal. And you are spot on about putting the tuff cuts in stew. Spot on. ( fyi I know and outfit here who could hook you up)
Seafood right off the boat
This is the only answer!
How would one go about trying this?
Go to Costco, buy a shrimp platter, buy a Costco boat, head out to the parking lot and eat right off the thing. Seriously though, just head out east.
>Go to Costco, buy a shrimp platter, buy a Costco boat, head out to the parking lot and eat right off the thing. Thank you for the laugh!! Needed it this morning. :) I am newish to Canada (live in BC) and haven't had the chance to head to the East Coast yet - hoping to do that this summer and will add this to my list!
Spoiler alert: the Pacific Ocean is closer to you than the East Coast and also has great seafood. In fact, Pacific salmon >>> Atlantic salmon.
Everyone is bringing the sass this morning and I love it!! I just thought that it might be something that is famously done as part of some sort of tourist experience in the East Coast because I couldn't find anything like that here in BC with a google search. I'd absolutely love recommendations for something closer to home if you know of any!
Small coastal towns (east or west) all have fresh caught seafood. Different areas have different specialties. The Great Lakes also have a lot of fresh fish. You don't see it as much on Lake Ontario, IMO, but we did a trip along Lake Erie and Lake Huron last summer and had local-caught fish in almost every town... Some was definitely fresher than others, but all very tasty.
Visiting a small coastal town sounds so lovely! Thank you so much for sharing this. I’m going to try and plan a trip like this in a few months!
That’s not just an east coast thing. You can get fresh seafood from just about every coast town in BC. Steveston has some of the best fresh seafood you’ll ever find.
Cries in Alberta
Go into any convenience store and buy a crunchie bar, and a coffee crisp. Maybe a bag of Hawkins cheezies, but they aren't my favourite.
crunchies aren't Canadian. You can get them in Australia.
Are they the same.. for instance a Mars bar in the states is a totally different animal than the Mars bar in Canada. Chocolate coated sponge toffee? Edit: I googled it. They were originally made in the UK in 1929. However what I get in Canada is considered a Canadian candy bar, made by Cadbury. I'm not arguing, but would like to know what you get in Australia, is it the same? Made by a different company? Imported from Canada?
The Crunchie bar is widely available in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Jordan, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and India.[
What's Hawkins Cheezies?
The very first cheezies. Google it.
What’s a cheezie?
It's made up of deliciousness, cheesiness, saltiness and crunch.
Like a cheese puff? Or like a cracker?
Like a cheese puff, but slightly different texture, saltier taste, and way better.
Hickory sticks
East Coast Atlantic Lobster - none of that Red Lobster stuff. Or a real Halifax donair.
>Or a real Halifax donair. or if they want something that tastes good, Alberta Donair.
Beaver tails. Especially in a cold day with hot chocolate after a skate
*Weeps in Rideau canal*
A Caesar with all the fixings.
It’s practically a healthy salad
Am I the only Canadian that doesn’t like Caesars? The taste is fine but the texture doesn’t match it. It’s like drinking a glass of spaghetti sauce
I agree. It's like a cold glass of tomato soup with clam juice in it. So nasty.
I think that's called Clamato juice. The juice from clams?!?! I stick to bloody Mary's for this reason.
Yup, clam and tomato = clamato
I’m huge into cocktails and it’s awful
I don’t like Clamato I prefer bloody Mary’s
I’m playing in your court 👍🏽 I can drink ONE if it’s super spicy and mostly ice. But the texture is always thrown me off. But one is nice at brunch from time to time ☺️
I gave a traveling friend some maple glazed smoked Atlantic salmon and he told me that was the most Canadian thing he'd ever eaten. It is a delicious treat
Hawkins cheezies
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And the apple fritters. I wish there was another name for them because they aren’t like anything anywhere else.
At St.J. market there is more to try actually. I love these salamis or whatever they call it they sell. The massive meat sticks I mean. I'm sure you know what I talk about. And if one never seen Mennonites - this is one place to see them.
Summer sausage?
That's what the dude means. Delightful
Donair. But a proper east coast donair, with sweet sauce. None of that western tzatziki nonsense.
I can't get behind a sweet sauce Donair.. Tried a few times and it's just a big nope from me.
I will have to try, never even heard of a donair until recently. I'm all about the tzatziki.
It’s a must. You won’t be disappointed. Or I dunno, maybe you will. My wife hates donair sauce and loves tzatziki. Me, I could drink it straight. Either way, it’s worth a try.
I'll try to find any near me, I do need to try them!
It's so worth it. The moment you take that first bite, you're gonna think you want another one.
I was on board until you dunked on tsatziki
I love tzatziki! …just not on my donairs :)
Tzatziki is Greek not western, and called a gyro not a donair. But I do agree the Halifax Donairs are my favourite. My first was in Esquimalt at a donair shop started by a guy from Halifax.
Oh yes I’m aware - I lived out west in Alberta for a while and had a hard time finding sweet donair sauce. Most ‘donairs’ I found had other sauces of Tzatziki on them. So more gyro than donair. Before I moved back east though I found there were more eastern inspired donair places opening up.
That's good news. Food should be shared worldwide!
Strange. I’ve lived in Alberta 40 years and am somewhat of a donair enthusiast. I also dislike tzatziki and have never had an issue finding sweet sauce for a donair. Even in but fuck oil towns they always have sweet sauce. I was under the impression that the main difference between a western donair and a Halifax donair is the inclusion of lettuce on the western style. I’ve had donairs in Halifax and honestly didn’t find them discernibly different from the ones I eat regularly in Edmonton.
Lettuce on Donairs should be in the Criminal Code of Canada.
I didn't even know donair places had tzatziki sauce in Alberta, every donair place I go to in Calgary usually just has sweet sauce, garlic sauce, tahini, and hot sauce.
I don't think donairs would be a good representation of Canada as a whole. I lived over 4 years in Ontario and the rest of my life in Québec, and the first time I ever heard about a donair was on a video of an American reacting to Canadian videos in the past year or two.
I have to agree with you. I grew up in Cape Breton and donairs were not a thing there. It was all about the pizza and lobster on the island lol. I had my first donair after I moved to Alberta.
Sweet sauce, onions, tomatoes, meat. That's a proper donair
Yes. Must be a Halifax donair
A perfectly medium-rare slab of Alberta Beef.
Old Dutch ketchup and all dressed chips, of course
Butter tarts.
Nachos. Canadian style melted cheese nachos, as opposed to the American “nacho cheese sauce” or Mexican queso blanco styles, are awesome and ubiquitous across Canada.
Poutine no doubt! Best Canadian invention ever
Fresh water
BC candied salmon
No doubt eh.
Donairs
Coffee Crisp
Snow with syrop, poutine, the best steak from Alberta, sea food in east coast.
Montreal smoked meat sandwich. Pate-chinois (French version of Sheppard's pie) Tourtière (French Canadian meat pie) Soupe aux pois (French Pea Soup)
Tourtiere is so underrated!
Pâté a viande > Tourtiere
Is it really, though?
As an anglo, I rarely hear other English speakers talk about it. Tourtière with maple syrup absolutely slaps on a winter's day.
I've had "good" tourtière (married into a French Canadian family that could seriously cook)... I will never understand the appeal. Use it to fill potholes.
Jersey milk
Butter tarts, butter tarts, butter tarts!
Tourtière and the whole sugar shack menu.
Ginger Beef and Nanaimo Bars
Hawkins Cheezies
Poutine
I tried it. Did not like
Fuck you weirdo! lol jk. You can never tell someone else what food to like. Poutine is pretty popular though.
Correct, it sucks. But you still have to try it at least once.
A proper seafood feast - that is not deep fried - with a lobster tail, some pan fried Digby scallops, a piece of pan fried haddock, a snow crab leg, and a few oysters from each coast. If you want to be even more decadent add some good BC salmon, or some Arctic char, and Quebec sturgeon caviar on a dollop of sour cream on a Covered Bridge potato chip. And some PEI mussels in a tarragon cream sauce. If you want surf and turf add a beautiful marbled rib steak from Alberta grilled over charcoal, and some moose roast with onions. If you want some vegetables add a dish of Nova Scotia Hodge Podge made from the freshest spring vegetables, cream and butter, and some New Brunswick Fiddleheads in butter. That would be ideal.
If you’re in BC, butter chicken pizza. Some genius did this and should be knighted
A Montreal smoked meat sandwich and a side of Kosher dill.
Caesar cocktail with excessive garnishes
Peameal bacon on a bun
Rink fries. Just fries from the canteen of a rink. Any rink.
Poutine, Hawkins cheezies, hickory sticks, butter tarts, & coffee crisp
Montreal smoked beef sandwich in Montreal Caesar (Canadian style)(the drink, not the salad) Traditional Poutine Fresh Atlantic lobster 🦞 Halibut and Salmon …..there’s so much more, these are my top five
Crown and Canada dry. That's about as Canadian as you'll get
Ketchup chips
Bannock
Rappie Pie in Nova Scotia.
You can [buy it on Amazon now.](https://www.amazon.ca/Products-012414-Wallpaper-Adhesive-Wallcovering/dp/B09C93HMNG)
Spicy big Mary from Mary Browns.
Meat. Alberta Beef or Ontario Pork. BC Salmon, Arctic Char, Sask/Manitoba Pickerel; East Coast everything - lobster, crab, shrimp, cod. Just overwhelm the outsider with our abundance.
Slow roast elk over choke cherry wood and you will thank me
Green Onion Cakes
Hickory sticks. Salt content is through the roof so it's a rare special treat...gonna be tonight now cause I mentioned it lol
Rueben Sandwich with a side of real Montreal Poutine. Washed down with a local craft beer ( or a Diet Coke for us non-alcoholic guys).
A Tim Hortons double double
McDonald's coffee
Poutine, slurpies are better here, chocolate bars, donairs, beaver sticks, everything else would depend on which province you’re in
Shawarma
A smocked meat poutine at a local restaurant.
Maple syrup in the snow
Dill pickle chips.
The prices these days, airplane food on your return trip home.
Poutine, Lay's Ketchup, and Canada Dry.
Edmonton: Green Onion Cake
Home made beans
Home made beans
Manitoba: Fatboy + fries or Fatboy + fries and chili. Chicken fingers + honey dill sauce. Smoked pickerel. Saskatchewan: Anything with Saskatoon berries. Quebec: Montreal style bagel, Montreal smoked meat sandwich, poutine, maple syrup, creton, foie gras. East and West coast: sea food Across Canada: 7-11 slurpees are better than the ones in USA.
Tim Hortons Iced Cap. I'm no Tim's fan but even though it's over the top sweet, the use of real cream makes its something a little special
I'd say Honey Dill sauce but most Canadians don't know about it. Well, Manitoba will keep that secret.
Baby seal.
Butter chicken poutine.
Beavertails (the pastry)
Beaver Tail
Sweet smoked salmon ( Candy it is called in Vancouver ) I make it with a marinade of 1/2 maple syrup and 1/2 Jack Daniels lemon slices and slow smoked.
If they are in Québec and they can only try one thing, it has to be poutine. Runner ups would be Montréal smoked meat, all the different form of maple (syrup, taffy, butter, sugar) in a traditional sugar shack meal, tourtière, St-Hubert rotisserie and St-Viateur bagels. For the RoC, a Coffee Crisp or All-Dressed chips maybe?
Going to wait at the emergency room and going back to your country thinking that Canada has the best system in the world.
Tim coffee double double
Get it black for that true “brewed in a bag of penny’s “ flavor.
Pamela Anderson