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Post by milee on Dec 26, 2013 20:07:14 GMT -5
Dumb question here. When we visited our friends in Canada (north of Ottawa), we ate something that I thought was called "poutine." It was French fries with gravy and cheese curds. Totally, wonderfully delicious and artery clogging and doesn't sound anything like what you guys are describing. What is the yummy French fry concoction called if it's not poutine?
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Post by chiver78 on Dec 26, 2013 20:18:30 GMT -5
the vast majority of Canada calls that dish "poutine".....the portion of the country that still makes and serves poutine rapee tends to shorten that to poutine. BG, where in the Maritimes are you heading? there are so many good things to eat in that region that are NOT poutine rapee - the blueberry crop, the chocolates in St Stephen (or so I'm told...), the seafood in NS/PEI/the Bay of Fundy, and that awesome chicken soup called fricot. I hope that you'll still try the local fare, honestly I'd put poutine rapee in the same category as going to rural Ireland and being served boiled pigs' feet. it is not at all "standard" fare in even the most rural places, most village churches host poutine-making days as community events for the local people. I've never seen it on the menu at the restaurants in my dad's hometown.
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Post by Blonde Granny on Dec 26, 2013 20:41:04 GMT -5
We are taking a land & sea tour: Starts at Boston by land, land portion ends a Quebec City, then Holland America up the St. Lawrence to Charlottetown, Sydney, Halifax, Bar Harbor and back to Boston. 12 days in all.
Mid Sept 2014, hope the weather cooperates for some pretty fall colors.
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Post by Gardening Grandma on Dec 26, 2013 20:51:29 GMT -5
BG, That sound wonderful! I hope you have a great time.
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Post by Blonde Granny on Dec 26, 2013 21:01:17 GMT -5
Thanks GG, we're looking forward to it. The trip is run by Globus. Our friends took it a couple of years ago and loved it. It's nice to just be along for the ride with decisions made for us, reservations etc. Transfer to the ship. I'm getting too old for all this logistic stuff I did when we had our motor home.
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Post by chiver78 on Dec 26, 2013 21:05:11 GMT -5
We are taking a land & sea tour: Starts at Boston by land, land portion ends a Quebec City, then Holland America up the St. Lawrence to Charlottetown, Sydney, Halifax, Bar Harbor and back to Boston. 12 days in all.
Mid Sept 2014, hope the weather cooperates for some pretty fall colors. wow, you're going to be sailing alongside quite a bit of land between QC and Charlottetown! barring any wacky one-off fall storms though, you should have a great time! if you have spare time on either end of that while you're in Boston, definitely let me know. I'd love to meet you
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Post by swamp on Dec 26, 2013 21:08:58 GMT -5
We are taking a land & sea tour: Starts at Boston by land, land portion ends a Quebec City, then Holland America up the St. Lawrence to Charlottetown, Sydney, Halifax, Bar Harbor and back to Boston. 12 days in all.
Mid Sept 2014, hope the weather cooperates for some pretty fall colors. Aww, I was you were going the other way on the st. Lawrence. I'd wave to you when you went by.
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Post by Blonde Granny on Dec 26, 2013 21:21:43 GMT -5
I'll wave anyway Swamp. Our friends who did this one got an extra day in Quebec City due to a hurricane
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Post by violagirl on Dec 26, 2013 22:33:05 GMT -5
Blonde Granny - are you going to have any time to drive around or are you pretty much spending a day in each place you mentioned? Charlottetown shouldn't be too busy in September. I haven't been to Sydney in years. i'd suggest you just sit back and enjoy the accents. You will probably have to go to a ceilidgh (kitchen party) in either Charlottetown or Sydney. I wonder if they still have them that late in the year? The Pressgang is my favourite restaurant in Halifax. Especially if you can sit in the cellar.
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Post by vonna on Dec 27, 2013 13:29:25 GMT -5
My aunt gave me a basket of foods, like salted herring a dark Russian bread and other stuff that I just don't have very often anymore. They are not left overs but I'm looking forward to getting home and eating them. yum.
A family tradition growing up was pickled herring on New Year's Eve.
My husband and kids think it is gross -- so when I do have it, I eat it alone!!
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Post by Timberwolf on Dec 27, 2013 17:37:09 GMT -5
My aunt gave me a basket of foods, like salted herring a dark Russian bread and other stuff that I just don't have very often anymore. They are not left overs but I'm looking forward to getting home and eating them. yum.
A family tradition growing up was pickled herring on New Year's Eve.
My husband and kids think it is gross -- so when I do have it, I eat it alone!!
Vonna, We had that as a treat on New Year's Eve, too. You're the only other person I've heard of that did that. Are you Scandinavian? On a side note, I love your avatar; my husband is retired navy and we have his "man cave" decked out with navy posters. We don't have the one from your avatar, though.
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Post by milee on Dec 27, 2013 18:40:39 GMT -5
My aunt gave me a basket of foods, like salted herring a dark Russian bread and other stuff that I just don't have very often anymore. They are not left overs but I'm looking forward to getting home and eating them. yum.
A family tradition growing up was pickled herring on New Year's Eve.
My husband and kids think it is gross -- so when I do have it, I eat it alone!!
I feel your pain, sister. I like pickled herring and most other seafood but nobody else in my family will eat it. I know DH loves me when he'll take me out to somewhere that I can get anchovies on my pizza.
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Post by Peace Of Mind on Dec 27, 2013 18:45:56 GMT -5
I was going to discuss my fabulous leftover ham but you guys are talking about gross stuff called poutine. Doesn't that mean whore in Spanish?
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Post by vonna on Dec 28, 2013 16:59:47 GMT -5
yum.
A family tradition growing up was pickled herring on New Year's Eve.
My husband and kids think it is gross -- so when I do have it, I eat it alone!!
Vonna, We had that as a treat on New Year's Eve, too. You're the only other person I've heard of that did that. Are you Scandinavian? On a side note, I love your avatar; my husband is retired navy and we have his "man cave" decked out with navy posters. We don't have the one from your avatar, though. Timber - 50% Scandinavian, that tradition was from my Dad's side of the family. My avatar is a running joke between me and DH. We are both retired navy, and every time I changed duty stations or jobs he would always figure a way to sneak this poster into my new office/cubicle/etc to give me a laugh.
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Post by Timberwolf on Dec 28, 2013 17:12:53 GMT -5
Vonna, We had that as a treat on New Year's Eve, too. You're the only other person I've heard of that did that. Are you Scandinavian? On a side note, I love your avatar; my husband is retired navy and we have his "man cave" decked out with navy posters. We don't have the one from your avatar, though. Timber - 50% Scandinavian, that tradition was from my Dad's side of the family. My avatar is a running joke between me and DH. We are both retired navy, and every time I changed duty stations or jobs he would always figure a way to sneak this poster into my new office/cubicle/etc to give me a laugh. Full blooded Norwegian here - herring was mandatory. Love the Navy story!
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Post by chiver78 on Dec 28, 2013 17:14:28 GMT -5
just pulled 2 pans of mess outta the oven. going to bring the big one to my parents, I'll keep the one on the right. there's one portion of chicken parmigiana left, and that's the end of my holiday leftovers. well, except for a little bit of stuffing for some more mushrooms....but those are healthy (and don't count! ) Attachments:
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Post by Sunnyday on Dec 29, 2013 21:45:46 GMT -5
Swamp, that sounds really good. What's in a meat pie? My DH is French and we're not too far from Canada ourselves, but he has no clue about meat pie! 1/2 pound ground beef and 1/2 pound ground pork ground together. Cinnamon. Nutmeg. Salt. Pepper. Brown together. Put in pie crust. Put on top crust. Bake. I think it's 350 for an hour. I'd have to check. Serve with gravy. ETA: some people make them just with ground pork I believe that's the traditional way to do it. I think it's too greasy. It's not a French dish. It's a Quebec dish. It's a meat pie. Meat pies have it's origins in Europe of course, but the recipe that Swamp presented is very much a Quebec dish. I don't like it. It's the most blandest thing ever. IMO. There is a reason why there are Chinese, Mexican, French and American restaurants in every country, and there is also a good reason why there are no Quebec restaurants outside of Quebec. Ah now you guys can throw poutine at me!
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Post by Timberwolf on Dec 29, 2013 21:54:09 GMT -5
I still want to try it at least once, just for fun. I might full well agree with you, or throw poutine (another dish I've never tried). Just for the record as far as I know there are no well-known dishes from my country of origin (Norway) either. We had a few pot lucks at a place I worked at where you were supposed to bring a dish from your country of origin and I could think of absolutely nothing to bring (except Lefse). I think I ended up bringing pickled herring & lefse.
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Post by Peace77 on Dec 30, 2013 11:08:04 GMT -5
Red cabbage is another Scandivavian dish. There is German red cabbage but its not the same. When I was a kid, I would bring leftover turkey and red cabbage sandwiches to school. The other kids would give me strange looks and ask me if that was grape jelly on my sandwich.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2013 11:18:59 GMT -5
I still want to try it at least once, just for fun. I might full well agree with you, or throw poutine (another dish I've never tried). Just for the record as far as I know there are no well-known dishes from my country of origin (Norway) either. We had a few pot lucks at a place I worked at where you were supposed to bring a dish from your country of origin and I could think of absolutely nothing to bring (except Lefse). I think I ended up bringing pickled herring & lefse. Well, if you ever have another party, you can find something here: allrecipes.com/recipes/world-cuisine/european/scandinavian/norwegian/
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Post by Timberwolf on Dec 30, 2013 11:23:17 GMT -5
God bless the web! there's a website for everything these days, isn't there? Thanks
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2013 11:26:45 GMT -5
There is! My maternal great grands were from Norway. Mom made some kind of cookie using potato for Christmas a couple of years ago and I was going to suggest those for you when the website came up. Why settle for one idea when you can choose from a bunch, right?
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Post by ZaireinHD on Dec 30, 2013 23:52:35 GMT -5
baked Mac & cheese! I only get that around the holidays! Thanksgiving and Christmas! BUT that will change in 2014 when I have my own place! just have to ask mom how to make it!
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Post by tskeeter on Dec 31, 2013 12:42:41 GMT -5
You guys call yourselves Scandinavians? Where the heck are the real Scandinavian holiday delicacies? I won't count lutefisk as one of the delicacies. But, there is lefse, krumkake, rosettes, sanbakkels, and the like. If you are the Danish variety of Scandinavian, you might even whip up a kringle.
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Post by Timberwolf on Dec 31, 2013 12:54:29 GMT -5
Have you ever tried making any of that? It's hard. I can't remember who, but someone posted on the boards not too long ago about grut (porridge) flutigrut (sweet cream) or rumigrut (sp?)(sour cream). I think she's the real Scandinavian.
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Post by Peace77 on Dec 31, 2013 13:09:44 GMT -5
I have made red cabbage, meatballs, fruit soup, and aebleskiver.
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Post by Timberwolf on Dec 31, 2013 13:13:42 GMT -5
You're the real Norwegian!
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Post by Peace77 on Dec 31, 2013 13:18:30 GMT -5
Oh no, I'm Danish.
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Post by shanendoah on Dec 31, 2013 14:41:33 GMT -5
I love the sandwiches.
Ham sandwiches, turkey sandwiches - they just aren't the same with lunch meat. And the other night, we had french dips with the left over meat from the ribeye roast from Christmas.
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