Does Canada unite with global cuisine?

Canada will live up to your appetite.

There are 18 kinds in the list of "Canadian 150 local classic snacks", namely: puding, maple cake, cream tart, pea bacon sandwich, pea soup, Nanaimo bar, thin wheat cake, crispy pie, beaver tail, pork sauce, Montreal bacon sandwich, Montreal bagel and Saskatoon berry pie.

Canada is never short of food, but if you ask what is the specialty of Canada, I'm afraid even Canadians can't answer it.

On July 28th, 20 17, in Tiepan Village at the foot of Whistler Mountain, a teppanyaki chef from Japan was grilling a steak.

Canada is rich in species resources, so there is no shortage of fresh ingredients.

To understand Canadian cuisine, we must start with the geographical environment of Canada. As the second largest country in the world, Canada is vast and surrounded by the sea on three sides. Rich terrain, including plateaus, plains, mountains and lakes; The climate is diverse, the four seasons are distinct, and most areas are sunny.

With such a rich geographical environment, Canada is rich in species resources, and there will naturally be no shortage of fresh ingredients. The two oceans are treasures of salmon and cod, while freshwater lakes and rivers are rich in trout and bass. In Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island along the Atlantic coast, seafood such as lobster, Atlantic salmon, mussels and sea fans are frequent guests on the table.

Among them, salmon, also known as "salmon", is called "the emperor of the ice sea" among deep-sea fish in Canada. Salmon is delicious, nutritious and low in calories, and there is no guilt after eating it. In Canada, the common practices are smoked salmon, grilled salmon and marinated salmon. The 23-year-old Salmon House is the most famous salmon tasting restaurant in Vancouver.

Canadian salmon, meat quality and taste are necessary.

In the documentary events of Nature, there is an episode that specifically tells the spectacle of salmon migration. Every autumn, more than 500 million salmon swim upstream, leave the Pacific Ocean and return to the Tamsui River where they were born, bred and laid eggs. Salmon has been an important food source for Canadian aborigines since ancient times. At the same time, salmon is also regarded as the soul of the deceased relatives returning home, representing the expansion and continuation of the family and becoming the belief and spiritual symbol of the aborigines.

When you come to Canada, you must try the local maple syrup. 1600 years ago, Canadian aborigines discovered that maple trees were rich in sweet juice, so they dug ditches and holes in the trunk to collect maple syrup. That is their indispensable food in winter.

There are many ways to eat maple syrup, which can be matched with muffins, milk, cocktails, ice cream, coffee, bacon and so on. Some Canadians even pour maple syrup on snow, which is a special dessert in winter.

A muffin topped with maple syrup.

Canadian cuisine is a combination of cuisines from all over the world.

In 15 and 16 centuries, British explorer john cabot and French navigator Jacques Cartier first set foot in Canada, bringing English and French dining styles to the other side of the ocean. Today, Canadian cuisine still retains the imprint of Britain and France.

In the English-speaking area along the Atlantic coast, breakfast includes toast, fish, potato chips, scones and muffins, especially in Ottawa, the capital, where English scones can be found everywhere. In legal areas, people like to eat crescent bread, long bread and cakes.

Chinese restaurants can be found everywhere in Vancouver and Toronto, where Chinese people gather. Of course, Chinese food in Canada has been localized and improved, and its taste is sweet. It also introduced the milk flavor commonly used in western food, which was very popular with local people.

After Chinese food arrived in Canada, it was also localized and improved.

Basically, Canadian cuisine has different characteristics in different provinces. The eastern provinces are deeply influenced by British food culture. Of course, the mainstream of Quebec is French food. The provinces in the western region border the United States, and they prefer beef, fish and vegetables in their diet. The northern region is close to the Inuit diet style, and there are more pickled foods; In BC province on the west coast, immigrants from Europe, Asia and the Caribbean have brought unique hometown flavor since 19 and the 20th century. All these have created the food culture in Canada today.

Some netizens in Zhihu joked that Canada has the second best Chinese food in the world. "Canada has the best food in country X, such as the best Chinese food outside China, the best Korean food outside Korea, the best Lebanese food outside Lebanon, and the best Turkish food outside Turkey ..."

Because of this, it is difficult to simply determine what Canadian food is. Former Canadian Prime Minister Joe Clark believes that Canadian cuisine is actually a collection of cuisines from all over the world and a "hodgepodge".

Montreal bacon, maple syrup, Canadian tenderloin bacon, butter pie, nanorods, gravy cheese slices.

There are 18 kinds of "Canadian 150 local classic snacks".

So, there are no specialties in Canada? On this issue, Canada's Globe and Mail once interviewed three famous people in the food industry, namely Lenore Newman, a professor in BC province and the author of Canada's Gourmet Journey, Rose Murray, the author of Canada's most popular cookbook, and Derek Dammann, a chef in Montreal and the author of Real North.

Leno Newman said that Canadians like to use wild and seasonal ingredients, which is a cooking habit in high latitudes in Canada; Ross Murray believes that the Canadian diet is full of diversity, and the eastern and western diets are very different; Derek Dammam added that Canadian food is becoming more and more vivid. Compared with many food countries in the world, Canada is still very young, but cultural diversity enables Canadians to enjoy all the food in the world.

Canadian bacon roll asparagus.

Three gourmets gave a list of "Canadian 150 local classic snacks", including 18 kinds, namely: puding (sliced cheese with gravy), maple syrup cake, cream tart, pea bacon sandwich, pea soup, nano Monet stick, thin wheat cake, crispy pie, beaver tail and pork sauce.

The number one pudding is a classic food from Quebec. Puding's practice is to add cheese pieces to French fries, then pour gravy or gravy, and sometimes add ham, sausage or salmon. Many cities in Canada hold Puding Festival every year, and there are the best Puding restaurants almost everywhere. There is a saying that you can't be a real Canadian if you haven't seen ice hockey and eaten Puding.

Puding is a national dish of Canada.

Of course, a thousand diners have a thousand definitions of "gourmet". Whether it's cheap street snacks or world-class restaurants, Canadian cuisine offers unlimited possibilities and creates more and more healthy and delicious cooking methods. Here, your taste buds will not feel numb.

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