I’m from Canada, no really I am! But more importantly I’m in Calgary. Yeehaa! Yahoo! For 355 days of the year we eat beef. Alot of beef. I think I eat beef in some form 5 days a week, often multiple times that day. For some reason, beefs gotten cheaper lately, I wonder why?
As for the other 10 days of the year. . . Free pancakes and sausage for breakfast and then for the rest of the day, cotton candy and our specialty, those little mini donuts.
Did I mention all the beef we eat?
On a culinary side note, anyone else eaten ostriche? It tastes a lot like . . . beef! In fact my grandfather raises ostriches. They’re good but man are they dumb they make cows look smart.
Well, I have to say that my favourite ever food is Indian. There are a multitude of Indian Restaurants in Bath, so I am quite spoilt for choice. I really don’t like the ‘traditional English Curry’ that you might be served in a non-Indian restarant, though - it has to be ‘proper’.
That is a special treat. Typically in a week I will have pasta a couple of times, a chinese or fish and chips takeaway once or twice, vegi-sausages or vegetables in bread crumbs (ready frozen) a couple of times. Sometimes I have pizza. Sometimes I cook a curry from a jar with pappodoms and naan bread to accompany it (using quorn instead of meat). Very occasionally I do a traditional English roast, but I am very fussy about the source of my meat, and it tends to be expensive when I do buy it.
I don’t normally have breakfast, but if I do it would be cornflakes/rice crispies or toast. For lunch I normally have home-made sandwiches at work (often marmite or cheese).
WHAT?!!??! HAGELSLAG?!?!?!? How is that traditional Dutch food?!?! ITS JUST BREAD WITH A CRAPLOAD OF SPRINKLES ON IT!
Sorry, just couldn’t stand it.
EDIT:
Well my fav. non-healthy foods would have to be these great hot dogs from this little place near my house, or mozzarella sticks…Mmm, mozzarella sticks…
My fav. umm somewhat not healthy food I guess would be pizza, cept I only like plain cheese. I eat almost everything plain, I only like plain chips, never use ketchep or mustard on a hotdog or burger, no catsup on fries… All those things just take away from the true flavor of whatever your eating…
I too am from Canada: Raging Canadian is right, there is a LOT of beef here
What’s for dinner? is answered with “beef!” “Pork!” or “Chicken!”
Vegetarians eat a lot of Tofu, and often pretend it’s beef pork or chicken.
We also really like pasta-ish things, spaghetti, pesto, fettachini, (sorry about the spelling!). Most people eat quite a lot of junk food, fast food exc.
Cant say that Canadians have the most interesting food around. It’s not our strong poind
The one and only original Belgian fries! I guess everyone knows those
Belgian chocolate (Leonidas, Pralinette, Callebaut, Côte d’Or, Nirvana…)
Belgian beer (Palm, Stella Artois, Jupiler, Hoegaerden, Haacht, Duvel, Cristal, Grimbergen, Orval, Chimay, Ciney, Kriek, Westmalle, Leffe, Gueuze,… shall I name them all? (+400 labels) )
Brussels sprouts, nougat, coffee (Douwe Egberts, Jacqmotte), waffles, Belgian endives, mussels, waterzooi, +200 cheeses, anguilles au vert, tomate aux crevettes, carbonades flamandes,…
A favuorite here in Australia is Kangaroo meat wrapped in dampa which is like a bread topped off with gravy. Widgedy grubs are optional with the meat and sometimes croc meat is acceptable, mainly only out in rural areas.
I eat pizza and chips and pretty much the most unhealthy foods you can possibly think of, and all i drink is soda or uhh…alcoholica beverages. Lucky for me I have a fast motabolism, and i skateboard till I’m ready to pass-out everyday. The typical america teenage diet, that’s why so many people here are fat, cause we have such bad eating habits.
Lets see… these are typical “schwäbisch” (swabian, southern germany) ones.
1.Maultaschen & Potato Salad
Maultaschen -> Look like huge raviolis filled with a mixture of meat and vegetables
Sauerkraut & Potato cream or Sauerkraut & Schupfnudeln
Sauerkraut -> “Kraut” in vinegar
Schupfnudeln -> Kind of thick noodles, you don´t cook them in water but fry them in a pan
3.Bretzel
I think you know the word, but our bretzels are differen´t from those that you know. I think american bretzels are more like crackers, ours are like bread.
And beer of course
I think we also have quite good chocolate, although not as famous as the chocolate from switzerland
We are quite fond of meat, but not as much as the french
Fish is very seldom eaten
We eat Sauerkraut here too, and we often put sliced pieces of hot dogs in it and call it “Sauerkraut and Weenies” It’s usually ate as a side dish with a meat focused dinner.
I’ve never heard of “Maultaschen” but it sounds delicious!! Mmmm, raviolis! I don’t really care for potato salad though, but it’s served here very often.
I also think American’s spell and pronounce their “Bretzels” as “Pretzels”
YES! Germany has good chocolate!! I have a tin of Gernman Chocolates I got a few days ago. I think the company is called “Stoilwerck.” I don’t usually like many sweets or candy, but I have already ate half of the tin!
But what is more usual here is probably:
Fishballs"made out of fishmeat ", all kinds of other flavors of fish, Meatcakes
and even whalebeef"some hate us for that"
I noticed that as well! A few years ago there was an explosion of culture (or something), and every mall in the country opened at least 1 sushi place. I can’t say I hate the stuff, but it’s unusual to see it appear so quickly.
I wouldn’t say Kangaroo was eaten commonly here. Well, at least not anywhere I’ve ever lived. I had it once (novelty dinner at the state show one year), but I don’t recall it being particularly different to a lot of other more common meat.
A popular style of food here is barbecue. It seems standing around outdoors burning various kinds of meat while you’re distracted by your mates with a beer in your hand is something of a tradition. It also requires a lot of effort, and I’m not a huge fan of the outdoors. So, I generally eat things that require 5 minutes in the microwave.
I hear meat pies aren’t too common in other countries. I suppose that surprised me a little, given how popular they are here. It’s just standard pie pastry with mince beef inside - how can you go wrong with that?
Is meat pies like Shepards Pie, Chicken Pot Pie, or Turkey Pot Pie? If so, we eat a good bit of meat pies. It’s usually during special occasions or on good nights. My favorite is Sherpards Pie, but a good home made chicken pot pie is great too!
hmm… well they are kinda smaller… like serving sized pie… big as your hand…
and they are like sold everywhere… in some weird places like sydney and adelaid … they have these things i think they are called pie floater or something… meat pie … in like mash pea kinda soup thing… never tried it…
HAGELSLAG?!?!?!? How is that traditional Dutch food?!?! ITS JUST BREAD WITH A CRAPLOAD OF SPRINKLES ON IT!
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Mmmm, raviolis! I don’t really care for potato salad though, but it’s served here very often.
