Canadian Folk!

[Nutsy]

My DS 14 has a home economics assignment to do on an International Cultural Cuisine & he has tentativley decided on Canada. With Canada having a French Province as well as British, we feel he would need to cover both aspects as they both make up the country of Canada.

He needs to know....

How people select, prepare, cook & consume food
Clothing
Shelter
Special events......eg. births, marriages, deaths, birthdays, anniversaries, special ceremonies


Availability of food & other resources
Cultural beliefs, ideas & traditions
Financial restraints (economy)
Technological infulences
Religion
Any other aspect relevant to the country or culture


He also need to choose two dishes to prepare that is suitable for buffet service. One is to be a main course & the other a dessert.

I thought perhaps a main from the British side a dessert from the French.

Any help anyone can give us would be much appreciated.

Also, if anyone knows of a good site where we could print out a flag from, it would be much apreciated.

Thanks heaps in advance.

Any info, no matter how little or big all helps.

 

[epcotfan]

You might want to post this on the Canadian board. You'll probably get more responses there.

 

[Nutsy]

Thanks............didn't even know one existed.....I'll do that tho.

 

[cabmom]

Nutsy, come to the Canadian Board for help!

My son is in French Immersion which means they speak French all day in class. We just had a Soiree and we had to bring Pea Soup. So that could be your French main dish. How about anything with Maple Syrup for a desert?


Check out this site:
http://www.ocanada.ca/people/

http://emily.icomm.ca/

Hope this is of some help!

Marilynn

 

[DSNY FN]

Poutine big time french dish.

 

[#1 Disney Fan]

Hello from Manitoba!

Gotta say... Canada is a great choice!

In terms of all of your questions, I could rattle on for pages, but I found this link which contains specific answers to a whole bunch of the topics:

http://www.canadainfolink.ca/teach.htm

If you scroll down there are a ton of links on there (and links off of the links), for instance #7 is population by religion, listing the percentage of population belonging to each major religion in Canada.

There is so much information off of that site, but of course using Google you can find virtually any information you want. One thing to note is that Canada is a very multi-cultural country. Canada is very diverse.

Also, because of the immense size of the country, it spans multiple climates. Winter here is brutal, but in BC for instance it is much less severe. Clothing etc is based upon this. In the winter we wear winter jackets/parkas, boots, gloves/mitts, hats, scarves etc when outside, but in Vancouver BC this would not be needed as much. And then much further up North in Nunavut or the Yukon for instance... brrrrrr!

As for shelter... we live in igloos of course. LOL... no... houses, townhouses and apartments much like the US.

Many food possibilities... one idea would be Nanaimo Bars for dessert. (Thought to be named after Nanaimo, BC, Canada).

Try Google for a flag... lots of choices.

I have to go study... have fun with the project!

 

[Nutsy]

Wow thanks so much #1 Disney Fan & cabmom.


I have to go out now, but will check these out when I get back.

Here we were thinking it was going to be difficult, with Cananda having a French conneciton as well.

 

[faithinkarma]

Poutine big time french dish.

I miss Poutine

First time someone described it to me I thought " you gotta be kidding" .........but made with real french fries, the ones made from real potatoes, and with the right sauce, it is to die for.

 

[DSNY FN]

My mom maes a great cae called Queen Elizabeth Cake my grandma taught her how to make it when she was younger. It was a recipe that my grandmas mom taught her so ya my great grandma. I can get it for you if you like. Also being a colony somewhat still in Canada and if you want a british dish try fish and chips done up right and wrap them in newsprint lie they do in Britian.

 

[Micheme]

Hi Nutsy

Just wanted to pass along a recipe for maybe the dessert.... Nunfarts..... Now i am sure you are thinking that is gross but bear with me.

Nunfarts or Petitsouers are french canadian cookies made out of pastry dough. They were born out of a way to use left over pie pastry.

The cookies are rolled like a jelly roll inbetween layers of pastry dough with butter, brown sugar and cinnamon slapped on. Then they are cut and baked onto a cookie sheet

So if you looking for something easy, pm me and i'll send you a traditional french canadian cookie recipe.

yummmy i want to make some now
Micheme

 

[faithinkarma]

Hi Ontario, former Quebecer here......it is not "petitsoeurs" which is little sisters...it is "pets de soeur" ( I have no idea how to spell it ) which literally means nuns' farts.

My mom used to make them all the time, whenever she had left over dough, but she called them rollie pollies. The first time I heard them called by their frech name I almost wet my pants.

And yes Nutsy, they are easy to make and delicious. Also it would be simple to make enough for 30 people to sample.

 

[Micheme]

FaiThinkarma


Opps i failed french 101, since this is a handed down recipe, no instructions except in my noggin i wasn't sure of the spelling, little sister sounded good to me.

I am so wanting to make these, do you want me to mail you some. YUMMY

micheme