What are some Canadian and North American traditional food? And can a moose be eaten?

Answer 1

What traditions?

Canada (as far as I know) leans towards UK and French cooking traditions. The USA includes those and many others like German, Italian, and Mexican (and about a bazillion others).

I guess hamburgers, hotdogs, fried chicken, and corn on the cob are some USA staples. I haven't spent enough time outside the US to come back and be surprised by the foods here that I can't get overseas, but I always missed having a good US burger.

Moose? Sure, and also bear, elk, rabbit, deer, pheasant, duck, goose, squirrel, crayfish, lobster, clams, oysters, bison...

Answer 2

Moose isn't too bad, a little tough though. Buffalo is much better! We eat a lot of salmon where I'm from (British Columbia - west coast) Lots of seafood too. Canadian food tends to be very similar to American food, we don't have as many fast food places though. No Jack-In-Box, Sonic or In-and -Out Burger.
It also depends whereabouts in Canada, there are many different regions with lots of different people.

Answer 3

Well, I'm from Newfoundland and we eat things that the rest of Canada probably doesn't. Such as fish and brewis and scrunchins, steamed pudding, salt meat with jiggs dinner, flipper pie. Granted, I have never eaten some of this b/c it looks and sounds gross, but most newfies love this stuff. I do like the steamed pudding though, especially blueberry and partridgeberry. Moose can be eaten, but It's kind of fatty. Caribou is much nicer, especially done up in a stew. It's leaner and doesn't have such a gamey taste.

Answer 4

Canada is alot like the states, you will find that all provinces in Canada eat different foods. For instance, Fish n brews is popular in Newfoundland, but not in Ontario. Sushi is more popular in bigger cities such as Vancouver BC, and Toronto ON. Poutine(french fries, gravy and cheese curds) are popular in Ontario and Quebec. Food in Canada is determined by the wide range of cultures. I own a restaurant and served 'comfort foods', which the small town locals seem to like, but someone lets say in Toronto would not. I find Caribou meat to be tastier than Moose meat

Answer 5

I just shot a moose a week ago. If prepared properly it's some of the best meat you will eat. I usually roast mine. You must first lard it with bacon. Several insertions about 2 inches deep into the meat, then stuff with bacon. I can give a recipe if you want.


1-4 lbs. moose roast
3-4 strips bacon
1 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. ground cloves
1 tsp. dry mustard
4 tbsp. brown sugar
2 1/2 cups water
1/2 cup white wine vinegar
2 tbsp. chopped onions
3 tbsp. flour
1 cup cranberry juice
1 cup milk
Remove fat from moose and wipe well with clean cloth.
Lard the roast as follows - cut bacon into 2" strips, pierce the roast with a sharp knife at 2 " interval and insert bacon into holes - place roast into glass or earthenware bowl .
Mix the following ingredients and pour over roast.
Cover and marinate roast for 24 to 48 hours in the refrigerator.
Turn roast often if marinate does not cover completely.
Marinade - salt, pepper, cinnamon, cloves, mustard, brown sugar, water and vinegar -remove roast from marinade and place in covered roaster at 350 degrees for approximately 1 hour
Add onion flakes, cranberry juice and continue cooking roast until tender, approximately 1 more hour
When cooked, remove from pan to hot platter.
Add flour to pan drippings and cook for 5 minutes
Add milk, stirring constantly until gravy is desired thickness.
* Taken from Northern Cookbook by Eleanor A. Ellis
I've been using this recipe for years. It's really good !!!

Answer 6

Most Canadians draw from their heritage for food ideas as well as watch cooking shows and trade recipes just as I'd imagine you do. Each province has its speciality crops as well, I'm from Ontario where we grow lots of potatoes, soy beans, grains as well as various fruit crops:apples and blueberries, peaches especially.Still in Ontario, is the Niagara Falls area where many tree fruits: apples, peaches, pears, cherries as well as grapes for the wine making industry, Growing up our Sunday dinners would be something like roast beef, mashed potatoes and gravy and maybe a side dish of corn, not unlike your Sunday dinners I'd guess. Not everyone in Canada eats wild game, but there are families who hunt some time geese, ducks, deer meat , rabbit as well as fish in the summer during season:Trout ,perch etc.In more northern regions I'm sure moose is consumed, I really don't know since there are hunting laws in place and we don't all run around with guns shooting indescriminately.It's some times frustrating to Canadians that people from other countries think of Canada as a frozen northland populated by Indians and Eskimoes who live in igloos and travel by snow shoe. We have 4 seasons , just the same as a lot of places in the world, we have computers and televisions etc....Sorry I went off, but we are required in our schools to know about other countries but the same can't be said about other countries knowing about us.

Answer 7

Canadian dishes?! i think they are about the same as regular american food.. Moose can be eaten.

Answer 8

Lumping "North u.s." into one foodstuff group is oversimplifying. we've many areas, all of that have incredible and complicated cuisines that at the instant are not incredibly "too undemanding" to prepare dinner. At fifty one, i'm, nonetheless perfecting my strategies. i'm southern, so dishes that immediatly are evoked are gumbo, rooster and dumplings, southern fried rooster, grimy rice, crawfish etouffe, shrimp po' boys, fried catfish and hush puppies, oysters rockefeller, crab muffins. The north east has pizza (not an Italian advent, you be conscious of), bagels, clam chowders, and lobster bakes. Virginia ham takes 3 days to coach exact. Tex Mex is a international remote from authentic South American cooking. Chuck wagon cooking over an open hearth is an paintings sort. Take your p.c..; they're all incredible.

Answer 9

moose can be eaten but it is a very tough and grainy meat. Slow cooking would be the best with suttle seasonings.... great flavor if done right

Answer 10

Poutine and Maple Syrup :-)