Canada is a country that is home to various culinary cultures. Most Canadians eat a lot. Furthermore, Canadian cuisine is the result of multiculturalism. If you want to discover Canada, this guide is for you. Find out what we eat in Canada.
What are the eating habits in Canada?
Canadians generally eat at all hours. As proof, food courts and fast foods are always packed. Below are the eating habits of Canadians:
- In general, they have breakfast on the go, in the car, at work and especially with a coffee bought outside;
- Workers eat their lunches in front of their computers;
- For children in school, they eat snacks and cold food. Also, even during negative temperatures, schools do not have a canteen. As a result, parents pack a lunch box for their children every day;
- Family dinners are between 5:30 pm and 6 pm for Canadians.
Finally, the whole family spends the afternoon eating in front of the television. In addition, the meals are called in another way, we say: we have lunch, we have dinner, we have dinner.
What are the Canadian specialties?
As Canada is a multicultural country, various restaurants of all cuisines are present there. In fact, we eat everything in Canada. We can find :
- Maple syrup ;
- maple cracker;
- Pizza ;
- The poutine of course;
In Canada they also eat other dishes such as: perogies, ravioli, etc. Also, every city no matter its size has a Chinese restaurant that offers a Chinese-American menu. Canadians also inherit Aboriginal culture. They eat bannock, the traditional bread, buffalo meat, etc. These are also very common in most restaurants. They serve them on burgers.
Caribou is also offered in Canadian restaurants, but for health reasons the meat is not marketed. To get it, restaurants will need to meet a hunter to get the game.
In April in Quebec, Canadians go to a sugar shack for maple cookies with maple syrup.
How to prepare maple cookies?
A typical Canadian dish, you are probably wondering how to prepare maple cookies? Find the recipe below:
Ingredients :
For the cookies, you will need:
- 810 ml of non-white flour;
- 2.5 ml of baking powder;
- 250 ml soft unsalted butter;
- 250 ml of maple and granulated sugar;
- 125 ml of maple syrup;
- Leche ;
- Great maple sugars.
For the maple filling:
- 310 ml of warm maple butter;
- 125 ml of icing sugar;
- 75 ml soft unsalted butter.
Preparations:
Cookie preparation:
- First, place the rack in the very center of the oven;
- Preheat the oven to 180°C;
- Next, line both cookie sheets with parchment paper:
- Mix flour, baking powder in a bowl, then set aside;
- Next, beat the butter with the maple sugar with an electric mixer in another bowl;
- Then add the maple syrup and beat until smooth;
- Use wooden spoon to incorporate flour mixture;
- Form the 4 disks with the dough and wrap them in plastic film;
- Then, refrigerate everything for 30 minutes;
- Flour your work surface, then roll out the dough and disk at the same time to a thickness of about 3mm;
- Cut out cookies with 5.5mm cookie cutter;
- Make ridges in each cookie with knife to mimic maple leaf;
- Continue placing the cookies on the plate little by little;
- Finally, cook in the oven, one sheet at a time for 8 to 10 minutes, the cookies will be ready when they are golden brown;
- Let cool.
For the maple filling, mix all ingredients together and set aside. Pour them at the time of consumption.
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