Saskatoon berries are not related to blueberries, which they resemble. And, though thought of as a berry, a Saskatoon Berry is actually a “pome” and closer to an apple in structure. Saskatoon berry shrubs grow from Alaska down through Canada into the north-western United States. A shrub can grow from 3 feet (1 metre) to…
Canadian Food
Sunny Brook Apples
Sunny Brook are medium-sized apples. They have yellow skin covered by bright red. The taste is a balance of sweet and tart. The tree starts to produce fruit while still young, and is very hardy, but it is not always a reliable bearer. Cooking Tips For cooking; okay for fresh-eating. The flavour holds up well…
Susan Delafield Porcelain Garlic
Susan Delafield Porcelain Garlic has large, white-skinned bulbs. Inside, there will be large 8 cloves with light pink skin. The taste is sharp and hot at first, mellowing out later. Above ground, the stalks are dark green, growing up to 3 feet (1 metre) tall. Susan Delafield Porcelain belongs to the Porcelain sub-group of hardneck…
Swayzie Apples
Swayzie are small-sized, conical apples. They have golden yellow skin with patches of cinnamon-coloured russet. Inside, they have tender, crisp, aromatic flesh with rich, sprightly flavour. Late harvest. The tree is only a light bearer, so it was never popular commercially. Cooking Tips For fresh-eating. Storage Hints Stores well. History Notes Swayzie Apples originated in…
Sweet Pickled Cottage Roll
A sweet pickled cottage roll is a boneless pork shoulder butt cured (or lightly “pickled”) in a sweet brine. It is an inexpensive cut but tasty. It will taste somewhat like ham, because it’s salty.
Thanksgiving (Canada)
Thanksgiving in Canada, the 2nd Monday of October, is a long-weekend food festival to celebrate the harvest. It is largely secular and celebrated by people of most faiths and cultural origins.
Toronto Pizza
Toronto pizza is a pizza where the cheese goes under the ingredients, as a foundation, rather than on top, as a garnish, where it would melt and partially obscure the ingredients. Putting the cheese underneath reportedly doesn’t happen as a matter-of-course in the U.S. or Australia, and it reputedly doesn’t happen as much in other…
Toutons
Toutons are small pancakes made in Newfoundland (Canada) of risen, standard white bread dough that is then fried. To make Toutons, you start with ½ to 1 cup of cubed uncooked salt pork, which you pan fry until crisp. You remove the salt pork, keeping the fat in the frying pan — the cooking fat…
Victoria Day
The 24th of May is Victoria Day, celebrating Queen Victoria’s birthday. It marks the unofficial opening to the summer foods season.
Wagon Wheels
Wagon Wheels © Denzil Green Wagon Wheels are a chocolate-coated cookie and marshmallow sandwich sold with packaging that has a Wild West theme. Some have compared them to Smore’s. There is a top and bottom biscuit layer, with mallow in the middle holding them together, then the whole thing is coated in chocolate. The soft…
Wild Rice
Wild rice, in the sense that North Americans know it, is not a true rice. It’s actually the seed of an annual water grass (Zizania aquatica) which is native to North America.
Yukon Gold Potatoes
The Yukon Gold potato is sold as an all-purpose potato with thick yellow skin with pink eyes and yellow flesh. This colour, plus its creamy taste, gives the illusion that it has already been buttered. They are slightly sweeter than many other potatoes as their sugar content is a bit higher. There are other yellow-fleshed…