Is it true? Canadians are FANTASTIC cooks!! How about sharing some of your recipes for the PTO Cookbook!!!!

Cheffie

I can't cook worth sh*t..
Canadians are great LOVERS though.. now I can tell ya about this hehehe..

Where? Where's the fantastic cook? Nope must be mistaken.....not here. I know where there is one..but he's in prison.

French Canadian meat pie(tortier SP)
1 pound lean ground pork
1/2 pound lean ground beef
1 onion, diced
1 clove garlic, minced
1/2 cup water
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme, crushed
1/4 teaspoon ground sage
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
1 recipe pastry for a 9 inch double crust pie

1 Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
2 In a saucepan, combine pork, beef, onion, garlic, water, salt, thyme, sage, black pepper and cloves. Cook over medium heat until mixture boils; stirring occasionally. Reduce heat to low and simmer until meat is cooked, about 5 minutes.
3 Spoon the meat mixture into the pie crust. Place top crust on top of pie and pinch edges to seal. Cut slits in top crust so steam can escape. Cover edges of pie with strips of aluminum foil.
4 Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes, remove foil and return to oven. Bake for an additional 15 to 20 minutes until golden brown. Let cool 10 minutes before slicing.


Makes 8 servings

I can't cook either but I will find some cool recieps for you from my mom!!

This thread made me curious, because I've got to say in that all my years of voracious eating and relentless restaurant patrol, I've never heard of anyone going out for "Canadian food"! In fact, the only Canadian food I've ever heard of is Canadian bacon! Just what kind of food DO y'all EaT??!

Canadians eat basically what Americans eat except for some regional differences- like Dragon1975's recipe for Tourtiere -a Quebec favorite. (And French-Canadians also like Poutine which is a cheese sauce on french-fries -maybe also gravy-not sure) and the East Coasters like cod cakes. I don't think people in Ontario have any particular favorites though- can't think of any anyway.

Mmm.. Poutine. Now I'm hungry and want some.

pea soup too hehehee

Pea soup - how could I have forgotten about pea soup? Delicious- someone should submit their favourite pea soup recipe for the cookbook- great idea!

Hey everyone.... I laughed when I read your posts.... Cheffie ask me to say "pea soup sounds good... did you email your recipe to me yet?"

mrs

I just emailed a pea-soup recipe to Cheffie. Very simple, economical and nutritious.

THANK YOU!!! You will recieve an entry for the contest... What contest???

Watch for announcements... WIN PRIZES for submitting recipes!

cheffie

The contest is a great idea! Is there a limit to the number of recipes we can submit or is it one entry per person?