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Post by braided-rug on Apr 22, 2008 14:09:36 GMT 10
linda has gratiously agreed to be our Chef of the Week next week. It will start on Friday this week.
Please put your thinking caps on in the meantime about what you would like to ask linda about her family's food loves.
New members are welcome to join in and be a Chef of the Week, please pm me if you would like that.
The first questions will be posted here Friday Australian time or thereabouts for answering later.
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Post by braided-rug on Apr 26, 2008 10:49:09 GMT 10
Thank you also to Kayla who will be our chef next week. I apologise for being slightly late.
linda I hope this isn't a hard question. How do you find food shopping after your move. Did you have to alter your recipes or rather cook different dishes?
Are there any American styled foods that you enjoy?
Do you like to eat sandwiches for lunch?
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Post by braided-rug on Apr 26, 2008 11:20:17 GMT 10
Ooh, what is your favourite tea & chocolate?
These are hard questions, I hope someone has some easier ones for you!
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Post by linda on Apr 26, 2008 11:39:25 GMT 10
linda I hope this isn't a hard question. How do you find food shopping after your move. Did you have to alter your recipes or rather cook different dishes?That's a great question! Food shopping here is a lot different than it was in Ontario. Food is much more expensive here. Like for an example --- bananas --- in Ontario we paid .49/lb here they are .89/lb. Where we lived in Ontario, it was a farming area where a lot of vegetables, fruits, meats were produced. That meant a lot of selection of really fresh items at a relatively cheap price. Here in Newfoundland, the soil is not as conducive and the growing season is a lot shorter, so a lot of the food must be trucked here. Newfoundland is an island which takes 6 hours by ferry to get here from the mainland. Then we are on the other side of the island, which is another 900 kms after the truck lands here. It's not that the food is bad here, it's just in Ontario the things that were produced there were really good. A much shorter time from field to store as compared to here. Some things that couldn't be grown there had to be imported too, just like here. It's amazing to me to see where and how far away some of our food actually comes from. I haven't had to alter any of my recipes as I would say everything is still available here. It's just a matter of us deciding if some things are worth the extra price, if that makes sense. Also, here they eat a lot more fish/seafood, because it is easily accessible. In Ontario, we could get it but it had to be trucked there, so it wasn't as fresh and more expensive. So we have changed our diet some, trying to take advantage of the locally produced types of foods. Are there any American styled foods that you enjoy?~~Hmmm.....I'm not sure that our Canadian styled foods are different than American ones as our cultures have a lot of similarities. So, I enjoy things like hamburgers, pizza, french fries, pastas, roast beef, turkey, chicken, vegetables and of course all kinds of desserts. oohhh....and I can't forget Chocolate!! ;D Do you like to eat sandwiches for lunch?~~I love sandwiches for lunch, things like egg salad, ham, turkey, salmon, grilled cheese etc. I love different breads, buns etc.
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Post by linda on Apr 26, 2008 11:49:31 GMT 10
Ooh, what is your favourite tea & chocolate? I'm not real adventurous when it comes to tea. I enjoy orange pekoe and mint tea the best. To be honest I am a die hard coffee drinker and drink a lot of that. I'm not sure how it's set up in other countires....but here in Canada we have a lot of Coffee shops (Tim Horton's is big....most people refer to it as "Timmies" ;D) and we frequent the drive through window a lot. ;D Mmmmmm chocolate......how much time do I have? ;D LOL I guess my favourite kind of chocolate is milk chocolate and prefer the pure chocolates best--- like Belgian or Swiss. I don't care for the cheaper chocolates nearly as much. Dark chocolate is ok (I would never turn it down )
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Post by braided-rug on Apr 26, 2008 12:20:22 GMT 10
By American I suppose I mean those unusual things like maybe sloppy joes, all those things that I hadn't heard of until recently. Are there any that you have come across on the net? Maybe in Canada you don't heard of them usually same as us. Thanks for your description of Newfoundland, I think I understand better now. Do you eat those bars that are a Canadian homemade specialty? www.joyofbaking.com/NanaimoBars.html
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Post by linda on Apr 26, 2008 12:26:00 GMT 10
By American I suppose I mean those unusual things like maybe sloppy joes, all those things that I hadn't heard of until recently. Are there any that you have come across on the net? Maybe in Canada you don't heard of them usually same as us. Thanks for your description of Newfoundland, I think I understand better now. Do you eat those bars that are a Canadian homemade specialty? www.joyofbaking.com/NanaimoBars.htmlOh yes....we eat sloppy joes here, although I don't because I don't care for them but they are common place here. I think most people like them. Mmmmm.....Nanaimo Bars....are to died for!! They are soooo good but really rich (and unfortunately too many calories ) but I still love them!
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Post by braided-rug on Apr 26, 2008 12:32:17 GMT 10
I didn't want to hassle you too much about Canadian foods, but can't help myself. I just remembered one thing that my son found I think called poutine. I guess you have regional dishes like the States. Not sure if we in Australia have that although those in Queensland would use more tropical fruit.
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Post by linda on Apr 26, 2008 12:42:42 GMT 10
I didn't want to hassle you too much about Canadian foods, but can't help myself. I just remembered one thing that my son found I think called poutine. I guess you have regional dishes like the States. Not sure if we in Australia have that although those in Queensland would use more tropical fruit. Oh no.....no worries ---- you aren't hassling me at all -- not a bit. I too find it interesting about what other countries/cultures do etc. I'm glad that you are asking about specific foods because I don't really think of these things on my own to mention them but can comment when asked about them. I am familiar with poutine. I'm fairly sure that's a meal that originated in Quebec (which is our french speaking province). Poutine is french fries, covered/smothered in gravy and melted cheese. I don't eat it....to me the thought of it sounded awful. But it is common here and my dc have had it. Not very often mind you (because I don't think it's too healthy but once in awhile for a treat they can have. So maybe they've had it 5 or 6 times). One time when they were having it, I did try one......it tasted better than I thought it would....but I still don't eat it. Just can't get by the thought of it. We do have regional dishes here in Canada. Like those Nanimo Bars are named after a city in British Columbia.....but they are popular all over the country.
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Post by braided-rug on Apr 26, 2008 14:05:00 GMT 10
What kind of meats would you typically pick up at the supermarket?
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Post by linda on Apr 26, 2008 19:53:48 GMT 10
What kind of meats would you typically pick up at the supermarket? Beef (ground beef or roast beef), Chicken, Pork Chops, sometimes bacon, weiners, ham. I grew up on a beef farm and so I still eat a lot of that today.
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Post by braided-rug on Apr 26, 2008 22:00:13 GMT 10
I heard from a man here once that his daughter lives in Canada and their stoves are larger. Do you think that is true?
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Post by linda on Apr 27, 2008 2:12:07 GMT 10
I'm not too sure about that --- let's see my stove measures
90 cm high (from the floor to the cook top)
75 cm wide
65 cm deep
Linda
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Post by violet on Apr 27, 2008 17:39:42 GMT 10
Linda, is yours a cool climate? Do you eat predominantly hot meals? I'm asking because over here it's VERY hot in summer so meals have a definite seasonal pattern to them. There are many days when it's just too hot to have the oven on at all.
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Post by linda on Apr 27, 2008 20:21:06 GMT 10
Good morning, Violet,
We have (or can have) very cold winters. In Ontario, which is south central Canada, the temps were more extreme than they are here on the east coast.
The winters were much colder and the summers were a lot hotter. It could get -30 degrees C but that was extreme) a 'normal winter' day would be around -10. In the summers, it would be very humid with temps around 35 and with the humidity figured in, it would be over 40. That was hot for us.
Here in NL, the temps are more moderate, with winter temps being around -5 to the -10 range and summers getting up to +20s.
That being said, we did have a definite seasonal pattern to our meals. As you said, some days it was just too hot to have the stove/oven on so we either ate cold meals (salads and such, although my dc didn't like too much of these) or else use the BBQ. When it was so warm, we just didn't feel like eating very much.
Winters, we eat mostly hot meals.
Linda
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