Above is my cultural heritage: paternal on the left and maternal on the right.
Cr = Cree
Cz = Czech
D = Dutch
E = English
F = French
G = German
Sc = Scottish
I have a little Spanish in there that goes way back, and I may have Danish but have been unable to confirm that yet.
I’ve been doing a little research about historical food lately, and I find that the food we eat often represents how we interpret the priority of different elements of our heritage. So what sorts of ethnic foods do you eat on holidays?
St. Patrick’s Day: corned beef, cabbage, and soda bread.
Candelmas/Imbolc: crepes; colcannon, sausage, and salad
Sinterklass: roast, cabbage, mashed potatoes, pea soup, carrots
Curry goat, curry chicken, bammy, stew beef soup, rice and peas, carrot juice, jerk chicken, steamed fish, stew fish, roast fish, roast corn, crayfish, crabs now I’m home sick and hungry.
That was not funny Brock
Now he’s got me thinking about pirogi!
How can English be an ethnicity and Canadian can’t? Or maybe Canadian can be, but it doesn’t apply to you?
Because my ancestors didn’t come from Canada.
Anytime we fix something with duct tape, wear shorts in the snow, enjoy a check on the ice, or reminisce about the giant hoe – aren’t we all Canadian?
hey Kim how come you didn’t write down traditional french food meals?
Traditional French feels like haute cuisine, not folk food.
Well, I did mention crêpes on Candlemas, but good point. I do eat tourtières at Christmas. I can’t think of other French foods I eat on holidays.
pea soup, buche de Noel, butter tarts, head cheese, tarte au sucre,
At which holidays do I eat those?
(I mentioned pea soup for Sinterklaas, but that’s a Dutch dish in that case)
at Christmas
I don’t eat any of those things at Christmas.
what??? What kind of French Canadian are you?? I raised you better then that!
The kind who is also Scottish, Czech, Cree, English, Dutch, and German.
oh puhlease :) You have to be French Canadian FIRST then fill up on the rest :)