Happy Bird Day
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posted by Robbymac at
10:26 AM
2 Comments:
Hey Robbymac and co,
pumpkinpie?? sounds not too bad
Are you sure about that 'traditional'??? Somebody very dear to me, told me that the only traditional Canadian food (which would probably stay in Canada for ever, never to leave to conquer the world) was something with fried potatoes (they call it French, but I'm not sure about that), cheese and gravy....???? Ah, well, whatever. Poor us on that other side of the ocean, we wish you a very tastefull bird-day and wish we were there to learn some of the recipes.
With lots of love,
Miss Freak & co
Ah, the word you are looking for, my freakin' awesome Dutchwoman, is poutine. It's French Canadian in origin, and is wonderfully delicious but a veritable feast of doom for the cardiovascular system. :)
Here is an actual event, televised in Canada, taken from the Wikipedia entry on poutine:
"In an election 2000 segment, Rick Mercer of the television series This Hour Has 22 Minutes convinced then-Governor of Texas George W. Bush that Canada's Prime Minister, Jean Chrétien, was named Jean Poutine and that he was supporting Bush's candidacy. A few years later when Bush made his first official visit to Canada, he joked during a speech, 'There's a prominent citizen who endorsed me in the 2000 election, and I wanted a chance to finally thank him for that endorsement. I was hoping to meet Jean Poutine.' The remark was met with laughter and applause."
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