Top ten canadian food!

If you’ve got a healthy appetite andyou wantto learn about the typical fromCanada, here you are the top 10 Canadian foods you’ve got to try:

1- Poutine

It isa kind of dish called poutine, a Quebec staple that’s a melange of greasy thick-cut fries, squeaky cheese curds and warm peppery gravy.

2- Smoked meat

Smoked meat originated in Jewish delis in Montreal, and it became so popular that the city became known for its coveted smoked meat sandwiches (served warm, on rye bread, with a bit of mustard and a dill pickle on the side).

3- Nanaimo Bars

Named after the city in BC, Nanaimo bars have layers upon layers of sugary goodness – first a thick crumb crust, then a layer of vanilla frosting or custard, and then it’s topped with melted chocolate.

4- Dill pickle chips

Americans eat ranch, in England they snack on roasted chicken flavoured chips, and Canadians love their tangy home-grown dill pickle chips.

5- May West

It consist a round cake with a creamy center enrobed in chocolate. Can’t get much better than that!

6- Maple syrup

Sure, maple syrup may be in pantries across the globe, but this yummy concoction was first discovered and used by Native Americans in north-eastern North America, so Canadians will gladly take credit for making maple syrup a sweet staple.

7- Labatt Blue

It may seem strange to have a beer on a top 10 Canadian foods’ list, but when suds are their own food group in a country, you can’t deny acknowledging Canada’s favourite local brew.

8- Tourtiere

Tourtiere, which is a Christmas dinner staple on the tables’ of Quebeckers, is a meat pie often made with ground pork, veal or beef.

9- Beaver tails

A whole wheat pastry is flattened to resemble a beaver tail and is cooked by “floating” on top of hot oil. Then they remove it, slather it with butter, and add your favourite toppings (the classic is sweet cinnamon sugar).

10- Tim Horton’s iced cap

You know summer has arrived when you see Canadians across the country clutching their frosty, creamy Tim Horton’s iced caps, a blend of Tim’s signature coffee, cream (or milk), and ice.

Canadian Anthem

''O canada'' is the official anthem of Canada. The song was a poem composed by the poet Sir Adolphe-Basile Routhier and Calixa Lavalée wrote the music as a setting of this French Canadian poem. Originally the song was commissioned by Lieutenant governor of Quebev Theodore Robitaille for the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day ceremony on 1880. The original letters were written in French and were translated into English in 1906 but the most popular version in English was written by Robert Stanley Weir in 1908 but this is not a literal translation of the French version. 

The letters for the two versions of ‘’O Canada’’ (English and French) were established by The Crown in Council.

Official English Version

O Canada!
Our home and native land!
True patriot love in all thy sons command.
With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The True North strong and free!
From far and wide,
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
God keep our land glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

Official French Version

Ô Canada!
Terre de nos aïeux,
Ton front est ceint de fleurons glorieux!
Car ton bras sait porter l'épée,
Il sait porter la croix!
Ton histoire est une épopée
Des plus brillants exploits.
Et ta valeur, de foi trempée,
Protégera nos foyers et nos droits.
Protégera nos foyers et nos droits.

      The Maple Leaf Flag 

The official colors of Canada were proclaimed in 1921 by King George V, white stands for peace and honesty and red for bravery and strength.But it will be only in 1945 that the Maple flag will replace forever the Union flag which had been it's official flag for years.The emblem on the Canadian flag pictures a stylized maple leaf which is centered in the white square.The  maple leaf has served as a symbol celebrating the nature and environment of what is now Canada since the 18th century.

The maple tree is native to Canada and has been used as food by the aboriginal inhabitants of Canada since ancient times.It has been a symbol of the Canadian land and people since the 18th Century.

Red and white were later associated with France and England during the period of the Crusades,these colors became very a very important symbol for the Knights who were wearing crosses on their tunics and flags.

The french name of the flag is "l'Unifolie" which means the one-leaved.Canada was claimed french in 1534, and the first flags used in the colony were French military flags such as the fleur-de-lis. The Union Jack became Canada's flag after it was ceded to Britain in the 1760s. In the 1870s Canada adopted a flag which featured the Union Jack and the Royal Arms of Canada. The Canadian people began searching for a design of a distinctive flag free of British symbols in 1925. However, a design was not selected until 1964.

The french military flag flour-de-lis 1534

The Union Jack flag 1760

                         

Union Jack and the Royal Arms of Canada 1870

                                                   

The Maple Flag 1945

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