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John Byrne
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... the cashier said "aboot", and since I heard it just 5 minutes after walking across the bridge from New York, and I wondered - does the accent really kick in so quickly? Of course I have no idea how far away the lady lived from there.••• The heavy “aboot” sound is more of a Down East thing, eh? Further West it’s more like “aboat”.
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Neil Lindholm
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I ordered white vinegar with my fries in a Chinese hotel. The waiting staff could not figure out why I wanted vinegar so when they came back with my vinegar (in a bowl), the cook and kitchen staff all came out to see what the crazy foreigner wanted with vinegar. They all look confused when I poured it on my fires (French fries are surprisingly good in China) but all refused to try it when I offered them a taste. They probably still talk about the crazy foreigner putting vinegar on fries.
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 19 November 2019 at 9:07am | IP Logged | 3
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(I also discovered years ago that I like white vinegar on grilled cheese sandwiches. A “side effect” of the vinegar on my fries.)
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Vinny Valenti
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| Posted: 19 November 2019 at 9:36am | IP Logged | 4
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Hmmmmm.......
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Peter Martin
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I drown my chips (a.k.a. fries) in vinegar, but it's malt vinegar for me please.
Salt & vinegar crisps (a.k.a. chips, yes, this gets confusing) are one of the only flavours I like. Eating ready salted seems a waste of time/calories to me.
I think no one really says 'aboot', apart from Americans attempting to mimic the Canadian way of saying it. The 'aboat' pronunciation that JB talked about is closer to the way it's said in the maritimes as well. It's something half way between 'aboat' and 'abort' but not exactly like either and I struggle to come up with a spelling that properly specifies the sound.
Another Nova Scotian thing is a weird intake of air, like a sharp, soft gasp, to indicate 'yes'.
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John Byrne
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Another Nova Scotian thing is a weird intake of air, like a sharp, soft gasp, to indicate 'yes'.•• With a nodding of the head. I do that, and it dates back to my British birth.
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Harold Walls
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"With a nodding of the head. I do that, and it dates back to my British birth."•• I nodded my head when I read it. (Canadian with a British ancestry)
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Eric Sofer
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Peter M. on the subject of primarily Canadian foods:"Obviously maple syrup" - ooo, maybe not so obviously, my friend. I have acquaintances in Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio who will quang you proper for that claim. :)
"Kraft Dinner is insanely popular in Canada" - I make no argument, but it's awfully popular in the US also. I visit my friends' homes, and I honestly don't very many who DON'T have it. Not under that name, of course.
When I have tried Canadian oriented foods, I have loved them (and leave us not argue over maple syrup. :P ) Now, my tough question - is food different in Quebec from generally the rest of Eastern Canada?
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Brian Miller
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Why are there peas on those fries?
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Peter Hicks
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There are a few traditional Quebec foods, like poutine, beaver tails, pea soup, tourtière (meat pie). But I think you would be hard pressed to find a restaurant that specialized in such things, unless it catered to curious tourists.
I recall that when McDonalds started in England, there was no vinegar to put on the fries. That was corrected quickly to prevent a second war between the U.K. And the US.
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Bryan Eacret
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Peter M said: "Kraft Dinner is insanely popular in Canada"
Do Canadians put ketchup on Kraft Dinner? As mentioned in the Barenaked Ladies song.
Also, is this what you are calling Kraft Dinner?
Edited by Bryan Eacret on 20 November 2019 at 12:19pm
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Steve Coates
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I grew up in rural Quebec and our French farmer neighbours would eat peanut butter with their breakfast except they would dip a spoon into the jar and eat it from the spoon. They would also eat cold toast for breakfast taking from a great stack on the table. I was very curious at the time and sometime later I saw the wife/mother making the toast in the middle of the day, by toasting the bread directly on the stove (cast iron, wood burning).
Damn, the above is at least a fifty year old memory, the things you remember.
Sugar on Snow, a confection made by boiling maple syrup until it thickens and then drizzling the hot syrup on freshly gathered snow and picked up on a stick or fork as a tasty treat. Only works well where the snow is heavy and moist and can be packed firmly.
Poutine - I haven't had a good one since I left Quebec in 1981.
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