Eating and drinking in Canada is very interesting aspect of
cultural life. There are several things you should know before you travel Canada. Canadian food
and other have much in common with American ones due to historical development
of both countries. Food and other traditions also have some shades of
English and French customs. As we know from history Canada
used to be a colony of France. Canadians speak two languages: English
and French (in Quebec mostly). This fact essentially reflects on what
Canadians eat and drink.
Usually Canadians have three meals a day. Healthy ration includes
courses of seafood, fruit, potatoes, hard bread, chicken or pork,
coffee, tea, or hot chocolate.
Holiday meals differ a lot from everyday.
Christmas food traditions are not alike in different districts of
Canada. But in all of them Christmas Dinner is the High Point of
Christmas. Inalienable attributes of Christmas (besides Christmas-tree
of course) are cookies. Women show all their eagerness in making at
least seven kinds of them. In Eastern Canada food traditions are
similar to those in England. On Thanksgiving Day Canadians cook beet
soup, roast turkey with corn bread stuffing, brussels sprouts and
mashed potatoes. All these you'll find in American menu for
Thanksgiving. New Year, Valentine's Day, Easter Sunday, Canada Day and
even Halloween have their own food traditions.
Let's go back to everyday food. There is a tendency of following the
Slow Food rules. Most of Canadians realize the importance of healthy
eating and try to get use and pleasure out of long but well prepared
food.
Among alcohol drinks the most popular are beer and whiskey. Canadian
whiskey is famous by consistently high quality. Beer takes a special
place among other drinks. There is even beer festival
called "Oktoberfest". During nine days you can taste all kinds of beer
made in Canada. If you travel Canada not in business you
can entirely enjoy this festival.
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