Tancook Island sauerkraut is produced from a cabbage cultivar that has been grown on this small Nova Scotia island for over 175 years. The smallish, tight-headed cabbage is perfect for making sauerkraut. The seeds are saved from year to year for replanting and the local cabbage fields are fertilized with seaweed harvested from the island […]
Miner’s lettuce
Miner’s lettuce, also known as Winter Purslane, Spring Beauty, or Indian lettuce, is a wild plant native to southwestern British Columbia. The name Miner’s Lettuce comes from its use by prospectors/miners as a salad green and a source of Vitamin C to prevent scurvy. Historically indigenous peoples of the Pacific Coast of North America also […]
Lunenburg Pudding
Lunenburg Pudding from Nova Scotia is a pre-cooked sausage and, despite its name, is not a sweet but a savoury food. The original meaning of the word “pudding” in English was “sausage”, and this one is made from a combination of pork (“every part of the pig except the squeal”) and beef, with onions and […]