The Northern Carolinian Pawpaw (Asimina triloba) is a fruit weighing 200 – 500 grams and growing 9-15 centimeters in length. It has a rounded cylindrical shape and leathery greenish skin that turns to yellow then black when ripe. The flesh of the fruit is sweet, aromatic and custard-like, and surrounds hard, dark brown seeds. The […]
Nodding Onion
Nodding Onion (allium cernuum) The Nodding Onion, also known as sweet onion or barbecuing onion, is a wild plant native to western Canada. Nodding Onions are perennial plants with elongated pinkish colored bulbs, often grown in clusters, and nodding bunches of pink flowers that bloom from May to July. The plant reproduces from seed or […]
Montreal Melon
The Montreal Melon’s roots have been traced to varieties brought to Canada by French settlers in the 17th century. During its heyday in the early 20th century it was known as the Queen of Melons, prized for its unique sweet and spicy flavour with tones of nutmeg. The Montreal Melon is extremely large in size […]
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 […]
Ice Cider by Cryoextraction
Ice cider is a fermented beverage made from the juice of frozen apples. It is primarily produced in the Eastern Townships in Quebec. Cryoextraction is similar to the traditional method used to produce ice wine. The apples are left on the trees to freeze. The frozen apples are dried by the cold, sun and wind. […]
Highbush Cranberry
The Highbush Cranberry (Viburnum trilobum) has had a role in numerous food cultures in Canada, and so is also known variously as kalyna (Ukrainian),pembina (French Canadian) and ni-pimina-na (Cree). It is native to Canada, and more specifically the area around Edmonton, in Alberta, in fact, even giving this area the nickname “Kalyna Country.” The plant itself grows about 4 metres […]
Herring Spawn On Kelp
British Columbia Spawn on Kelp is a unique seafood delicacy that has been harvested by BC First Nations for food and trading for centuries and it is one of the most unique and traditional seafoods that Canada has to offer. It is composed of broad leaf sea kelp with a covering of naturally spawned herring […]
Great Plains Bison
The Great Plains bison is the largest terrestrial mammal in North America, and one of the largest wild cattle in the world. While the bison is no longer an endangered animal, the flavor profile of the original wild, range-fed bison is harder to find, as native grasses and fescues are replaced with cultivated commercial forage […]
Fundy Dulse
Dulse is a red seaweed that grows attached to rocks in the intertidal zone of the North Atlantic, particularly Canada’s Bay of Fundy, home of the world’s highest tides. Fronds may vary in color from rose to reddish-purple, and range from about 20 to 40 cm (8″ to 16″). Bay of Fundy dulse is […]
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