My beloved country is 139 years old today :)And what a day we have in my part of the world -- beautiful sunshiney skies, warm and a little breezy. Tonight we're heading out to a fireworks display--lots of fun.
According to The 2006 Priceless Index conducted by MasterCard Canada,
- Our "most priceless Canadian drinks" were beer (56 per cent) surveyed and rye whiskey (eight per cent);
- Our "most priceless Canadian foods" were maple syrup (19 per cent); beef/steak (11 per cent) and poutine (10 per cent). Regional favourite food breakdowns reflected foods that were "close to home": Quebec- maple syrup (35 per cent); Alberta - beef (24 per cent); B.C. - salmon (17 per cent) and Atlantic Canada - lobster (18 per cent).
- 74.8 kg of fresh veggies
- 66.8 kg of cereal
- 51.7 kg of wheat flour
- 37.6 kg of fresh fruits
- 27.1 kg of red meat (all types)
- 15.1 kg of canned or frozen veggies
- 13.6 kg of beef
- 13.5 kg of chicken
- 11.6 kg of pork
- 8.8 kg of cheese (I'm happy to say that most of it is real cheese and not those plastic-wrapped tranches of edible oil product)
- 7.8 kg of rice
- 156 eggs
- 97.6 l of pop
- 93.7 l of coffee
- 79.9 l of tippley goodness (all types)
- 66.4 l of tea
- 63.2 l of milk
- 24.9 l of fruit juice
- 23.6 l of oils and fats
- 13.3 l of wine
- 6.2 l of ice cream
- 7.4 l of spirits
- 4.6 l of yoghurt
- 1.9 l of table cream
Pictured above is a plate of maple syrupy goodness from the 2006 Elmira Maple Syrup Festival: maple sugar, maple candy and a butter tart...
Oh, and before I forget, The Old Foodie wrote Canada Day celebratory post about the wonders of all things mapley :)
cheers!
j
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Happy, Happy Canada Day!
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Hello all
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Had an interesting day--and thanks for the well wishes :)
Just as arrived for fireworks, I was hit with the stomach bug making the rounds (bah)...something always happens at the display--usually drunken idiots are up to something. This time, they decided to sneak in some fire crackers and set them off in the crowd...right next to ME (grr)--the security guys couldn't catch them. The more serious thing that happened was the pyro guy had an oopsie and they closed the show mid-way. AFAIK, he's okay (thankfully).
j