Comments on: Happy Canadian Thanksgiving Day!

By: Sid's Sea Palm Cooking

Sid's Sea Palm Cooking — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:21:01 +0000

You’ve got another Canadian here. And so sorry I missed the original post. I celebrate both the Canadian and American Thanksgivings. I mean, you can’t have Turkey just once a year, can you? I’m gearing up for a large celebration next month, since we’ll have at least 20 or possibly more here for Thanksgiving. We’re having everyone over who doesn’t have family in the area and want to spend the day with friends. I’m doing the Turkey, Mashed Potato’s and gravy and asking our guests to bring the one dish that means “Thanksgiving” to them. It could be cranberry sauce, green bean casserole or … Always fun to see what special dishes people bring. I’ll also be making the Pioneer Woman’s ‘Green Bean Casserole again this year, it was a hit when I made it last year.
And you mentioned Nanaimo Bars, sigh. Something I make at least once, twice, three or more times a year. And since I used to live on the ‘Island’, just south of Nanaimo, I can say I have some small knowledge of how I think they should taste. Of course there are all kinds of variations out there, and I’m slowly trying more and more of them.

By: Crystal

Crystal — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 07:21:37 +0000

Thanks for mentioning us and our early celebration Our daughter cooked dinner last weekend: turkey with bread stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, mashed carrots and turnips(mixed together), sweet potatoes with peanut butter and coconut (yummy!), fruit salad with whipped cream (not for dessert – as part of the main course), lettuce salad with pears, pecans, dried cranberries and a maple cream dressing, dill pickles, cranberry relish and whole wheat honey buns. Dessert was apple pie or pumpkin pie with whipped cream. I’m cooking this weekend for friends who just got back from a European holiday and it will be much the same. It’s so good that you can do it two weekends in a row, right?!

With colder temperatures up here in Alberta our decorating is confined to the house and not so much in the yard. I do love seeing all the beautiful ways our US neighbours dress up their houses and yards.

By: LadyJane

LadyJane — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 06:12:12 +0000

Thank you all for responding to my question about traditional foods! BTW- I don’t like the marshmallow and yam/sweet potato thing either! Yuck! Give me plain baked or mashed sweet potato w/a little butter, salt and peppper anytime. Not crazy bout green bean casserole – until I had it w/ fresh green beans and homemade sauce instead of the canned mushroom soup!

By: Celestine

Celestine — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 18:16:34 +0000

I live in Norfolk, Virginia and I spent Canadian Thanksgiving in Sarnia, Ontario with my fiance Phil and six friends. The weather last weekend was so amazing that we actually ate outside. It was pretty traditional fare; turkey, sausage and mushroom stuffing, gravy, cranberry-raspberry relish, roasted potatoes and shallots, asparagus and green beans with toasted pecans, and pumpkin and apple pies. I love the idea that I now get two Thanksgivings. Phil will be down to visit me in November. I can’t wait!

By: Anna

Anna — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 05:01:26 +0000

Yay, so fun to see other Canadian members! I’m from BC, lived in Ottawa, and now back in beautiful BC…so happy that blogging means we have an excuse to celebrate and cook for TWO Thanksgivings

By: cookincanuck

cookincanuck — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 03:01:27 +0000

Aww, thanks so much for this wonderful post! We Canadians (whether living at home in Canada or abroad) appreciate your Thanksgiving wishes.

By: jodivee

jodivee — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 21:11:45 +0000

just read this now – was busy filling my tummy with a fabulous turkey dinner!
Thank you for the acknowledgment!! I hope all of my fellow Canadians had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

By: Christine L.

Christine L. — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 10:10:39 +0000

mmmm It was a delish get together! Thank you friends to the south, we hope your Columbus Day was spectacular.

The menu here was fantabulous. Turkey and Prime Rib Roast, cornbread stuffing (no sausage this time, I’m working on perfecting my stuffing so trying different varieties each time – I combined a little of the USA for fun this time), turkey gravy, sweet potatoes with butter and vanilla, warm beets, carrots and brown sugar, homemade cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes…Dessert was over the top with a pumpkin cheesecake, warm apple pie, petits fours and cream. Shortly after dinner the tryptophan effect happened and all we wanted to do was sleep!!!!! Happy Thanksgiving all

By: Janet

Janet — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 09:36:21 +0000

AWW thanks for the inclusion for being such a newbie! I’m devouring the leftovers after another thanksgiving dinner aborad– NOTHING like the giant feast I’d get back home with turkey, roast potatoes, candied yams, cheesy cauliflower and broccoli a la Aunt Norma (my fav), stuffing – two kinds, one with sasage and cranberries and the other just plain, 3 bean salad, rolls, pecan pie, pumpkin pie… really the list goes on! I hope wherever you are, you are able to tuck into something delicious and be thankful!

By: SusanP in ON

SusanP in ON — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 01:35:38 +0000

Our menu is turkey (as close to 30 pounds as Mum can get! All $77 worth!), mashed white potatoes, baked mashed sweet potatoes (in the pure form only!), dressing (no sausage in the end of the bird, but mum’s dressing is made with ground sausage meat), the best dark gravy ever as she cooks it hot and fast, and a frozen veg. Used to be peas but sissy in law doesn’t care for them so it is plain old mixed veg now.

I was going to say… those Nanaimo bars -sacreligiious!!! But nutella…may just have to make those! FWIW, they may have been called chocolate slice in other parts of the country before gaining the present name–historical check with a church cookbook of my mothers that predates the Nanaimo name!

We always have pumpkin pie (which is a pain in Canada as you have to search way in the back of the freezer for last year’s jackolantern flesh!) I think that is why butter tarts or more likely to be seen at Christmas time.

It is a quieter holiday here, as most Canadian ones are! No sports related anything…heck the stores are even closed!

Now if we could only get that certain cooking show to get across that long border…which apparently is far more protected electronically than physically!!!