Beautiful Poetry

[Lelanni]

I have been coming to this site occassionaly for a couple of years and have always enjoyed reading some of the beautiful poetry and stories that get posted.

Thanks

Lelanni

 

[Angeline]

I have been coming to this site occassionaly for a couple of years and have always enjoyed reading some of the beautiful poetry and stories that get posted.

Thanks

Lelanni

Thank you Lelanni and nice to meet you.

Want to join us in some poetry?

 

[darkerdreamer]

I have been coming to this site occassionaly for a couple of years and have always enjoyed reading some of the beautiful poetry and stories that get posted.

Thanks

Lelanni

Thank you Lelanni and nice to meet you.

Want to join us in some poetry?

Seconded. Canada is seriously underrepresented on this board, come on you maple-syrup-blooded poets!

 

[GuiltyPleasure]

Present.





Welcome Lelanni.

 

[champagne1982]

I'm as full blooded as it gets...

 

[darkerdreamer]

I have yet to see a single mention of poutine... real Canadians brag about their awful looking yet delicious food.

 

[champagne1982]

I have yet to see a single mention of poutine... real Canadians brag about their awful looking yet delicious food.

Cheese curds and gravy, over processed potatoes fried in great gobs of dangerous transfats, is not food. >>yuk<< It is also the Quebec national dish, which, although being Canadian, still keeps its habitant roots.
There is no truly unique Canadian food, unless you'd like to discuss saskatoon berry pies, Canadian bacon or cod tongues and the like. Most other dishes are fusion cuisines, containing elements of Canadian produce and ideas wrapped in the more traditional pitas and tortillas of immigrant cuisine.
Silly man...

 

[Tzara]

Cheese curds and gravy, over processed potatoes fried in great gobs of dangerous transfats, is not food. >>yuk<< It is also the Quebec national dish, which, although being Canadian, still keeps its habitant roots.
There is no truly unique Canadian food, unless you'd like to discuss saskatoon berry pies, Canadian bacon or cod tongues and the like. Most other dishes are fusion cuisines, containing elements of Canadian produce and ideas wrapped in the more traditional pitas and tortillas of immigrant cuisine.
Silly man...

Not even Tim Horton doughnuts?

 

[Lelanni]

I've been living in Canada for a long time yet i have never tried poutine

 

[Lelanni]

Thank you Lelanni and nice to meet you.

Want to join us in some poetry?

I don't really write any but i sure love to read poems

 

[Angeline]

I don't really write any but i sure love to read poems

Well stick around and post wherever you like anyway. We love readers, too.

 

[darkerdreamer]

Cheese curds and gravy, over processed potatoes fried in great gobs of dangerous transfats, is not food. >>yuk<< It is also the Quebec national dish, which, although being Canadian, still keeps its habitant roots.
There is no truly unique Canadian food, unless you'd like to discuss saskatoon berry pies, Canadian bacon or cod tongues and the like. Most other dishes are fusion cuisines, containing elements of Canadian produce and ideas wrapped in the more traditional pitas and tortillas of immigrant cuisine.
Silly man...

I just got my ass schooled on Canadian cuisine (or a lack thereof it appears). And PS poutine is the food of the Gods; the transfat is just the celestial frosting on the omnipotent cake.

/threadjack

 

[GuiltyPleasure]

There is no truly unique Canadian food, unless you'd like to discuss saskatoon berry pies, Canadian bacon or cod tongues and the like.
Silly man...

I'd like to plead the case for Nanaimo Bars and Beaver Tails.

 

[champagne1982]

I'd like to plead the case for Nanaimo Bars and Beaver Tails.

What's in a Nanaimo Bar?

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Fishermen, lumberjacks and strippers...
(no, really.)

 

[GuiltyPleasure]

What's in a Nanaimo Bar?

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Fishermen, lumberjacks and strippers...
(no, really.)

These days bikers, mostly.

(1/2 cup butter
2 (1 ounce) squares semisweet chocolate
1/3 cup white sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons pasteurized egg
1 cup rolled oats
1 1/2 cups flaked coconut
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 cups confectioners' sugar
3 tablespoons butter, softened
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 1/2 tablespoons milk

1 tablespoon butter
2 (1 ounce) squares semisweet chocolate )

 

[champagne1982]

uhhh, when do we plug the hydroponics unit in to the extension cord from the house next door? I really need to get my sensamillion sprouts in the nutri-fluid.

 

[darkerdreamer]

uhhh, when do we plug the hydroponics unit in to the extension cord from the house next door? I really need to get my sensamillion sprouts in the nutri-fluid.

Another reason I wish I was Canadian. If my PO asks, I never said that.
(I think it's required to be able to stomach poutine after looking at it.)

 

[Angeline]

I'd like to plead the case for Nanaimo Bars and Beaver Tails.

Oh gosh, Beaver Tails are a real food and not just some designer treat from Disney World? That's the only place I ever had one (in the Canada Pavilion at Epcot, of course), and it was heavenly! It had hazelnut chocolate on it and was about a million calories. Delish.

 

[GuiltyPleasure]

Oh gosh, Beaver Tails are a real food and not just some designer treat from Disney World? That's the only place I ever had one (in the Canada Pavilion at Epcot, of course), and it was heavenly! It had hazelnut chocolate on it and was about a million calories. Delish.

Well, they're a staple for the skaters on the Rideau Canal in Ottawa sans the hazelnut chocolate. We have them hot, sprinkled with cinnamon sugar, heaven after a 7+ K long skate..

 

[Angeline]

Well, they're a staple for the skaters on the Rideau Canal in Ottawa sans the hazelnut chocolate. We have them hot, sprinkled with cinnamon sugar, heaven after a 7+ K long skate..

I must chastise darkmaas for not telling me sooner.

 

[GuiltyPleasure]

I must chastise darkmaas for not telling me sooner.

Oh don't be too hard on him. We usually keep it quiet - it's a dog-in-the-manger thing.

Where is that handsome scribe anyway?

 

[Angeline]

Oh don't be too hard on him. We usually keep it quiet - it's a dog-in-the-manger thing.

Where is that handsome scribe anyway?

Real life has sucked him into a sea of work. I swear if he'd just stop buying horses he could slow down, but he never listens to me.

 

[unapologetic]

come on you maple-syrup-blooded poets!

We gots them up here in Northern New England too. Serious discussions happen on a yearly basis of whether or not it's going to be a good maple syrup run.

And about Canadian food - the hubby & I have gone to the Stratford Festival a couple of times now, and we occasionally eat at this restaurant that claims to serve traditional Canadian cuisine in addition to Chinese food. I think it's called something like Gene's. Anyway, we couldn't figure out what on the menu was traditional Canadian. Thanks for informing me that they were just making that up.

 

[darkmaas]

Where is that handsome scribe anyway?

Just waiting for a thread about Canadian Food and someone to drop a bit of flattery.

I am disturbed that her bubbliness (vintage '82) was less than enthusiastic about poutine. It's a dish perhaps best avoided by the faint of heart and like the lowly club sandwich is often misinterpreted ... but it puts the warm-and-huggy into comfort food. Find a place that uses fresh cheese curd rather than chewed up mozzarella ... wash it down with fine wine or a respectable beer and feel at one with the universe. Guaranteed to increase libido and sexual fortitude. Leave the rectitude for those poor souls condemned to sprouts and tofu ... I digress ...

A warm welcome BTW to Lelanni.

Hi Ange and a belated happy birthday to your bird.

 

[champagne1982]

Just waiting for a thread about Canadian Food and someone to drop a bit of flattery.

Sooo, it takes a long weekend to drag you out of your dreary office, I see.

It's the first time I've ever heard of cheese curds being related to warm hugginess. Next you'll tell me that dehydrated gravy and edible petroleum products are love and laughter all rolled into one greasy side dish .

But, I'll flatter you. You're clever and I especially like the medieval way you dress ... that hat is to die for.

Did you know that my tea name poem Night of the Iguana, is garnering pretty good reviews in another place ? I may share that one in here, some day.

Shoot a rocket off for me and I'll pop a cork.