dirty ethel rackham Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Our homeschool 4-H club has chosen to represent Canada for our county's International Night. We need to prepare food that screams "Canada", but it needs to be economical and, preferably, vegetarian or inexpensive meat and can be handed out in individual servings. Also, we serve desert as well (that can be put out as single servings as well.) We need to be able to make them ahead of time and serve it there. We can have crock pots. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umsami Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 For dessert, Nanaimo bars. :) For a main dish, what about poutine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starr Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Paper cups filled with fries and poutine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty ethel rackham Posted February 20, 2014 Author Share Posted February 20, 2014 For dessert, Nanaimo bars. :) For a main dish, what about poutine? That dessert looks really good. I'll have to make that. But, I just can't stomach the thought of gravy on fries. Plus, this doesn't seem like something that would be able to be made at 4 pm, kept warm and served at 6pm. We won't have kitchen facilities where will be - only an outlet to plug in a crock pot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Maple beans could work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happi duck Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Gravy on fries doesn't seem much different than on mashed potatoes. You could make a veg friendly gravy and keep it in the crock pot and maybe someone could run out and buy fresh fries when they're needed...or maybe someplace delivers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty ethel rackham Posted February 20, 2014 Author Share Posted February 20, 2014 Maple beans could work. Recipe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolt. Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Recipe?Open can(s). Warm contents. Serve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty ethel rackham Posted February 20, 2014 Author Share Posted February 20, 2014 Where do you find cans of "maple beans"? We have Boston baked beans. Is that the same thing. But, we usually try to serve something cooked from scratch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Bolt, you crack me up. Look in your grocer's canned bean aisle. Van Camp's, Bush's, etc will have maple-flavored baked beans. ETA You can just make your favorite beans in the crockpot and add a lot of maple syrup. Serve in those little plastic cups with a small spoon like you get at the ice cream place--they may even give you some if you ask and tell them it's for scouts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creekland Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 When we go to Canada, the main things my guys always want are Fish & Chips and Poutine... To me, poutine is as native Canadian as you're going to get. Of course, if you can't find cheese curd (as we can't around here), then you're out of luck even thinking about making it. It just doesn't taste right with regular cheeses. If you can find cheese curd, then gravy could be made in the crock pot and fries would have to be the baked and kept warm variety. Fish & Chips would likely be far more expensive and far more difficult to keep warmed and still taste good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 You could keep fries warm in another crockpot. Do you have space for two? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 How about mini pancakes with maple syrup?j How about maple syrup candy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Upward Journey Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Not Canadian, but we've lived here for the past 2 years: For dessert, Nanaimo bars. :) For a main dish, what about poutine? These are the two things that immediately came to mind. That dessert looks really good. I'll have to make that. But, I just can't stomach the thought of gravy on fries. Plus, this doesn't seem like something that would be able to be made at 4 pm, kept warm and served at 6pm. We won't have kitchen facilities where will be - only an outlet to plug in a crock pot. I thought that about fries and gravy when we first got here ;) but now poutine is one of my favorite dishes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasider Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Perhaps you could use those plastic nacho trays and serve the fires where the chips go and the gravy where the cheese goes. Then the fries wouldn't get soggy and folks could dip in whatever amount they feel led. Canadians, would it still count as poutine that way, or do the fries have to be sauced? You could keep the fries warm in a roaster oven and the gravy in a crock pot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsinkable Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 There was a thread just before Christmas on Canadian food. I'll look for it. But I suggested pâté chinois which is a French- Canadian dish similar to cottage or shepherd's pie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsinkable Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Found it http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/495969-canadian-friends-i-need-help-with-a-meal/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty ethel rackham Posted February 20, 2014 Author Share Posted February 20, 2014 Thanks for the link. Lots of great ideas here. I hope that I get to try more of these things. I loved the Barenaked Ladies song (and video) - had me laughing out loud. I think I may go with the maple beans. We are doing a pot luck at tomorrow's meeting to sample different dishes and the food committee will pick the dish that will be served. I am sure someone else will bring poutine. I know one of the moms will bring perogies (a family favorite - her husband is both Canadian and Ukrainian.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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