10/10 ThanksGiving Day in Canada.

[Otto66]

For all yous Hellboarders up in Canada, Happy Thanx Day.

I'm thankful to Canada for Hockey, BEER and Coffee Crisps. :)

(Coffee Crisps-the one candy that is sure to push Otto into the 300lbs. Club)

[jnapper]

Happy Happy to Canadians! :)

[fitzroy]

Canadian Thanksgiving, eh?
Have fun!!

[Neil Hill]

Eat whatever it is you wonderful Cannucks eat on Canadian Thanksgiving Day!! :)

[-=Valkyre=-]

Hey, Thanks guys!

[Petersen]

Have a great holliday!

What are traditonal eats for this day???

whjatever they are, may all of yours be tasty and delicious!!

[-=Valkyre=-]

Have a great holliday!

What are traditonal eats for this day???

whjatever they are, may all of yours be tasty and delicious!!
Pour mois, traditional foods consist of:
- Turkey
- Ham
- Potatoes
- Yams
- Vegetable(string beans this year)
- Cranberry sauce
- Dinner buns + real butter
- Pumpkin pie + whipped cream

Can anyone say 'Yum?'. :D

[hellboyone]

Happy Thanksgiving, neighbors.

R.

[Petersen]

Just had some Canadian customers who had thier celebration yesterday and took today to cross over to Detroit and do some shopping. I asked about the traditional food, only to find that it's the same as the US.

[morna]

Thanks!
We had turkey last night. gravy, roasted garlic mashed potatoes, roasted carrots and parsnips, brussels sprouts, aand pumpkin pie. trifle and birthday cake for dessert.

I made a lovely salad of organic field greens and toasted pecans with Danish blue cheese and a homemade simple dijon vinagrette! mmmmmm!

[Mike Cross]

I had turkey yesterday with the regular trimmings, today i am at work, so i had a bologna sandwich..happy thanksgiving..

[Erwin Heinek]

For all yous Hellboarders up in Canada, Happy Thanx Day.

I'm thankful to Canada for Hockey, BEER and Coffee Crisps. :)

(Coffee Crisps-the one candy that is sure to push Otto into the 300lbs. Club)

Did you ever get to try the Maple Coffee Crisp? Even better than the original. Sadly they were a limited time thing since I haven't seen them since the early summer.

[Celtic_Fiddler]

Happy Thanksgiving, Northern Neighbors!

Hubby and I were up in Vermont this weekend, and Saturday night we dined just 3/4 of a mile from the Canadian border. Does that count as a celebration? :) Our hosts were from Framingham (they own a second home a few miles from Jay Peak -they're big skiers) and they invited their friends over who were from Montreal. Charming, charming people. Lovely time we had!

Andrea

[Mr Wolf]

Thanks all. Enjoyed two meals yesterday. Each at a different relative's place. But both included my Ukraininan fave, cabbage rolls (cabbage, rice, bacon bits) and plenty of ham, turkey, gravy, salads, and desserts, and treats.

Yeah our Thanksgiving celebrations are pretty much the same as the American ones. Though ours isn't the start of the 'big sales' or 'holiday season'. It's a nice chance to have some great meals before Christmas though!

[+ uniform.grey +]

Turkey with gravy, squash, mashed potatoes with butter, carrots and parsnips and stuffing for my family and I.

I even made cheesecake this year [though not from scratch, but I would LOVE to tackle a homemade one!]

I figure our Canadian Thanksgiving is more a celebration of the harvests coming in... its pretty much the same as the American TG goes only no pilgrims to worry about ;)

[Maija]

Canadian Thanksgiving Day was originally an intermittent holiday in thanks of things like the end of a war, coronations, sick monarchs regaining their health, good harvests, etc ("End of quarantine of ships at Grosse Isle":confused: ). Then after WWI it was for Armistice Day for a number of years (and yet still not official) and finally it just became an official annual day "for general thanksgiving to Almighty God for the blessings with which the people of Canada have been favoured" http://www.pch.gc.ca/progs/cpsc-ccsp/jfa-ha/graces_e.cfm . So it really is just a generic day of thankfulness with no associated legends of pilgrims being saved from starvation by Indians with pumpkins and such.

At my family's gathering we have turkey (and sometimes ham) potatoes, stuffing, wild rice, brussel sprouts, turnips and yams. It's no surprise the foods are much the same in both countries as those foods are what were grown by settlers in New England and Upper Canada (now Ontario). There was a lot of migration between the two areas as well (like my ancestors, originally from Salem in actual pilgrim times, later Boston and then the Ottawa valley).

I'm glad that the Canadian turkey-oriented holidays are farther apart so I'm just finished up the frozen Thanksgiving turkey leftovers by the time Christmas rolls around!

[Otto66]

Did you ever get to try the Maple Coffee Crisp? Even better than the original. Sadly they were a limited time thing since I haven't seen them since the early summer.
If yer near a Husky or Fifth Wheel, they still carry 'em. I'm hooked on the
Originals and just like Cuban cigars, ya can only get 'em in Canada.

*SIGH* wish I coud have dinner at morna's and a sandwich with
skinnymikec*SIGH*

Thanx for the history lesson Miss ruta. ;)

[Mike Cross]

Otto..drop your address and i will sned one though the mail to Michigan...either the sandwich or the coffee crisp

[Otto66]

Otto..drop your address and i will sned one though the mail to Michigan...either the sandwich or the coffee crisp
Coffee Crisps I can get. Its the bologna sandwich that I crave. But, alas,
they don't travel well thru the post. Still, nice of ya to offer.

[gary bolt]

If yer near a Husky or Fifth Wheel, they still carry 'em. I'm hooked on the
Originals and just like Cuban cigars, ya can only get 'em in Canada.

*SIGH* wish I coud have dinner at morna's and a sandwich with
skinnymikec*SIGH*

Thanx for the history lesson Miss ruta. ;)

*said in a whispering voice*

Hey Otto, I hear you can get Cuban cigars in Cuba, too.

[Otto66]

*said in a whispering voice*

Hey Otto, I hear you can get Cuban cigars in Cuba, too.
Sure. But its easier to just step across to Windsor. ;)

[Erwin Heinek]

Coffee Crisps I can get.

Whatever you do, avoid the Coffee Crisp Beans. They were a disappointment. The Ice Cream is not bad though.

[Otto66]

Whatever you do, avoid the Coffee Crisp Beans. They were a disappointment. The Ice Cream is not bad though.
There is an Ice Cream? :eek:
(Otto66 will soon weight 400lbs.)

[Erwin Heinek]

There is an Ice Cream? :eek:
(Otto66 will soon weight 400lbs.)

Just in case you want to know what to look for. :D

http://www.nestle.ca/en/Products/Browse_by_Category/Ice_Creams/Ice_Cream/coffee_crisp_ice_cream.htm