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compressing fresh coconut
turkey twizzlers - cheap and mass produced frozen
shaped spirals of poultry meat with added fat, skin,
and chemical flavourings that were given to children as
a quick lunch usually with chips; they have become the
most hated example of bad school food and have been
removed from menus by the government
ú British versus
American English
take-away (BrE) - to-go (AmE)
bill (BrE) - check (AmE)
Burrito, the name of a tasty Mexican meal,
literally means “little donkey” in Spanish.
Bridge 06/2006–2007
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As far as eating habits are
concerned, Canadians have
adopted a very American-like
diet. Breakfast, lunch, and
dinner are the “three
square
meals a day” that we live by.
Dinner (usually a meat dish
with vegetables and potatoes)
is the biggest and most
important meal of the day, and
it is not unusual for people to
skip either breakfast or lunch.
Despite all this, there are
definitely some aspects
of dining in Canada that
are truly and uniquely
Canadian. Poutine is a
French-Canadian
snack
consisting of French fries
smothered with cheese
and hot gravy. Apparently,
Canadians are the only
people who put gravy on
their fries and in restaurants
it clearly
distinguishes
Canadians from Americans.
As the name suggests,
French Canadian Pea
Soup is from Quebec. It is
basically a
thick yellow pea
soup with bits of pork in it.
Newfoundland Pea Soup
is very similar, but usually
includes more vegetables,
such as
diced turnips and
carrots, and is often topped
with
small dumplings. In
some variations, a little
garlic,
leeks, other vegetables or
a
ham bone are added for
flavour. Many Canadians
like to
treat themselves to
a
smoked salmon steak,
fished from the coastal waters
of British Columbia.
Maple syrup is also a truly