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What to eat in Canada? Top 3 Canadian Vegetable Dishes

Last update: Thu Feb 13 2025
Top 3 Canadian Vegetable Dishes
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Boiled fiddleheads
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Boiled fiddleheads is a simple dish of native Canadian greens that are called ostrich ferns or fiddlehead ferns. The bright green curled leaves of ostrich ferns are first thoroughly rinsed before being boiled in salted water until fully cooked and tender.


Once ready, the boiled fiddleheads are usually consumed while still hot and are often topped with melted butter. Boiled fiddleheads are said to have a flavor reminiscent of asparagus, broccoli, and artichokes. In Canada, this dish is enjoyed as a spring delicacy, especially in those parts where ostrich ferns grow, including Ontario, Québec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia.

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Beef Dish

NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR, Canada
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Jiggs dinner is a meat dish that is traditionally prepared on Sundays in Newfoundland and Labrador. It consists of salt beef, figgy duff, pease pudding, and various vegetables such as carrots, potatoes, cabbage, and turnips. The dish is often accompanied by butter, pickled beets, and cranberry sauce on the side.


It is typically prepared for large groups of people, often resulting in lots of leftovers, which are then fried and made into a dish called cabbage hash. Jiggs dinner is named after a popular cartoon character called Jiggs, whose favorite meal was corned beef and cabbage.

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Stew

NOVA SCOTIA, Canada
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Hodge-podge is a thick, nourishing stew with origins in the Canadian region of Nova Scotia. The name of the soup is probably derived from the English term hotch-potch, which means a mixture, referring to the fact that the stew is prepared with a combination of different vegetables such as carrots, beans, and potatoes.


The stew is typically thickened and flavored with heavy cream, butter, salt, and pepper.

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