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The infamous pizza cake came to life in April of 2014 when a Canadian-based chain Boston Pizza started a campaign called Pizza Game Changers, where the public was called in to vote on the next big thing when it comes to pizza-related products.
Pizza cake won the race by miles and since its appearance had people either salivating or shaking their heads in denial. The cake in question is actually made up of multiple layers of pizza that are baked in a pot or a cake pan with tall sides. The recipes vary in the number of pizza layers, ranging from three to six, but the stuffing is always the same; tomato sauce, pepperoni, and heaps of cheese.
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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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Oreilles de crisse is a Quebecois dish made by deep-frying or baking smoked pork rinds until they become crispy. They are traditionally served in Canadian sugar shacks, preferably topped with a drizzle of maple syrup. Apart from sugar shacks, oreilles de crisse can be used as a garnish or served as an accompaniment to stews, beans, or fried eggs.
Kraft Dinner is Canada's national dish and the most popular grocery item in the country. These inexpensive blue-yellow boxes of macaroni and cheese started to rise in popularity in 1937, during the Great Depression, with the promise that you could feed a family of four for just 19 cents per box.
The meal was invented by a salesman who attached grated cheese to boxes of pasta. Eight million boxes were sold in the first year, each one containing instant, bite-sized tubular noodles and a briny, orange-colored, sweet and sour cheese sauce. Kraft Dinner or KD (also called macaroni and cheese in the USA) is cheap, fast, and easy to prepare - and perhaps that is the reason why it stood the test of time.
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This lovingly paired combination of a crumbly oatmeal base and the sweet and chewy date filling supposedly gets its name from an old custom of breaking the cake over the heads of newlyweds. However, matrimonial cake is known by different names throughout Canada, such as date squares, or date crumbles.
It is believed that this humble dessert originated at a time when people couldn't afford the more expensive flour, so traditionally, there were always rolled oats used as a base, and fruit or sweetmeat used for the filling. This old Mennonite recipe seems to be an invention of the 1930s, hailing either from Manitoba or the neighboring Saskatchewan, though it was later popularized across the country.
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Fricot is a hearty Acadian stew made with any kind of meat, potatoes, and onions. The dish is topped with fluffy dumplings consisting of flour and egg yolks. This comfort food dish is believed to have originated in France in the 18th century, but evolved in Canada to become a staple of Acadian cuisine.
Today, there are numerous variations of fricot depending on the type of meat used in the dish such as fricot au poulet (chicken) or fricot au lapin (rabbit).
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Persian is a Canadian pastry roll characterized by an oval shape and a layer of pink icing that can be made with either strawberries or raspberries. These yeast-risen, fried cinnamon rolls originated at Bennett's Bakery in the city of Thunder Bay.
It is believed that Persians were named after a general named John Blackjack Pershing, although it is still unclear when these tasty rolls were invented. Nowadays, Persians are commonly prepared for fundraisers and similar social events.
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Sushi pizza is an unusual spin on sushi that is popular throughout Canada, especially in Toronto. It consists of a fried rice patty topped with salmon, tuna, or crab, avocado slices, spicy mayonnaise, and soy-wasabi sauce. It is believed that the dish was invented by a Japanese chef Kaoru Ohsada in a restaurant named Nami.
Originally, he made the dish by frying sushi rice, topping it with salmon, and garnishing it with tobiko fish roe and chopped onions. Today, sushi pizza is often accompanied by soy sauce or pickled ginger on the side. This food trend has also crossed national borders, so you can occasionally find it in poké restaurants in the United States.
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Yellow pea soup is a French-Canadian comfort food staple originating from Quebec. It was originally prepared by French Canadian settlers who had to make use of basic ingredients they brought with them from Europe, such as dried peas and salt pork.
Nowadays, the most authentic version is prepared with yellow peas, salt park, and fresh herbs. After the soup has been cooked, pork is usually chopped and returned to the pot. Interestingly, there is also the commercial version of this soup, known as Habitant Pea Soup.
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Nanaimo bars are creamy, chocolatey dessert treats originating from Nanaimo, a city "so beautiful it's alright to stare". The same can be said for Nanaimo bars, layered cookies that don't need to be baked, consisting of a mixture of crushed graham crackers, coconut, and nuts acting as a base that is topped with a creamy, vanilla-buttery middle layer and finished with a layer of glistening, semi-sweet chocolate.
Their origin is shrouded in a veil of mystery, and the only thing known about them is that they originate from Nanaimo, where the locals held a contest to find the best Nanaimo bar recipe. As to who chose to crush the biscuits and top them off with creamy custard and chocolate is still unknown.
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canada has been making worst rated pizza, in my opinion there all decent