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With Canadian Thanksgiving weekend in sight, what are we most excited to be cooking and eating?

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Let’s be sensible and start with dessert…

If you’re on the hunt for Thanksgiving pie recipes, check out the 1944 ‘Canadian Favourites Cook Book’ – ‘favourite recipes submitted by housewives across the country’.

Mrs. S.J. Norris from Eston, Saskatchewan is responsible for submitting the recipe for the much-ballyhooed Pumpkin Pie. If you’re looking to mix it up this year, why not try: Divinity Lemon Pie, Caramel or Butterscotch Pie, French Raisin Pie, Carrot Pie, or Custard Pie Supreme as submitted by Mrs. Leslie Edgar from Kamloops, B.C.

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Which Thanksgiving foods are those Canadians who celebrate the day most thrilled to be eating? Dalhousie University’s Agri-Food Analytics team asked 1,244 Canadians which foods they consider most important for the Thanksgiving meal. No surprise that turkey won by a landslide…

Your Most Important Food For Thanksgiving
i.    Turkey
ii    Stuffing
iii.  Potatoes
iv.  Pumpkin Pie

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In September of 2023, Maru Public Opinion quizzed over 1500 Canadians on their Thanksgiving favourites. We have our regional differences, but overall the researchers  found…

Canadian Thanksgiving Food Favourites
• For the main dish, respondents choose turkey (58%) over ham (3%), or vegetarian (2%)
• It’s white turkey meat (60%) over dark turkey meat (40%)
• Smooth mashed potatoes (84%) over lumpy mashed potatoes (16%)
• Stewed whole cranberry sauce (55%) over cranberry jelly (45%)
• Butter tarts with raisins (59%) over butter tarts without raisins (41%)

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