Tell me! The Canadian Burger!

[thebitterguy]

So, to the many peoples of many nations that are reading this, what toppings are appropriate for a hamburger named after my home and native land?

[Poll #1088064]

Comments

[easyalchemy.livejournal.com]

That should read "A slice of Sook Yin Lee, A dash of Jian Ghomeshi, and a big greasy slab of Ben Mulroney."
Maybe a little Peter Mansbridge on the fries, and a cold glass of Tanya Kim.

[rodshark.livejournal.com]

It should be a venison patty charred to make it slightly blackened and shaped like a hockey puck on toasted white bread, with the crusts cut off (must have the wonderful open borders :), with the shape of a maple leaf in the center. Then it should be topped with canadian bacon, kelp, cheese curds, and maybe a sort of maple mustard instead of honey mustard.

Actually, that doesn't sound half bad. *am making myself hungry*

[thebitterguy]

It all sounds very good, except for the kelp.

Ohhh, Fiddlehead relish!

[cargoweasel.livejournal.com]

100% Alberta beef with Back bacon, cheddar cheese, maple smoke BBQ sauce.

Poutine on the side, 'seperate but equal'.

[iamnikchick.livejournal.com]

Ha! I voted for putting the poutine right on the burger.

[momentrabbit.livejournal.com]

But then it would have to be twice the size of the english ingredients, and the bill would come to $101.

[rodshark.livejournal.com]

Forgive this ignorant American, but what is "poutine"?

[rodshark.livejournal.com]

Fiddlehead relish... never had it, but sounds somewhat appetizing *lol*

Kelp might be a bit chewy for a hamburger

[viktor-haag.livejournal.com]

Take some rough, fresh-cut french fries (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poutine), put plain farmer style cheese curds on top, and then smother with a thin gravy. Common mistakes include using cheese curds that are too lumpy, or coloured, and using a thick gravy.

[viktor-haag.livejournal.com]

In Québec, where this dish is rather like a national treasure (think Koreans and kimchi), the word "poutine" also means "a big mess" when talking about the foolishness that people get themselves up to.

[anidada.livejournal.com]

It is the best food in the universe. Even better when onion rings are substituted for the fries. (Seriously.)

I'm sure someone else can improve on this recipe...

[absinthe-dot-ca.livejournal.com]

Humbleness, jellied almost to the point of self-loathing to an impartial observer, covered with a thin veneer of "we're better than you", then sliced thinly, coated with a breading of "that can't happen here", and deep-fried in finest Albertan oil sands crude.

Serves roughly 35,000,000. Distinctly.

[sarahnade.livejournal.com]

You will tell me where I can get this mysterious "smoky maple bbq sauce"! I must have it!

[viktor-haag.livejournal.com]

::shudder::

I can feel my chest constricting just reading your comment... gah.

[thebitterguy]

I assume it would be a normal BBQ sauce recipie with a little maple syrup and some liquid smoke.

[uncut-diamond.livejournal.com]

You forgot the high quality beer.

[cargoweasel.livejournal.com]

It is the ideal food to eat when it's very cold outside and you are very drunk.

This is why the Quebecois invented it.

[indefatigable42.livejournal.com]

I should leave a comment: one of my physics professors told me a story about when he hitchhiked across New Zealand, and asked to be dropped off in a tiny little gas-station town because he saw a restaurant sign advertising Canadian Burgers. Turned out they were hamburgers with bacon on them.

[optimussven.livejournal.com]

Though I'm not Canadian I grew up on the border and I'd say that mayonnaise is essential (at least in Quebec). Though a poutine burger would be rather awesome as well.

Re: I'm sure someone else can improve on this recipe...

[proemial.livejournal.com]

This one wins. :) It made my Canuckistan Soul proud (but not too proud... I'm humble after all. Unlike our neighbors to the south)

[thebitterguy]

Regular strip bacon, or back bacon?

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[momentrabbit.livejournal.com]

(fade to black) "Now 'ere is de complete sketch again."

[lynne-h.livejournal.com]

Just the very thought of it makes me ill every time :(

[lynne-h.livejournal.com]

Back bacon is regular bacon everywhere but North America. The stuff you call bacon is streaky bacon and we only use it to wrap sausages at Christmas ;)

[thebitterguy]

Well, a hamburger isn't a hamburger without mayo.

The poutine burger seems like one of those things sports bars put on the menu to taunt customers.

[neosis.livejournal.com]

Back Bacon, Canadian Cheddar and
Maple BBQ Sauce (http://www.everythingmaple.ca/recipes.html#maplebbq).

In Quebec replace the Cheddar with Oka!