it all started with a seem­ingly inno­cent tweet:

@fiesta­farms truly Canadian foods — flip­per pie, pou­tine, sugar pie/buttertarts, Joe Louis cakes, timbits…what else?

the responses came fast & furious!

@applecarlene: nanaimo bars?

@dreid63: Nanaimo bars, Saskatoon berry pie…still thinking.

@destiniya: beaver tails, saska­toon berry pie, nanaimo bars

@greenbeltca: ice wine, ban­nock, Montreal smoked meat

@dreid63: Tourtiere, bannock

@bookmistress: nanaimo bars, tourtière

@selectfinefoods: the ban­quet burger, peameal bacon sand­wiches, fish n brews, Jigg’s din­ner — what are some other iconic Canadian foods?

@chefbangerter: maple candy/snow cones, beaver tails, lob­ster rolls…

@yasminATlesauce: ketchup chips=canadian!

@edi­ble­TORONTO: Pepsi & a May West (the Vachon cake) — for break­fast? Uniquely Quebecois.

@amyleslie: flap­per pie? also pets de soeurs.

@amyleslie: cipate, tourtiere, poud­ing chomeur, molasses taffy. then out to the prairies: scuf­fles seem to be a sask thing.

@FridaRestaurant: We’d say Poutine for Cdn. food, red fife wheat bread, arti­san cheese like Guernsey Girl (Chef Jose com­peted) & buttertarts

@edibleTORONTO: Spruce beer/biere d’epinette, Habitant pea soup, tarte au sucre, Au Petit Poucet maple-smoked ham, feves au lard, tourtiere…

@edibleTORONTO: …bar­be­cue chicken w/ “chalet” sauce

Yum. Chalet Sauce.

Acclaimed food writer, Calvin Trillin, wrote on the sub­ject of pou­tine and our national iden­tity recently in the New Yorker. He’ll be in town this Wednesday to mod­er­ate the 11th annual Leacock debate.

This year’s motion, “Poutine Should be Declared the National Dish of Canada”.…

What about Coffee Crisp and Pop Shoppe Lime Ricky?