Canada, eh?

So, this restaurant review of The Inn LW12 in the Village Voice proves that some people just don't understand the cultural makeup of Canada. While, yes, maple syrup and poutine are Canadian foods, bear meat or game (as the author, Robert Sietsema hints at) isn't actually something we eat all the time. In fact, just how many Canadians have eaten bear meat? Is it even legal? I mean, I think you can eat moose meat, but you can't sell it.

Sietsema is commiting the typical Americanism that most would. Unlike some other countries, we actually keep our respective cultures. He claims that English peas aren't Canadian - yes, but on the other hand, I would challenge that more Canadians have English peas in their diet than bear steak. He also seems to ignore the fact that we are in the Commonwealth (the Queen is still on our loons and toons) and GD, we are a country full of Anglophiles (me too!) and Coronation Street watchers.

Maybe Sietsema should do his cultural research before he claims not to be eating true Canadian cuisine. He suggests Seal Blubber ice-cream as real Canadian food. Is he effing kidding me? Has anyone ever made that? If so, it would have been at some haute establishment, but those restaurants are no clear marker of what can be conisdered Canadian food as a whole.