The holidays are now over. Christmas was celebrated this year again, at least three times if not more. I think it's perfect that way. Over the many dinner we had with friends and family, a question came a few times and really, I had to do a bit of research myself to find that out. Everyone knows the sausage is German, the croissants are French and fish and chips (and ships! lol) are British. Now what counts as Canadian food exactly? Here's the problem; what we Canadians call Canadian food generally is either French or British recipes adapted to the local ingredients. Along with that is the many interpretation of a meal along this big country. A sea-pie is made of different fishes along the coast, but up north it became a cipaille... a recipe stolen from the native with 6 layers of meat and dough. Yes, you read that well. It's brilliant. The tourtiere, is a meat pie that used to be made with tourtes; a type of pigeon that doesn't exist anymore. Possibly due to the many pies made of them. Other dishes that came from the native have just lost their original names, like deer with blueberry sauce.
Anyhow, after all that thinking about food let me just say the pfannkuchen lauf was hilarious. I got lost. On an organized 10km race. Impressive isn't it?
I didn't draw much... I shut everything down for the whole holidays; computer, books, phones... And just enjoyed the mostly-technology-free holiday.
I hope you all had a great Christmas and an awesome start to 2012, hopefully you have a super year ahead!
