SHOP AND EAT LIKE A CANADIAN FOR FOOD DAY CANADA AUGUST 1, 2020

Jul 29, 2020

Guelph, ON - On Food Day Canada’s 10th Anniversary, everyone can help celebrate and ‘Shine a Light on Canadian cuisine’ on August 1, 2020. It’s pretty simple …just enjoy your favourite Canadian foods and drinks.

We’ve curated a “Shop Like A Canadian” list, focusing specifically on our home grown ingredients. It’s a full-on, pride-filled shopping list on fooddaycanada.ca

There has never been a better time to gather really cool Canadian ingredients and make a mini-feast or a huge one. Check out Shop Like a Canadian and have some fun. Use them for all your summer meals or just to learn a new food language of your own with some of the best ingredients on earth grown close to home.

Did you know…

Canada produces our own salt…both sea salt (on both coasts) and mined (Goderich, ON).
There are two areas that harvest sugar beets for granulated sugar – SW Ontario and Lethbridge, Alberta.
Hamilton-based mustard miller G.S. Dunn is the largest on the planet and Canadian mustard seeds are considered to be the finest on earth.
Dr. Al Slinkard, the father of the Canadian lentil industry, (we grow more than any other nation), still lives in Saskatoon.
New varieties of beans are being constantly cross-bred, selected and released by the University of Guelph plant breeding programs.
Seaweeds are becoming the hot new veggies on both coasts.
Canadian durum wheat is the basic ingredient of pasta and couscous all around the world for one reason…it’s just so good!
The Gellatly Tree Nut Orchard in the Okanagan is the oldest in Canada and has its own array of varieties.
Pawpaw trees grow in southern Ontario.
98% of Canadian farms are family owned and operated.

On Saturday, August 1st, suss out your own treasures, add a few of ours and share them on social media, along with your stories by simply adding #FoodDayCanada to any posts. As this year is Food Day Canada’s 10th Anniversary, we’ve partnered with KitchenAid to give away 10 of their iconic stand mixers. Each post using #FoodDayCanada is an entry.

Shop, cook, and eat like a Canadian Saturday August 1st and show your gratitude for the amazing food we have in Canada and all the great people that make it happen.

Source : Food Day Canada

Video: A Farm Song (Busy) | Parody of A Bar Song (Tipsy) by Shaboozey

Lyrics:

My days begin with workin’, Alarm’s at 5 o’clock,
I Fill 5 gallon buckets, The feeders and the troughs,
This five to nine ain’t workin’, why the heck do I work so hard?,
I can’t worry ‘bout health problems, I can sleep in when I’m gone,

One, here comes the two to the three to the four,
Tell em’ ‘buy another cow, we need plenty more’,
Blue jeans are gettin’ dirty, what else could I ask for,
Oh my, more chores

Someone pour me up another shot of sweet tea,
They know me and working hard’s got a history,
There’s another flock of sheep that still needs feed,
Everybody on the farm gettin’ busy,

Everybody on the farm gettin’ busy,
Everybody on the farm gettin’ busy,

I’ve been working pretty stressed but,
I ain’t changing for some cash,
Lord knows that I’m very blessed (More chores),
But I gotta say it’s hard,
Workin’ outside gettin’ charred,
Living out here on the farm, (more chores)

One, here comes the two to the three to the four,
Tell em’ ‘buy another cow, we need plenty more’,
Blue jeans are gettin’ dirty, what else could I ask for,
Oh my, more chores

Someone pour me up another shot of sweet tea,
They know me and working hard’s got a history
There’s another 20 chickens that still need feed,
Everybody on the farm gettin’ busy,

Everybody on the farm getting’ busy,
Everybody on the farm gettin’ busy,

Fun, here on ranch that’s what you can’t ignore,
Might be pretty hard but I love it to its core,
Flannel’s gettin’ dirty, what else could I ask for,
Oh my, more chores (Tell ‘em sing with me)

Someone pour me up another shot of sweet tea,
They know me and working hard’s got a history,
There’s another flock of sheep that still needs feed,
Everybody on the farm gettin’ busy,
Someone pour me up another shot of sweet tea,
They know me and working hard’s got a history,
Watching cattle in the dark, don’t miss me,
Everybody on the farm gettin’ busy,
(Yeeeeeehaw)
Everybody on the farm gettin’ busy,
Everybody on the farm gettin’ busy,
It’s the best bro, go get yourself a farm