| Growing older has many good points I suppose. | | | | on yet another trip to Montreal? The recipe |
| Maturity brings a lot of knowledge and | | | | is unknown and not shared so in California or |
| experience one can share, with others but | | | | any other part of this world, no one has a |
| mainly with our children. Most are not in | | | | clue.Montreal is home to French Canadian |
| need or want of what we have learned in the | | | | food. Some foods only served at certain times |
| past and prefer to experiment and learn for | | | | of the year. Their foods are all delicious |
| themselves.With this in mind, it occurred to | | | | but I favor a few that I find irresistible. |
| me that one thing most accepted and shared is | | | | There is a meat pie called Tourtiere Pie that |
| a joy in food. Sharing the experience of | | | | is usually served at Christmas and after the |
| foods enjoyed, cooking, and sharing tastes of | | | | Midnight Mass. Good Lord, I could never wait |
| the past are always welcomed.At this stage in | | | | to eat this perfection once a year. Luckily |
| my life after seventy one years I find that | | | | many restaurants offer this delight daily. |
| many happy memories seem to dwell on foods of | | | | Each restaurant along with every homemaker |
| my past. I thought I would share some of the | | | | has their own proven recipe. I have yet to |
| more unusual ones with you.I was born in | | | | taste a Tourtiere pie I did not love. In fact |
| Montreal, Canada, and though I left when I | | | | I searched for years to find and perfect a |
| was only sixteen I have to admit I left my | | | | recipe which I shared in my second published |
| heart in that beautiful city of my past. I | | | | novel, "Discoveries of a Hidden Past." I will |
| now live in California and no one would say | | | | add my recipe at the end of this article.The |
| that we do not have good food. Our salads | | | | other French Canadian dish I love is a Maple |
| alone could fill an entire recipe book. The | | | | Sugar pie. This dessert is very unique as it |
| diversity of foods in this state is | | | | has the splendid taste of pure maple sugar. |
| overwhelming.Ah! but still, I dream and re | | | | Canada has some of the best maple syrup |
| visit my past only to find and eat the foods | | | | produced today. Of course I must also mention |
| I find comfort in. Every trip I make to | | | | the delightful and hardy Pea Soup. This is |
| Montreal consists of meals I long for and | | | | made of yellow split peas and cooked to a |
| every time I travel back there I find it a | | | | thick soup that can only be the best soup for |
| bit harder to find. So I feel a need to | | | | a feeling of complete comfort and |
| document some that I would hate to see lost.A | | | | satisfaction.There is a large Jewish |
| chocolate bar I simply adore is called | | | | population in Montreal and some wonderful |
| "Cherry Blossom." Hershey, Canada makes this. | | | | tastes of the unhealthy foods; so we are |
| It comes in a small square yellow box. One | | | | told, can be found, and eaten to everyone's |
| bite is so delicious my words can hardly | | | | pure delight. Potato knishes, chopped liver, |
| describe it. Milk chocolate, mixed with | | | | kasha varnishkes, potato varenikas, blintzes, |
| chopped nuts covering a small amount of | | | | and cheese begalla, and we all share in |
| liquid and a cherry in the middle. The right | | | | eating bagels, cream cheese, and lox. No |
| amount of sweetness, not too much and the | | | | bagels can compare with Montreal St Viateuer |
| right size to consume with comfort. When I | | | | Bagels. They have a chewy texture and |
| bite into this candy my mouth is overwhelmed | | | | wonderful taste, almost worth visiting for |
| by its taste and how much pleasure this candy | | | | them alone. Most are found in local |
| brings. I tasted this bar over sixty five | | | | delicatessens.One food though that is unique |
| years ago and have loved it ever since. How | | | | is a Rib Steak at Moishe's on The Main. This |
| often can you find a product unchanged in | | | | restaurant has been there since my childhood |
| this much time?A sandwich called smoked meat | | | | and still remains a place for this unique |
| is unique to Montreal. It is a delicatessen | | | | steak and rare treat. Frequented by so many |
| delight enjoyed by many visitors and | | | | people you definitely need a reservation. |
| Montrealer's as well. This meat is similar to | | | | Many of their extras include some of the |
| pastrami or corned beef, but I hate to even | | | | Jewish style foods I mentioned above.Okay, |
| mention those meats as smoked meat has a | | | | I'm obsessed on food and all are for me |
| taste that is unique and really cannot be | | | | comfort foods from my past. I have shared |
| compared. The best is that of a delicatessen | | | | them with you and I do hope the next time you |
| called Schwartz's on The Main. The original | | | | visit Montreal you try some. Until then, my |
| with some fat, sliced by hand served hot is | | | | mouth will water as I long for these |
| what to eat. Heaven for sure. If comfort is | | | | delicacies and contemplate on how and when I |
| what you want, there is nothing better than a | | | | may take my next trip back to indulge once |
| hot corned beef sandwich. Can you imagine the | | | | again. |
| agony I suffer knowing I can only have this | | | | |