26 Worst Rated Canadian Foods

Pictou County pizza is a unique variety of pizza originating from Nova Scotia, characterized by a somewhat thicker, chewy dough, a spicy brown sauce, and Halifax-made Brothers' pepperoni. The pizza is so popular that it is even shipped frozen all over Canada. Every year, there is a Pictou County pizza competition, so that the locals can find out which pizza restaurant is the best. It is recommended to pair the dish with a cold beer on the side.Expand

Boiled fiddleheads is a simple dish of native Canadian greens that are called ostrich ferns or fiddlehead ferns. The bright green curled leaves of ostrich ferns are first thoroughly rinsed before being boiled in salted water until fully cooked and tender. Once ready, the boiled fiddleheads are usually consumed while still hot and are often topped with melted butter. Boiled fiddleheads are said to have a flavor reminiscent of asparagus, broccoli, and artichokes. In Canada, this dish is enjoyed as a spring delicacy, especially in those parts where ostrich ferns grow, including Ontario, Québec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia.Expand

Persian is a Canadian pastry roll characterized by an oval shape and a layer of pink icing that can be made with either strawberries or raspberries. These yeast-risen, fried cinnamon rolls originated at Bennett's Bakery in the city of Thunder Bay. It is believed that Persians were named after a general named John Blackjack Pershing, although it is still unclear when these tasty rolls were invented. Nowadays, Persians are commonly prepared for fundraisers and similar social events.Expand

Kraft Dinner is Canada's national dish and the most popular grocery item in the country. These inexpensive blue-yellow boxes of macaroni and cheese started to rise in popularity in 1937, during the Great Depression, with the promise that you could feed a family of four for just 19 cents per box. The meal was invented by a salesman who attached grated cheese to boxes of pasta. Eight million boxes were sold in the first year, each one containing instant, bite-sized tubular noodles and a briny, orange-colored, sweet and sour cheese sauce. Kraft Dinner or KD (also called macaroni and cheese in the USA) is cheap, fast, and easy to prepare - and perhaps that is the reason why it stood the test of time.Expand

Fricot is a hearty Acadian stew made with any kind of meat, potatoes, and onions. The dish is topped with fluffy dumplings consisting of flour and egg yolks. This comfort food dish is believed to have originated in France in the 18th century, but evolved in Canada to become a staple of Acadian cuisine. Today, there are numerous variations of fricot depending on the type of meat used in the dish such as fricot au poulet (chicken) or fricot au lapin (rabbit).Expand

This lovingly paired combination of a crumbly oatmeal base and the sweet and chewy date filling supposedly gets its name from an old custom of breaking the cake over the heads of newlyweds. However, matrimonial cake is known by different names throughout Canada, such as date squares, or date crumbles. It is believed that this humble dessert originated at a time when people couldn't afford the more expensive flour, so traditionally, there were always rolled oats used as a base, and fruit or sweetmeat used for the filling. This old Mennonite recipe seems to be an invention of the 1930s, hailing either from Manitoba or the neighboring Saskatchewan, though it was later popularized across the country.Expand

Sushi pizza is an unusual spin on sushi that is popular throughout Canada, especially in Toronto. It consists of a fried rice patty topped with salmon, tuna, or crab, avocado slices, spicy mayonnaise, and soy-wasabi sauce. It is believed that the dish was invented by a Japanese chef Kaoru Ohsada in a restaurant named Nami. Originally, he made the dish by frying sushi rice, topping it with salmon, and garnishing it with tobiko fish roe and chopped onions. Today, sushi pizza is often accompanied by soy sauce or pickled ginger on the side. This food trend has also crossed national borders, so you can occasionally find it in poké restaurants in the United States.Expand

Turducken is an American-Canadian dish consisting of deboned turkey, deboned duck, and deboned chicken rolled into one and stuffed with three kinds of stuffings which are layered between the three types of meat. It is believed that the dish originated from a French dish called galantine, which was adapted into turducken by the Cajun people originating from French Canada, who settled in Louisiana. The dish is served sliced crosswise, so that each slice contains all three types of meat and three different stuffings.Expand

Yellow pea soup is a French-Canadian comfort food staple originating from Quebec. It was originally prepared by French Canadian settlers who had to make use of basic ingredients they brought with them from Europe, such as dried peas and salt pork. Nowadays, the most authentic version is prepared with yellow peas, salt park, and fresh herbs. After the soup has been cooked, pork is usually chopped and returned to the pot. Interestingly, there is also the commercial version of this soup, known as Habitant Pea Soup.Expand

Oreilles de crisse is a Quebecois dish made by deep-frying or baking smoked pork rinds until they become crispy. They are traditionally served in Canadian sugar shacks, preferably topped with a drizzle of maple syrup. Apart from sugar shacks, oreilles de crisse can be used as a garnish or served as an accompaniment to stews, beans, or fried eggs.Expand