Canada

Please respond with your name,date, and source of your information. ( Family members may be used as long as their relationship to you is noted- ex: grandmother )

 * What is the name of your home town?**


 * How does your heritage affect the food that you consume in your home?**

"My heritage is kind of a dual heritage in that my family from both sides is originally European Jewish, but I grew up in Quebec, so there's also some French Canadian. I lived with my grandmother and she was a very good cook, so it instilled in me at a very young age. I watched my grandmother and my mother cook very traditional foods that they had eaten during their lives." 4/1/08 Interviewer: Colton Phillips. Interviewee: Ms. Soryl Angel, LM Writing Center.


 * What marketing practices does your family use in order to obtain the supplies needed to prepare food from your native country ?**

"The kind of shopping that went on when I was growing up, which was a very long time ago, is very different from what I do now. Now we try as much as possible to go to the Farmer's Market for produce. The way we eat now is very different than when I grew up. We eat a lot more vegetables and fruit. We eat a lot of grains and beans which were not really present during my growing up. There were not a lot of low fat and non-fat products when I was a child. So I do do it very differently. The kind of traditional foods that where present in my home were very labor intensive. Since my grandmother lived in a house and my mother didn't work outside the home, they had a great deal of more time to make more complicated traditional things. I don't have that kind of time so I think our food is healthier, but stir-fry and simpler. On special occasions, I will make those things I learned as a child and they have become more special for my family." 4/1/08 Interviewer: Colton Phillips. Interviewee: Ms. Soryl Angel, LM Writing Center.


 * Give an example of a holiday tradition in your home that incorporates food into the celebration.**

"My kids' absolute favorite thing is potato latkes at Hanukkah and I never make them any other time of the year. It's not that they're so hard to do and not that I couldn't, but we just keep it as a special treat. At Passover, I make matzo balls and chicken soup. I do those things absolutely. I used to take them to my kids at college. And I hope they'll do them too." 4/1/08 Interviewer: Colton Phillips. Interviewee: Ms. Soryl Angel, LM Writing Center.

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 * Provide a family recipe related to your culture. Type the recipe or include a link to your recipe.