Acadian cuisine

Acadian cuisine is the food that people in Acadian areas – which are places where French people settled a long time ago – eat.

So imagine you and your family living in a place called Acadian. Your ancestors were French, so you eat special foods that your grandparents and great-grandparents also ate.

Acadian cuisine includes dishes like seafood chowder, which is a soup made with different kinds of seafood like shrimp, scallops and clams. There's also a dish called poutine râpée, which is made with grated potatoes and salted pork, and is a little bit like a dumpling.

Another favourite dish is called tourtiere, which is like a meat pie, but instead of a sweet filling like apple, the inside is made with meat and spices.

Acadian cuisine is a mix of French, British and Indigenous influences, so it has a unique flavour that you won't find anywhere else. Bon appétit!