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Encyclopedia > Tourtière

A tourtière is a meat pie originating from Quebec, usually made with ground beef or pork. It is a traditional Christmas and New Year's Eve dish in Quebec, but is also enjoyed and sold in grocery stores all year long. Pie is good. ... ... Christmas (literally, the Mass of Christ) is a holiday in the Christian calendar, usually observed on December 25, which celebrates the birth of Jesus. ... The Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge illuminated under New Years Eve Fireworks 2005 New Years Eve is a celebration held the day before New Years Day, on December 31, the final day of the year. ... Supermarket produce section A supermarket is a store that sells a wide variety of goods including food and alcohol, medicine, clothes, and other household products that are consumed regularly. ...


Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean

The tourtières of the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean area are deep-dish pies made with potatoes and various meats (often including game), which are cut into small cubes or ground coarsely. Map of Quebec showing Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean The Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region in Quebec, Canada is distinguished by its physical beauty, especially the Fjord du Saguenay, the estuary of the Saguenay River, stretching through much of the region, and by the cordial character of its inhabitants. ...


Note, the "tourte" was a kind of fowl that was orinally used in tourtières along with other game (and may have been eaten into extinction by the Quebecois).



 

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