IN answer to your question here are but a few of the amazing variety of foods we make up here on the Canada border:
Soups, Stew, Chowders
Meat & Potatoes
Pasta dishes
pasties (Yooper creation)
pizza pasties (another Yooper creation)
Cheese and other dairy products (Northern and Midwestern Cheeses are the best you can get)
All kinds of fresh water fish recipes from pan fried perch to smoked salmon, and blue trout, trout almondine, beer-battered whitefish/perch/bullheads/bass, etc.
New England Boiled Dinner
Fabulous thanksgiving spread to include roasted or barbecued turkey, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes (made in any number of creative ways), rutabeggas, green beans, cranberry sauce, bread or rice dressing/stuffing, pumpkin pie, apple pie, cheesecake, turkey gravy, seabreeze salad, freshly baked bread. AFter Thanksgiving is over, there are a host of recipes to be created from the leftovers.
Our own style of chili which contains ground beef, lots of chili powder, Cummin, Coriander, tomatoes, tomato sauce, celery, kidney beans, red &/or pinto beans, sliced onion, and sometimes rice (depending on the cook)
Wild game such as ruffed grouse, woodcock, snowshoe rabbit, cottontail rabbit, venison (white tail deer), bear, elk, beaver, a host of fresh water fish.
Cudighi Sandwiches
Giant hamburgers (going from 1/2 lb to 3/4 lb. patties, topped with lots of American cheese and all the things you can put on a burger, with a matching bun)
A unique cold-cut submarine sandwich that people visit our little town for
Baked Beans made with maple syrup
Maple Syrup
Goodweed's Pancakes & Waffles
Hearty breads
Fruit pies
I could go on, but I think you get the idea. We have many dishes based on Native American traditions, as well as a melting pot of dishes originating from mostly Northern Europe. The fare is usually hearty, warm you body & sould kind of food. We also love our cherries, apples, raspberreis, wild mushrooms (many different kinds around here) and blueberries, and all things made from them.
Seeeeeeya; Goodweed of the North