Monday, July 6, 2020

Learn more about Nova Anglicana - Cuisine


Jiggs dinner, a traditional Newfoundland dish

Food in Nova Anglicana

So when you get to Nova Anglicana and you want to go for a drink and meal, what can you expect? Lots of fish, b'y. Londinium is located in the province of Newfoundland, which has a very strong fishing industry. Fish and chips, cod every way you can think of (tongues are a favorite), flounder, halibut, salmon, and lobster are some of the typical seafood one can expect, though if you're lucky, you might be able to find seal flipper pie, a real treat. For land fare, try caribou, deer, rabbit, or the famous "jiggs dinner", salted beef with boiled vegetables, as well as pickles and beets. For dessert, think figgy duff, a sweet raisin pudding, or one of our many baked goods flavored with molasses. 

Eboracum is also a maritime city, so look for a lot of seafood, but lobster especially (and eel is surprisingly popular). Rappie pie is an Acadian tradition, made from grated potatoes with meat broth dripped over it, and various types of sausage can also be found just about anywhere. Eboracum also offers wonderful apples, blueberries, and wine, for those of you looking for something other than meat. Blueberry grunt is a local dessert favorite that consists of blueberry dumplings with nutmeg, cinnamon and sugar mixed in; tourists consistently rave about it.

In Durovernum Cantiacorum, or DC for short, seafood is the prime entree, with a special focus on shellfish. Lobster, oysters, scallops, crab, clams, mussels, you name it, they've got it. For the adventurous, try fiddleheads or dulse. And for dessert, pecan pie with maple sugar is sure to please even the pickiest eater. Or venture a little further out to Kings County, where the local sheep farming means you can enjoy incredibly tasty grilled lamb. 

In Aquae Sulis or Portus Abonae, food is much the same as in Londinium and other parts of Newfoundland, but with a heavier focus on game and local produce.

If you should find yourself in Isca Dumnoniorum or anywhere in Prince Edward Island, keep an eye out for lobster, available almost year round, or delicious Malpeque oysters. What else is PEI famous for? Well, the beef on the island is delicious, but the other PEI specialty is potatoes. Mash 'em, boil 'em, stick 'em in a stew, but that's not all you can do with them. Fish and chips on PEI will taste better than in the UK because of PEI potatoes, or try garlic fries made with lovely local garlic. There are over 100 varieties of potato cultivated on PEI and they taste better because of the sustainable and land-friendly methods used to grow them.

In Sept-Iles, seafood is again the order of the day. Enjoy scallops, softshell or razor clams, whelk, and snow crabs, or try fish like salmon, cod, halibut, or trout. Or hop over to the Purmer sea farm on Grosse Boule Island for mussels, scallops, and instructive information on aquaculture. Finally, try cloudberries, a local specialty, in a dessert or in chicoutai, a local liqueur. 

Drink in Nova Anglicana

Wine in Nova Anglicana is primarily grown in Nova Scotia. Nova Scotia is primarily known for its sparkling wine and white wine, especially the Tidal Bay appellation. New Brunswick has wine production, but also boasts cider, mead, and fruit wine, such as strawberry or blueberry. Prince Edward Island also features cider and mead as well as grape wine. Newfoundland is more known for its fruit wines than its grape wines.

But what you really want to know about is the beer, right? Pubs in Londinium and other major cities are open from noon to midnight, usually, and later on the weekends, and local breweries usually hold the same hours, give or take an hour or two. Expect to see plenty of traditional lagers and ales, though local microbreweries are turning out more complex beers, including a popular blueberry ale made with local blueberries. The most popular in the country is Lion, but other popular beers include MooseheadPicaroons in Vinovium, and several historical Newfoundland beers that are now brewed by Molson or Labatt. Lion is the most prominent and you can find the wide variety they serve below.

IPAs/ESBs: Corner Pub ESB, 5% - Lion goes back to Nova Anglicana's English roots with this Extra Strong Bitter that delicately balances hops and malts; served a little warmer than normal for that real English pub experience

Grizzled IPA, 7.0% - Orange in color, this crisp beer has a citrusy taste up front, but that gradually fades to allow pine and floral aromas to come to the fore. 

Pale Ales: Hunter's Pale Ale, 5.9% - Dark gold and full-bodied, with a hoppy nose and assertive-but-balanced flavors of pale malts and citrusy floral hops from start to finish.

Alpha Male Strong Golden Ale, 8.5% - combines pilsner malts and spicy hops to produce a golden-colored, drinkable ale with a complex mouthfeel. 

Ambers/Reds/Ryes: Autumn Amber Ale, 4.6% - Crisp and malty, with subdued hops flavor, perfect for an autumn afternoon

Belgians/Farm Ales/Saisons: Mayflower Saison, 6.5% - As you drink, you should detect just a hint of mayflower aroma, Erickson and Co. are proud of that little feat of beer engineering, tastes of spice and slightly bitter and earthy

Fruit/Shandys/Lambics: High Ridge Framboise Lambic, 4.1% - A fruity lambic beer made with raspberries picked directly from Nova Scotia, High Ridge balances the sweetness of a lambic with the tartness of raspberries for an excellent drinking experience

Sunrise Grapefruit Beer, 5.2% - Deliciously pink and tart but not too tart, this fruit beer is refreshing enough to drink anytime

Pilsners/lights/kolsch: Löwe Kolsch, 4.5% - Lion's take on this interesting style from Köln, Löwe is extra gold, extra cold, and perfect for a warm summer's day. Slightly fruity and slightly dry.

Stouts: Lion Stout, 8.8% - The dark caramel, large dense headed brew, with its 8.8% alcoholic content, is unique due to its sweet notes of chocolate and coffee interspersed into a foundation of dark roasted barley

Porters/Scotchs/Browns: High Tide Scotch Ale, 8.0% - named for the tides in Nova Scotia's Bay of Fundy, High Tide packs a wallop at 8% ABV. Sweet enough, but not as much as the stout or the fruit beers. Caramel and malt are the stars here.

Wheat/Weisse: Harvest White Ale, 5.1% - Made from local wheat and spices, Lion's interpretation of a Belgian witbier is more complex than Lion Lager, but just as drinkable, with fruit undertones.

Lagers: Lion Lager, 4.8% - Golden roasted malt in colour with a hint of fruit and caramel flavouring, it is very slightly sweet with less hop notes, good for thirsty workers at the end of a long day, the flagship beer of the brewery

Elder Statesman Rye, 6.3% - this beer is a nod to outgoing Prime Minister Allen Mumford, who was fond of rye beers. Some might call it a bit strong, while others will say the sour rye is just how a beer ought to taste.

Octoberfest Märzen, 5.5% - This is a new offering from Lion, a dark, coppery beer with a full-bodied taste and hints of hops, always served in the traditional Octoberfest Maßkrug

Rampant Red Ale (American style), 6.1% - Malty and filling at first, with a hint of fruitiness, but finishes crisp, light, and hoppy

Treacherous Brown Ale, 6.3% - Dark brown in color, mixes roasted malts with sweet taste of chocolate and nuts and adds a slight hoppy finish.

Windfall Cyser, 12.5% - A new offering from Lion, Windfall combines delicious Nova Anglican apples with Newfoundland honey for a twist on a traditional hard cider. Sweet but spicy, with floral notes, honey, and apple throughout, it works very well on its own or paired with hearty, savory fare to balance the sweetness.

Good Old Hooch, 25% - Good Old Hooch is Liqueur de la Mures de la Marais in French, or chicoutai in First Nations parlance, a sweet liqueur made from cloudberries, a type of wild raspberry. 


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