On Canada Day it is important that we stop and think about the wonderful country we have. Why not brag a bit July 1?
This quiz takes us on a tour of Canada. See how well you can do.
1. We’ll start in Victoria, B.C. What hotel overlooks the downtown inner harbour?
2. The downtown area of Vancouver sits on a peninsula and at the end of the peninsula there’s a 1,000 acre park that was created in the 19th century. What is it called?
3. Crossing into Alberta, you will enter Banff National Park. Which natural feature was the first area to be protected in 1885? (a) Sawback Range (b) Bow Valley (c) Lake
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4. If you drive north from Banff to Jasper National Park, you take the Icefield Parkway. While admiring the scenery you can stop and actually walk on an ice glacier. True or false?
5. For those who need their shopping fix, next stop is Edmonton where there is one of the world’s greatest malls. What is it called?
6. Heading south to Calgary, the city has an Olympic Park, which hosted an Olympic games. In which year?
7. The next stop is Regina where the RCMP has its training academy. The RCMP was created to protect which two provinces?
8. Continuing east to Winnipeg, you can tour Lower Fort Garry, the oldest intact stone fort in North America. Who built it? (a) Canadian government (b) Hudson Bay Co. (c) British government (d) silver miners.
9. Let’s go east. When you are facing Niagara Falls, are you in Ontario or New York?
10. Montreal is named after what kind of natural feature? (a) bluff (b) island (c) mountain (d) river.
11. You follow the St. Lawrence River to Quebec City, the only walled city in North America. Did the Americans ever attack this city?
12. On the East Coast we find the Bay of Fundy, which has significant tides. What is the difference between the low and high tide: (a) 37 feet/11 metres (b) 25 feet/eight metres (c) 48 feet/15 metres (d) 72 feet/22 metres.
13. Cape Breton Island is part of the province of Nova Scotia. Here you can visit the summer home of what famous inventor?
14. In what year did Newfoundland join Canada as its 10th province?
15. The Trans-Canada Highway is the world’s longest national road. How many miles/kilometres is it? (a) 2,423 miles/3,901 km (b) 3,300 miles/5,313 km (c) 4,860 miles/7,824 km (d) 5,800 miles/9,338 km.
See answers at end of column.
Dear TEAM: I have always made bread and I am finding in the past couple of years that the bread does not turn out as usual. I have asked other older ladies who also have made bread for years and they have the same problem. I am using a Bosch kitchen machine but even when I make it by hand, it doesn’t come out the same. I have tried different recipes and adjusted the recipes but have concluded that the flour is the problem. What is happening to our high quality hard spring wheat flour? Is it the changes in the varieties of wheat now being grown or is the crazy weather having its effect? I have gone on the internet for recipes but they do not turn out either. I do know that the USA has more soft wheat in their flour. I would appreciate a recipe that works with the Bosch machine. – I.D.
Dear I.D.: I contacted the Canadian Grain Commission for help with your question. This is its response:
“The amount of protein in flour is dependent on the protein content of the wheat from which it has been milled, and there is a wide range in the protein content of wheat harvested across the Prairies.
The average protein content of Canada Western Red Spring wheat (CWRS), which is our premium bread making wheat, varies from year to year, but it is segregated by protein content in the handling system.
Protein segregation is done on 0.5 percent protein increments for No. 1 and No. 2 CWRS. Wheat is then sold on a guaranteed protein content basis.
The varieties grown over time do change, but the variety registration system that we use in Western Canada ensures that any new wheat varieties, which are registered, are of high intrinsic quality.
“Typically, flour mills purchase wheat of the specific grade and protein level required to meet their needs. Even at the same protein level, flour will exhibit some variation in dough strength and baking quality due to environmental conditions – rainfall, temperature, soil nutrients, etc.
Flour of a particular type (all-purpose, cake and pastry) will have a relatively narrow range in protein content from year to year, and the mills’ goal is to maintain consistency in their product as best they can, but the growing conditions over the past few years have made that rather challenging.
If your reader has been using all-purpose flour to make her bread, she could try using bread flour, which usually has somewhat stronger gluten properties.”
A good book full of bread and other grain recipes is Eat More Whole Grains by Winnie’s Winning Ways. Winnie includes a Bosch method as well as a regular method for most of the recipes in the book. Because I’m not sure what type of bread you would like to make, white, cracked wheat, whole wheat, etc., I would recommend you try and get one of these books, or contact us for a specific recipe from the book.
To order Eat More Whole Grains write to Winnie’s Winning Ways Ltd., Box 59 Morris, Man., R0G 1K0. Phone/Fax: 204-746-8162.
E-mail: winnie@winnieswinningways.ca, or from the website order at www.winnieswinningways.ca. $14.95 plus GST.
Some juice questions
Which is better, whole fruit or fruit juices?
When it comes to nutrition, nothing can replace whole fruits. However, the next best thing is their juice. When making juice, if the whole fruit is used or the juice is pulpy, there will be fibre.
Ounce for ounce, fruit juice has more calories than whole fruit. Also, juices aren’t as filling as whole fruit and so it is easy to drink a lot of calories.
Is juice from concentrate as nutritious as fresh juice?
It has similar amounts of nutrients. One study even found that frozen reconstituted orange juice had more vitamin C than ready-to-drink orange juice. Frozen juice concentrate is more economical and its packaging is less wasteful than juice sold in cartons or bottles.
What are juice “drinks”?
Anything called a juice drink, beverage, punch, cocktail or “ade” is typically fruit juice with added water and lots of sugar. Check labels. The first ingredient listed will be what the juice is mostly made of. Look for labels that say 100 percent fruit juice or close to it.
Answers:
1. The Empress Hotel
2. Stanley
3. Cave and Basin Hot Springs
4. True
5. West Edmonton Mall
6. 1988
7. Alberta and Saskatchewan
8. Hudson Bay Co.
9. New York
10. 48 feet/15 metres
11. Yes
12. mountain
13. Alexander Graham Bell
14. 1949
15. 4,860 miles/ 7,824 km
Alma Copeland is a home economist from Elrose, Sask., and one of four columnists comprising Team
Resources. Send correspondence in care of this newspaper, Box 2500, Saskatoon, Sask., S7K 2C4 or contact them at team@producer.com.
