"Dee Randall" > wrote in message
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> One of my favorites:
> I was in Canada on your holiday, I think it was Boxer Day, (or your
> similar Thanksgiving day) (or our Thanksgiving Day) and went to a
> restaurant that touted 'gourmet' food. I must admit there was nothing
> that was fixed 'good enough for me.' But one thing I did enjoy was the pea
> soup. It took me a long time to research what kind of soup this was. I
> heard later it was considered Canadian's national soup. It's still a
> little difficult to find this type of pea (for me).

I would never consider pea soup the national soup of Canada. I do associate
it with the province of Québec.

Gabby