POTATOES/FRIES

POUTINE

Poutine, pictured, is the local dish that consists of fries/chips, gravy and curd cheese.

LOBSTER

As well as the usual whole boiled lobster dishes, look out for lobster mac and cheese and lobster poutine made with mornay sauce instead of gravy.

BLUEBERRIES

In New Brunswick, 4.2 million kilos of wild blueberries are harvested every year. Look out for blueberry wines, liqueurs and syrups at the farmers’ markets, as well as blueberry pie.

MAPLE SYRUP

Famously made throughout Canada, but there are many local producers in New Brunswick too.

CRAFT BEERS

Like in Scotland, these craft beers have really taken off in the area. The capital, Fredericton, boasts the highest number of craft brewers/ pubs.

BERRIES

Most berries are grown locally, including cranberries, strawberries and black raspberries, which are similar to Scottish brambles.

FIDDLEHEADS

A New Brunswick delicacy, a fiddlehead is a young, still-coiled, fern shoot usually steamed or boiled and served with Atlantic salmon.

CLAMS

Obviously, seafood is a big thing in the area. Clam chowder is served almost everywhere, with most eateries claiming to serve the best!

FUDGE

Many farmers’ markets and craft shops sell home-made fudge in dozens of flavours including maple and blueberry.

New Brunswick grows almost 15% of Canada’s potatoes each year. Wallace and Harrison McCain, who were sons of a local potato farmer, set up the McCain’s frozen fries operation in the 1950s.