Definitions
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- noun Canada Alternative spelling of
tourtière .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a meat pie that is usually eaten at Christmas in Quebec
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Examples
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Living in Quebec and having French Canadian relatives, the tourtiere is definitely a part of our Christmas celebration.
Mmm...Canada - Shaun 2008
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On Christmas Eve GC and I worked our weekly shift in the soup kitchen at the Shepherds of Good Hope, serving up tourtiere pie and cauliflower soup and pastries.
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I'm pretty clueless about Canadian cuisine as well outside of tourtiere, and now that I think about it, I'd be hard-pressed to describe "American" cuisine as well.
Wild Canada Brilynn 2008
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I made tourtiere for dinner this past Christmas and it was lovely.
Mmm...Canada - Shaun 2008
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On Christmas Eve GC and I worked our weekly shift in the soup kitchen at the Shepherds of Good Hope, serving up tourtiere pie and cauliflower soup and pastries.
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I have so many different tourtiere recipes both old and new world.
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Oh, my, I thought Robert's 'cake' would be more like tourtiere, but it's even more horrific-sounding than Spam.....
Celebrations K. A. Laity 2006
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Wait a second: Adela, you use apples in your tourtiere?
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Wait a second: Adela, you use apples in your tourtiere?
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Your tourtiere looks quite good even for my very critical French Canadian eyes.
Tourtierre 2005
qms commented on the word tourtiere
For Quebecois their Christmas fare
Is partly pork and partly prayer.
Their festive bias
Is doubly pious:
A mass to begin and then tourtiere.
December 22, 2014