What kind of food is typical Canadian snack Beaver Tail?

The Beaver Tail is a fried dough pastry that is sold in a variety of flavours. Most flavours of Beaver Tails are topped with sweet condiments and confections, such as whipped cream, banana slices, crumbled Oreos, cinnamon sugar, and chocolate hazelnut. Beaver Tails are also made in savoury variations, such as with poutine or hotdogs.

Before the arrival of European settlers, Indigenous peoples would cook beaver tails on an open flame in order to access the meat inside the thick tail skin. New arrivals were later inspired to cook their fried dough in the same manner.

Similar to bannock, Beaver Tails don’t require rising. Early settlers referred to this type of bread as “baking day bread”.

Contrary to popular belief, the 'Queues de Castor' as they are known in Canada’s other official language weren’t invented in Quebec. In the late 1970s, Grant and Pam Hooker began selling the iconic Canadian dainty west of Ottawa at the Killaloe craft and community fair. Grant Hooker asserts the recipe they use is third generation, handed down to him by his German-Canadian grandmother.