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Nanaimo Bars
Nanaimo Bars

SXUSEM (SK-HOO-SHUM)
BERRY FOAM
rom the west coast of Soapberry is the basis of a special
FCanada, comes a dessert indigenous dessert also known as
called the Nanaimo bar. It sxusem. Soapberry bushes are found
is named after a city on in British Columbia and the Canadian
Vancouver Island. This is a Arctic. They are also known as
no-bake dessert. It begins with buffalo berries or foam berries. The
a chewy chocolate graham- berries are small and turn orange-

coconut crust. In the middle is red when ripe. When they are
a thick layer of vanilla pudding. vigorously whipped, these berries
The top layer is chocolate. foam and become fluffy. A little
water and sugar are added. It turns
This sweet dessert dates back into a bittersweet
to the early 1950s. Then, several pink, ice cream-
recipes appeared for what they like dessert.
called chocolate square. But
historians have traced similar The bright-red soapberry
recipes back to the 1800s. is the main ingredient in
sxusem.
Visitors to Nanaimo are invited
to follow the Nanaimo Bar Trail.
It is a self-guided tour. There
are 39 stops on the tour. Each
site allows guests to experience
classic Nanaimo bars. There are
kinds that are organic or vegan.
Some are gluten free. Others have
been flavoured with mint, peanut
butter, and even mocha.

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