Well this is what a Globe and Mail blog said re this:
"/He entered Le Moulin de Provence and announced he wanted Canadian 
cookies. The baker, from the South of France, obliged with Maple Leaf 
cookies.

"I figure I'd get some points from may daughters," potus announced. The 
baker refused his cash -- don't know if they were loonies. "It's for 
your daughters," he said. "It's not for you."

/ //Now I am assuming he was not looking for the basic cheapie packaged 
maple leaf cookie  -- if this kind  is a Canadian delicacy it is not one 
most of us eat routinely. On the other hand -- it is prob. just as well 
most of us don't get to Ottawa or we would eat the other pastry daily 
(on my last visit that was my dietary restriction -- the first one I ate 
was so good and the weather was so cold I wouldn't take my gloves off 
and I found myself eating the paper it was wrapped in as well, but that 
was a small cost!

For a full report on the fine cuisine, beaver tail, please refer all 
further requests to Dan Herron!

Sally
//
Delaurell, Roxane M wrote:
> Sally- I heard he also specifically asked for a special biscuit, shaped like a maple leaf? It is also some special delicacy. Do you know what I'm talking about?Could it be the Canadian version of elephant ears? Lets see what Jim can do with this. Cheers, Roxane
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> From: Academy of Legal Studies in Business (ALSB) Talk on behalf of Sally Gunz
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> And I thought Jim was such a well-traveled, cool guy. What a disgusting
> mind. This is Canada -- clean, proper, and specializing in fine cuisine.
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> Sally
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> James Highsmith wrote:
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>> I have no blessed idea why you are sharing this embarrassment with us, but my sympathies
>> are with you both. I cannot define obscenity, but I know when I see it....James
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Sally Gunz <[log in to unmask]>
>> Date: Thursday, February 19, 2009 3:30 pm
>> Subject: Update
>> To: [log in to unmask]
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>>> For those of you who remember the Ottawa conference or have been to
>>> Ottawa (especially when it is cold), you will be pleased to know
>>> that
>>> your President partook in the local delicacy, beaver tails, on his
>>> recent visit. Why else would you go to Ottawa?
>>>
>>> Sally
>>>
>>>    
>>>