Totally awesome things from Canada that I can't get in the USA.
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 - 3:29pm
Forgive my musings, but ever since I moved to the US of A 9 years ago, I occasionally have cravings that I simply cannot satisfy. This here is my way of remembering and honoring the things I miss about Canuckistan.
Feel free to add your own items from whatever country/provice/state that you may or may not be from.
- Coffee Crisps. Man, I love those bars. Last year my mom sent me a case for Christmas, they didn't last nearly long enough.
- Pillsbury Pizza Pops. Ok, so they're not the greatest things in the world, but man they come close. I grew up on them and the closest thing down here is hot pockets, which are just totally not even close to the same.
- Safeway brand beef jerkey. You know that beef jerkey in the deli department? The stuff that's lying behind the glass case with the sliced meats and cheeses, and you have to ask the butcher to get it for you, and then they wrap it up in the same stuff they wrap up the lunchmeat in? Man, that's good stuff. The boring brand-name jerky at the stores here just doesn't compare.
- Fries with Gravy. Not poutine (though that's good stuff), I just mean good old fashioned french fries with a thick brown gravy. Preferably the kind they used to serve at that one shop in the Northgate mall food court in 1994.
- A Double/Double. No explanation required here.
You know, re-reading the list reminded me that it's 2:30 pm and I havn't had lunch yet... maybe I should get on that 
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You can get most of those things, just not in Iowa.
*Legion* wrote:
What about Cheese Whiz? I hear that is a Canada only thing, or maybe it's North America...
What, they don't have fries and gravy down there??
Kraft Dinner? C'mon, it's bachelor food but it has it's place in my heart.
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Fedaykin98 wrote:
Head further South and you'll find the fries with gravy. I never saw them until I moved to NC from OH.
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No, we don't have fries and gravy down here. We put ketchup on our fries. Well, most of us... some people put mayonnaise on them but we don't talk about them...
But we have both Cheese Whiz and Kraft Mac & Cheese.
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I can get Cheese Whiz and Kraft dinner down here just fine, the only difference is that it's called "Kraft Macaroni & Cheese".
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Quick, someone call Hanta! I know he's itching to berate more people for not drinking coffee black.
Fedaykin98 wrote:
I was in Arizona last summer and a deli there had gravy fries.
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Tim Horton's "Double/Double" coffee
Probably the greatest coffee known to man. (Probably known to others as 2 Creams, 2 Sugars, aka "Doubles").
Looking at that list, I was pretty shocked at the numbers of things that are apparently hard to find in the US...I made the mistake of assuming that had all that stuff
1. Alberta Beef - No contest
2. Chinooks (non-food allowed, right?)
3. Aurora Borealis (see 2)
4. Real Beer with real alcohol (Molson Canadian, Sleeman's, Alexander Keith's)
5. Real Maple Syrup
From what I understand, these are apparently all luxuries Canucks enjoy that are very difficult for our American friends to duplicate
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*Legion* wrote:
I have a Canadian co-worker who dearly misses her ketchup flavored potato chips, and brings back extras every time she visits family in Toronto.
Truly a strange land populated by strange people.
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Fedaykin98 wrote:
Ketchup chips aren't sold down there? HOW DO YOU GUYS LIVE?!!!
Weather anomaly I meant... >_<
Copingsaw wrote:
Super K - The "Anti-Wipe"
Edit: Nevermind my question was answered in the time it took me to post because I had opened up the thread about an hour ago.
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In America a Double/Double is a cheeseburger. ...We have... y'know... lots of words for cheeseburgers...
Oh man that looks good.
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A woman who used to work in my building would bring me back bags of coffee crisps whenever she went home to Canada. Then my wife found out about it and got pissed. No more coffee crisps for me. Best candy bar ever!
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Didn't realize that you guys don't get our awesome food products.
McChuck wrote:
Do you get Worcester sauce crisps (ok..."chips") over there?
The British will basically take any food and create a crisp flavour our of it. Or if you're Scottish, skip the conversion to crisps and just deep fry it straight off.
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Aw man, Cedar Rapids just rather sucks.
Iowa in general, actually. Though not as much as rural Louisiana did.
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Farscry, just move to Vancouver. All the cool kids are doing it.
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Holy cow, I just got back from my honeymoon, and we flew out of Vancouver to get back to the States. I was in Vancouver for all of 2 hours, and most of that in the airport, but it seemed like an amazing town. Is it as great as it looks through the windows of a tour bus?
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We've got a little meat market & butcher shop just down the block from my house that's been there since the 40s. They brew up their own microbrews and specialize in fresh (as in, breathing just this morning) beef, pork, and bison. They've also got an entire case filled with nothing but slabbed jerky and locally-made cheeses. Add in the freezer filled with hunt meats (elk, venison, etc) and I've yet to find a shop anywhere that can beat it. But then, WI's practically Canada already... so we might not count
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You can find Molson all over down here, but god, I would give my left foot for some Sleeman's Cream Ale.
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Fedaykin98 wrote:
Beaver Tails - if you've ever been to Ottawa you know what they are!
Why is that magazine so much more expensive in Canada? Greater demand?
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