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I learn something new about the US every day.
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I was watching my local news program and they were discussing the youtube video revalation that milk in a bag doesn't exist in the US. They then went into a list of other items Canadians find commonplace that are different, or don't exist in the US. Tell me if this list is accurate. Is there anything else that is common in Canada that you don't have in the US?
No ketchup or all dressed potato chips?
Smarties don't come in a box?
No Cadbury Caramilk bars?
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Smarties aren't chocolate here...they are those little pill-like candies that people give out for halloween.
No ketchup, all dressed, or dill pickle chips....I couldn't believe it at Christmas when it's all I wanted and nope...not one to be found! I don't know how ya'll live without them!!
Basically it comes in a plastic bag. You snip off a small corner and set the bag in a special pitcher that has a slat on top where you stuff the cut corner of the bag. DH's parents get those because they are cheaper
Yes, but our smarties and theirs are different. IIRC the ones in Canada and the UK are more like M&Ms to us.
Caramilk bars are my favourite! Chocolate with caramel inside in little pockets.
Milk in a bag: you put the bag in a jug and snip off the corner to pour the milk. It comes in cartons or bags, but apparently, only in Eastern Canada.
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Ketchup flavoured potato chips, I actually don't like them.
All dressed kind of taste like barbeque and salt and vinegar chips all in one.
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Smarties are different for sure- our smarties are small tart pill looking candies that are wrapped up in cellophane. Your smarties are sort of like an M&M- chocolate with a candy coating. Two totally different candies.
I get Cadbury's no problem at my local Kroger or Meijers. That being said Caduburys up until now in the US is manufactured by Hershey's (I am pretty positive). But with Kraft purchasing them who knows what will happen there.
Candies are totally different from country to country- hubby is from England and I about died when he said there were no Reeses Pieces or Reeses Peanut Butter cups. They also don't make Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches (Jelly there is Jello here) and pudding here is a TYPE of dessert, where as pudding there is a general name for dessert (as in what type of pudding would you like ? Lemon Tart or Chocolate Roulade?).
We don't have the same Potato Chip flavors AT ALL (except Salt and Vinegar that seems universal) In England Lay's is called Walkers and they have Roasted Chicken, Prawn Cocktail, Smoky Bacon and others- we have barbeque, sour cream and onion, and Cheddar are the most common.
Seriously we all speak English but we don't speak the same language.
DH the other day said clientele and I couldn't stop laughing (he pronounced it klee-in-tell whereas we say kli-int-el) and told me that the news said the traffic was "chock o block" .... uhm honey I guarantee they did not say that!
This is the first I've ever heard of milk in a bag. No ketchup on chips.
Another thing is we have really crappy Kit Kat bars. I went to Canada once and I couldn't believe how much better the Kit Kat bars tasted.
You might be thinking about Cadbury Creme Eggs or Caramel Eggs. Yum!
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This is making me giggle!
Ketchup chips aren't regular chips with ketchup squirted on them!! They have a simulated ketchup tasting power on them, similar to what you would find for, say, a bag of Salt and Vinegar or Sour Cream & Onion.
All dressed...it's like S&V, SC&O and Ketchup all rolled into one with a hint of BBQ
I really love the Roasted Chicken ones...
I think US Smarties and Canadian Smarties are two different types of candies. For us, they look like little pastel pills and are made of tart sugar. They come in a cellphane wrapped tube.
Aren't they more like M&Ms in Canada?
I *love* Cadbury Flake bars, but those are difficult to find.
The only milk in bags around my house is my frozen breastmilk for DD!
I haven't seen them, but you can find strange flavours in certain stores.
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Yeah, they're like M&Ms in fun colours. The two taste slightly different because of the type of chocolate used.
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Eww. I had no idea that something like that existed and I'm glad it's not down here!
lol they're actaully really yummy!!
Do you have coffee crisp bars in Canada? I had them in England, and they were SO GOOD! I don't even like coffee and I loved those! But we don't have them... :-(
Also, my grandparents used to go to Canada and bring back bars of toffee (like candy bar size but a wee bit wider) in a red package. Not sure if those are still there, but man, they were good. You had to hit them against something to break the toffee and then you would suck on the chunks until they were soft enough to chew. Doesn't sound good, but it was....
McIntosh Toffee!!!! Red package with a little bit of a plaid pattern going diagonally from one corner to the next *drooling*
YES!!! I thought that's what they were called, but then figured I was wrong because my grandmother's family name was MacIntosh, so I figured I was just confused! My grandparents would go on trips and bring back yummy Canadian candy (they were both from there originally).
This post has me feeling all nostalgic... and hungry :-)
mmmm rockets...
You can get dill pickle chips a few places in the U.S. Mostly the northern states, cant get them in Arizona though
or marshmallow fluff either 