Grocery Items Unavailable in the US

[minnew 4]

I was just checking out your spreadsheet... so many things on there available here!!!

Oreos, Kraft Dinner, Heinz Ketchup, Lipton Chicken Noodle Soup, etc, etc.

Maybe it's different in other states. I would think Florida would be worse than many others.

When I first moved I was surprised not to find Vim cream bleach! My husband had never heard of it haha

But alot of the "same" products have HFCS which the Canadian products don't, so it tastes different even though it has the same brand name.

Last week when I visited my fiance I brought with me a Coca Cola bought in Canada and we sat down to try the Coca Cola bought in the U.S....what a difference in taste between the two! The Coca Cola made with sugar bought in Canada tasted so much better! I even lived in the U.S for school and never thought much of the difference! Of course he like the Coca with HFCS because that's what he has grown up on, and of course he is originally from GA, Coke country...LOL. Speaking of which when I was last in Atlanta I got a tour of the Coca Cola "factory" right beside the GA Aquarium...definitely worth a visit!!

[Krikit 1,165]

Clover leaf tuna. I miss it soo much.

We have Clover Leaf tuna here in sunny Fla. Maybe you should move here, Nevada.

Which grocery store? I have yet to see it... but my publix stores (PLURAL) are horrible in my area.

OMG. You made me think twice and I just realized that I brought that stock with me from Canada!

Last week when I visited my fiance I brought with me a Coca Cola bought in Canada and we sat down to try the Coca Cola bought in the U.S....what a difference in taste between the two! The Coca Cola made with sugar bought in Canada tasted so much better! I even lived in the U.S for school and never thought much of the difference! Of course he like the Coca with HFCS because that's what he has grown up on, and of course he is originally from GA, Coke country...LOL. Speaking of which when I was last in Atlanta I got a tour of the Coca Cola "factory" right beside the GA Aquarium...definitely worth a visit!!

I'm doing a tour there the next time I'm in town!.... I heard it's really good. I did the CNN tour instead. That was super cool. I must dig out my pic of me and my friend in our Headline News anchor-person blazers with our mug of coffee props. Oh, and I GOT TO DO THE WEATHER!!!!! They were showing us how it works and the presenter said "Any questions?" My hand shot up and I asked "Can I try?" and they let me!!! OMG, we howled. OH, and we were watching the guy doing the Headline News and when the camera went to the correspondent he started making faces and hand puppets! What a hoot.

[minnew 4]

Clover leaf tuna. I miss it soo much.

We have Clover Leaf tuna here in sunny Fla. Maybe you should move here, Nevada.

Which grocery store? I have yet to see it... but my publix stores (PLURAL) are horrible in my area.

OMG. You made me think twice and I just realized that I brought that stock with me from Canada!

Last week when I visited my fiance I brought with me a Coca Cola bought in Canada and we sat down to try the Coca Cola bought in the U.S....what a difference in taste between the two! The Coca Cola made with sugar bought in Canada tasted so much better! I even lived in the U.S for school and never thought much of the difference! Of course he like the Coca with HFCS because that's what he has grown up on, and of course he is originally from GA, Coke country...LOL. Speaking of which when I was last in Atlanta I got a tour of the Coca Cola "factory" right beside the GA Aquarium...definitely worth a visit!!

I'm doing a tour there the next time I'm in town!.... I heard it's really good. I did the CNN tour instead. That was super cool. I must dig out my pic of me and my friend in our Headline News anchor-person blazers with our mug of coffee props. Oh, and I GOT TO DO THE WEATHER!!!!! They were showing us how it works and the presenter said "Any questions?" My hand shot up and I asked "Can I try?" and they let me!!! OMG, we howled. OH, and we were watching the guy doing the Headline News and when the camera went to the correspondent he started making faces and hand puppets! What a hoot.

Hehehe I think we got a bit off topic...LOL....The Coca Cola "factory" and GA Aquarium both have 4D movies that are part of the tour that is really cool! And you get to take home a glass bottle of Coke with the same day stamp! I went to the CNN centre but did not get a tour, definitely next time!! I do have a picture standing in front of the big CNN sign inside the lobby!!

[Carlawarla 1]

The best poutine I've had in Saskatoon was at the "Voy". That's the Voyager Restaraunt (Esso) in case anyone is wondering where they heard that before. Second best, was actually at A&W!!

Gene hasn't had it..he calls it "heart attack" food.

[Reba 2]

Mr. Christie's used to be a completely separate and wholly owned company. Years ago it was bought by Nabisco, who was then bought by Kraft.

The Story of W.M. Christie

William Mellis Christie -- a man who changed the course of the Baking Industry -- came to Canada from Huntley, Aberdeenshire, Scotland at the age of 19 in the year 1848. He had apprenticed to the baking business in Turriff, Aberdeenshire for four years and, finding the prospects of the economy too limited, decided to move to Toronto where he worked as a baker. In September of 1849 a partnership was formed by James Mathers and Alexander Brown with William Christie as an assistant Baker and Traveling Salesman.

When Mr. Mathers retired in 1850, Alexander Brown took William Christie into the partnership. In 1853, Alexander Brown retired to the country and left the business with William Christie. In 1861, Christie suffered financial setbacks and Brown returned to the business which then adopted the name Christie, Brown & Company. On February 11, 1878, Mr. Brown retired for the second time and the business was purchased by William Christie. Mr. Christie built his business on the premise that customers deserved a quality product with the best of ingredients. In 1876, William Christie attended the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition with samples of his biscuits and returned with silver and bronze medals. This was just the first of many trips to exhibitions and fairs and Mr. Christie soon became known throughout the country for his high quality of biscuits.

When the son of William Christie, Robert J. Christie, took over the business in 1900, this company had grown from one using less than 50 barrels of flour a week to one using 160 barrels of flour, one and one-half tons of butter and lard, and thousands of eggs every working day.

The business, under the direction of William Christie, expanded to the point where Christie, Brown & Company employed approximately 375 people by the turn of the century and had offices in Montreal as well as Toronto. Deliveries were made to all parts of Canada.

In 1928, the capital stock of Christie, Brown & Company was purchased by the National Biscuit Company (Nabisco) which is a U.S. based company.

During the years, Christie Brown & Co. continued to prosper and in 1982, Christie Brown merged with Standard Brands and became Christie Brown & Co., Division of Nabisco Ltd which was a subsidiary of RJR Nabisco Inc in the U.S.

As of January, 1986 Christie Brown & Co. and Associated Biscuits of Canada integrated. Christie Brown & Co. now operates five Biscuit Bakeries in Toronto and Montreal, producing such well known products as Oreo Cookies, Premium Plus Crackers and Ritz Crackers; Peek Frean Fruit Creme Cookies; Dad's Oatmeal Cookies, David Strawberry Tarts and Harnois Winsor Cookies.

Edited December 23, 2008 by Reba

[Nick And Michelle 0]

When I got there I wanted Fuzzy Peaches!! But they have no fuzzy peaches *sadface* haha

[Marilyn. 340]

When I got there I wanted Fuzzy Peaches!! But they have no fuzzy peaches *sadface* haha

I have found them all over the place here...

[Nick And Michelle 0]

When I got there I wanted Fuzzy Peaches!! But they have no fuzzy peaches *sadface* haha

I have found them all over the place here...

really??

I haven't found any in colorado..

i know they have the Fuzzy Peach Rings... but not just Fuzzy Peaches

[Reba 2]

OK, back to food! I saw this article this morning on Yahoo News

Corn is making us fat

Corn is popping up in the most unlikely places. It’s in our soft drinks and juices, hamburgers and chicken, cookies and cakes, breads and crackers, yogurt and granola bars, pizza and fast foods -- and it’s making us fat.

By Shelagh McNally

Too much of a bad thing

Most of our processed foods are being sweetened with the cheap and abundant high fructose corn syrup (HFCS). When it was first introduced in the early 1970s, we consumed about 450 grams (one pound) per year. Today we eat almost 27 kilos (60 pounds) per person per year.

Epidemic

Scientists like Professor George Bray have been studying the effects of HFCS for many years. As former executive director of the Pennington Biomedical Research Centre in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA, and a former chair of the International Obesity Task Force, Bray had first hand experience with the growing epidemic and wrote about his findings in The Handbook of Obesity.

"Fructose is absorbed differently. It doesn't register in the body metabolically the same way that glucose does. It is a carbohydrate fat equivalent - that’s how I look at it - and the rise in high fructose corn syrup is on top of the obesity epidemic," said Bray.

Handled differently

When we start digesting glucose, our body reacts by increasing leptin (a hormone controlling appetite and fat storage) and decreasing ghrelin (the hormone reducing hunger pangs). The glucose is then stored as energy.

But with HFCS the opposite happens. Ghrelin levels are not suppressed and leptin is not increased so we are left feeling not quite satisfied and hungry soon after eating. It gets into our cells without triggering an insulin response, thereby confusing our body into handling it like any other fat and storing in as excessive flab. The University of Minnesota also found a diet high in fructose elevates triglyceride levels, long associated with obesity and heart disease

Subsidized corn

We have so much corn because it’s a heavily subsidized crop. It’s become a cheap food source so all our our animals, including salmon, are fed a steady diet of corn. Since there’s plenty leftover (that happens when you are producing 10 million bushels per year) its also turned into by-products like HFSC, which according to Michael Pollan has become the building block of the "fast-food nation."

King Corn

In 2004, Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis started growing a single acre of corn and documented their investigation in their film King Corn. They started off injecting ammonia fertilizer into the 31,000 genetically modified seeds they planted (which took around 18 minutes). While the corn grew, they visited where corn ends up and were disturbed by the results.

Whether it was in a diabetes-plagued neighbourhood where soda was the favoured beverage or in the overcrowded feedlots where bloated cows were waiting to be slaughtered, corn didn’t seem to be contributing to a healthy life. In fact, when Ian and Curt got their hair tested they discovered they were 58 percent corn-based.

Buyer beware

The first step to reducing our HFCS intake and losing weight is to find cut out those foods laced with it.

Approach labels with caution though. The food industry has not been completely forthright and sometimes labels HFCS simply as fructose. Cadbury Schweppes recently agreed to change the label on its 'natural' HFCS-containing 7UP drink and Kraft announced it would abandon "all natural" claims on Capri Sun Juice. Both companies were faced with a lawsuit for deceptive advertising, filed by consumer activists Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI). The Corn Refiners Association has also backed down after the FDA stated that HFCS could never be considered a natural ingredient.

The Accidental Hedonist has a list of foods containing HFCS while Stop HFCS has a list of companies who have stopped using it.

Buying products from companies, a diet of fresh fruit and vegetables along with grain-fed and organic meat bought from a reliable, local source is the best way to avoid the perils of HFCS.

Shelagh McNally is the editor of Green Living Online. Now she knows who to blame for that extra 15 pounds.

[Marilyn. 340]

ok so my SIL was super nice and brought me MR Big bars.... and I have had two already well the first one I shared with my hubby... well today I had one and a little while later my SIL asks if I have any other chocolate in the house and I say not really and then asked if she meant besides the Mr Big bars and she said yeah.. so then I said she could have one if she wanted.. totally thinking that she would say, "no those are for you" or something but no.. she goes and gets one I really don't mind just found that odd..

[trailmix 77]

ok so my SIL was super nice and brought me MR Big bars.... and I have had two already well the first one I shared with my hubby... well today I had one and a little while later my SIL asks if I have any other chocolate in the house and I say not really and then asked if she meant besides the Mr Big bars and she said yeah.. so then I said she could have one if she wanted.. totally thinking that she would say, "no those are for you" or something but no.. she goes and gets one I really don't mind just found that odd..

Sounds to me like you have a case of 'Sister syndrome'

nm, realized I shd post in off topic

[Marilyn. 340]

ok so my SIL was super nice and brought me MR Big bars.... and I have had two already well the first one I shared with my hubby... well today I had one and a little while later my SIL asks if I have any other chocolate in the house and I say not really and then asked if she meant besides the Mr Big bars and she said yeah.. so then I said she could have one if she wanted.. totally thinking that she would say, "no those are for you" or something but no.. she goes and gets one I really don't mind just found that odd..

Sounds to me like you have a case of 'Sister syndrome'

nm, realized I shd post in off topic

well, my brother didn't ask to eat my Mr. Big bars

[JillA 2]

I'm so excited I found dill pickle chips here!! I thought they didn't sell dill pickle chips which are my absolute fave. Today we were at the beer distributor (buying beer for the Eagles game!) and I saw Pringles brand dill pickle! I snapped them up right away and told hubby finding them made my day. He said "you're so easy to please!" Which is true LOL

[Krikit 1,165]

OK, back to food! I saw this article this morning on Yahoo News

Corn is making us fat

Oh, excellent link, Reba. Thank you. If I find the one I read about the human body having problems metabalizing HFCS and intestinal difficulties (I think it wrecks the lining or something?..... not sure) I'll be sure to post it.

[Reba 2]

The more I read about it, the more I stear clear of it.