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I didn't know where else to put this, but as to American things that I'm in love with, there is a seasoning made in the Ozarks called Cavenders Greek Seasoning. It is delicious, and I will be sending it to my parents in Canada. If I ever left, it would go with me. (it's HP sauce good.. and I mean that!!) I just shake it on meat, or on potatoes or on eggs... salad... yum!

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Flames9_RN
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Warlord, how about just ONE positive post about something Cdn. Just one,lol

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I might be in the minority here but I like M&M's better then Smarties I always thought the coating on Smarties was too sweet... the dark chocolate M&M's are so good... oh and the other day

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Mmmmmm, Brown M&M's preferably with peanuts *drool.

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I haven't eaten Smarties in 25 years since I was a young boy. You are bringing back fond memories.

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What I am going to miss the most when I move to Western NY is a decent selection of cheese and pealmeal bacon :(. I've checked Wegmens and Tops and they have nothing compared to what I have been buying..live in Toronto and am used to shopping at the St. Lawerance Market...sigh...that is one thing that I am really going to miss!

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Thread has been dormant for a while but I had something to share...

The grocery store Meijer (for those in the Mid-West) is now carrying Jos Louis & Vachon products (passion flakies & a couple others).

Saw it today :)

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Thread has been dormant for a while but I had something to share...

The grocery store Meijer (for those in the Mid-West) is now carrying Jos Louis & Vachon products (passion flakies & a couple others).

Saw it today :)

When I was in the states I was so happy to see those!! My fiancé really liked the Joe Louis :)

I plan on taking all kinds of goodies with me when I go!

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When I was in the states I was so happy to see those!! My fiancé really liked the Joe Louis :)

I plan on taking all kinds of goodies with me when I go!

Just don't buy and transport any Kinder Surprise chocolate back in the USA....just read the news about 2 Oregon travellers who were detained for buying and trying to bring back Kinder Surpise for their neices and nephews...big NO NO..

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Thread has been dormant for a while but I had something to share...

The grocery store Meijer (for those in the Mid-West) is now carrying Jos Louis & Vachon products (passion flakies & a couple others).

Saw it today :)

Ah man! I wish we had them here. I've been having a hankering for a passion flakie...

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Thread has been dormant for a while but I had something to share...

The grocery store Meijer (for those in the Mid-West) is now carrying Jos Louis & Vachon products (passion flakies & a couple others).

Saw it today :)

Oh wow. That is awesome!

Ah man! I wish we had them here. I've been having a hankering for a passion flakie...

I made my own, Huggles. :) Not sure how comfortable you are with modifying basic recipes, but if you purchase the Pepperidge Farm puff pastry (frozen section) there is a recipe on there which resembles a passion flakie. I used that as a guideline and made my own modifications. They turned out great!

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topsecretrecipes.com used to have a lot of great recipes on ur favorite restaurants/fast food

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Just don't buy and transport any Kinder Surprise chocolate back in the USA....just read the news about 2 Oregon travellers who were detained for buying and trying to bring back Kinder Surpise for their neices and nephews...big NO NO..

Yeah I read about that, I'm only bringing things I know won't be a problem :)

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I can not find cake and pastry flour in the Baltimore area! :( I want to make pies and all purpose flour is awful to work with!!! Is it not widely found in the US?

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I can not find cake and pastry flour in the Baltimore area! :( I want to make pies and all purpose flour is awful to work with!!! Is it not widely found in the US?

you can use bread flour...

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I can not find cake and pastry flour in the Baltimore area! :( I want to make pies and all purpose flour is awful to work with!!! Is it not widely found in the US?

I have the same problem, Sherry. Very difficult to find here. Bread flour won't work because it has a much higher gluten content than cake flour.... even more so than All Purpose flour. I've read where you can substitute 2 TB of AP flour with cornstarch or arrowroot to reduce the gluten content. So you would take one cup of AP flour, remove two tablespoons, then add two tablespoons or cornstarch.

Failing that, they have it on Amazon.

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Try to find the King Arthur brand of flour. I started using it on a recommendation of Kathryn on here and it works a lot better than the other brands. It's a bit more expensive, but worth it!

They carry it at my local grocery store, which doesn't have a good selection of anything so I'm sure you can find somewhere!

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Try to find the King Arthur brand of flour. I started using it on a recommendation of Kathryn on here and it works a lot better than the other brands. It's a bit more expensive, but worth it!

They carry it at my local grocery store, which doesn't have a good selection of anything so I'm sure you can find somewhere!

I use King Arthur as well. I was looking for a good flour for pizza dough, and King Arthur's has a pretty high protein count, which helps make the dough stretchy. Cakes you will want to use a lower protein flour. All-Purpose is on the higher protein side. http://www.thekitchn.com/whats-the-difference-cake-flou-74565

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