Grrr...

[Brunette 0]

What exactly is donair sauce?

I would love the Donaire sauce recipie too.. I like it on Falafals!

[Peggy 1]

It is a white sauce that goes on Donairs.......... No really thou. Are you from Canada. You never had a Donair for real. They are the best. It is meat that is cooked on an open fire pit and cut off as you order a donair. It is spicy and so good. It almost looks like a hamburger meat. They put onions and tomatoes on it. Thats what my friend uses to make her's plus other stuff in the recipe. The sauce is made out of sugar, vinagar, and some other things. I will get it and post it for anyone that wants to try it.

[Chicken_Little 0]

Really? I guess maybe Stop and Shop just sucks.

No Need to guess!

And for those who keep telling us to look in the "Larger stores like Albertsons" All we have is Stop&Shop, they are the biggest chain in the North East. They have a 275 stores compared to Albertson's who has 2500 or something. They are a two bit player who should be wiped off the face of the planet if you ask me. All of the other chains here are puny too. Theres very little innovation in grocery here. Cant even get creamed chipped beef! What up with that???

I know! I was shocked when I first started visiting my husband here that there wasn't an A&P, or Kroger, or any other "big" chain. Around here (Boston) there's just Star Market, Stop & Shop, Hannaford's and one or two Shaw's. All places I had never heard of before, and all fairly small. Even "Super" Stop & Shop sucks. I don't know what I'm going to do when I move here! Don't get me wrong, I can't wait to move here, but it's going to take a lot of getting used to not being able to get certain products that I'm used to!

[Peggy 1]

Ok, I just called my friend and got the recipe...........

Donairs...........

5 lbs of hamburger

1 cup of breadcrumbs

1 teaspoon of salt

1 and a half teaspoons of steak spice

1 and a half teaspoons of garlic powder

1 teaspoon of onion salt

1 tablespoon of tabasco sauce

1 and a half teaspoon of paprika

You can add more garlic or spices depending on your preference.

Mix well, form into shape. You can put this in a bread pan.

Cook for 1 hour on 350 or until center is cooked.

Donair Sauce

1 can of evaporated milk

3/4 to 1 cup of vinagar(all depends on how tangy you like things)

1 cup of sugar

2 tablespoons of flour

Put into a shaker or closed container and shake well.

Hope ya try it and like it

Edited February 5, 2006 by pink_roses

[KarenCee 3]

*pout* we don't have Albertson's down here in the South....sigh

oooooooooooooo yummmmmmmmmmmmmmy! that recipe sounds delicious!!!!!!! thanks so much

[Cassie 8]

ohhhh donairs........... *droooool*

The pizza shop next door to the museum I worked at made donair pizza, using donair sauce instead of tomato saude, then it had the donair meat, chopped onions and tomatoes, and some cheese.....SO GOOD.

[cmartyn 0]

Ya know.. Donairs are an East Cost thing mostly. We used to be able to get them in Toronto but not any more. They were replaced with Gyro's with that garlic sauce. Now that I have a recipie for Donair sauce, Im going to make it for the Comapany Xmas party this year.. Should be good.

[Brunette 0]

Uhmm...I wonder if the donair sauce you are all talking about is an East Coast thing? I'm in Vancouver, plus I'm also Greek. I eat souvlaki and gyros with tzatziki!!

It is a white sauce that goes on Donairs.......... No really thou. Are you from Canada. You never had a Donair for real. They are the best. It is meat that is cooked on an open fire pit and cut off as you order a donair. It is spicy and so good. It almost looks like a hamburger meat. They put onions and tomatoes on it. Thats what my friend uses to make her's plus other stuff in the recipe. The sauce is made out of sugar, vinagar, and some other things. I will get it and post it for anyone that wants to try it.

[Flames9_RN 358]

I spent 9 yrs in the CDn navy prior to joining the Air Force. i was stationed in Victoria BC, but many of my courses were in Halifax. And yes donairs and the sweet donair sauce was an east coast thing. In Victoria they were called Gyros and had the tzatziki sauce. The east coast version was FAR superior!!

[nina1 0]

it's funny that ppl are complaining about how the they can't find in the US what they used to find in Canada... Well, i have the opposite dilemma! lolol...

I was living in canada all my life, and am living now in the US. A few months ago, i went back to canada, and it seems like they have less of a variety with groceries there than the US... I mean, i've never seen vegetarian bacon strips/hamburgers/ground beef in montreal!

Oh ohhh, i think im already being americanized! lol

[Cassie 8]

Ya know.. Donairs are an East Cost thing mostly.

yep, 'cause donairs were invented in Halifax!

I've had gyros here in Tulsa, and they aren't bad at all, but just not the same. I am definitely going to have to try that recipe.

nina1, I am shocked you can't find a variety of vegetarian stuff in Montreal. Isn't the Yves brand made in Quebec somewhere? The grocery store in my lil hometown of 8,000 people had a whole section of it near the produce section and also in the freezer section. Weird!

Edited February 7, 2006 by Cassie

[nice_man 0]

I've just read through this very long thread.... ... and had to smile and nod my head in agreement many times!

Probably the biggest thing I miss about Canada right now is Tim Horton's. Fortunately, I was able to find one not far from Cleveland though, as I drove back home to IL from NY after Christmas. That fix is gonna have to last me for a LONG time though! Who knows when I'll be allowed back into Canada, without hurting my AOS application!

I was surprised that nobody here has mentioned that they miss Heinz tomato soup from Canada. I (as well as my whole family) LOVE that stuff. My sister brings cases of it back home to NY with her, everytime she comes back from Canada. Growing up, my mom often made us up macaroni with Heinz tomato soup and cheese. If you don't have Heinz tomato soup (there are no exceptions) then it ain't worth makin' up! So I miss that dish a lot.

To be honest, I haven't noticed a big difference between the American and Canadian KD. I mean sure.. it's called a different name.... but the taste is similar enough that I can't complain about it.

Here in the States, I've found that they have a POOR selection of Lipton SideKicks. Almost all of them are rice-related or something like that. They had so many good choices back in Canada. So I kinda miss that too...

In general though, I LOVE the selection in the States, when it comes to groceries. I mean just go look at the cake-mix aisle would ya!! And I've found groceries to be way way way cheaper down here in general, then in Canada. For example, quite often on say a $50 outing, I'll find out that I saved $25. I mean that just didn't happen to me in Canada folks... maybe I was just shopping at the wrong grocery stores... I don't know.

The other cool thing here is that I've found some President's Choice stuff. I LOVE their chocolate chip cookies! And I've found some President's Choice stuff in the frozen food section too!!

Edited February 14, 2006 by nice_man

[Peggy 1]

I agree. I find the prices here way lower than back home at a SOBEYS food store

[Marilyn. 340]

I have some Heinz tomato soup in my cupboard right now, maybe it is not available in your area or you just haven't found it yet ..... I bought it from our dollar store called "99 cent only" that is the best dollar store

[Velvettt 0]

sigh.........

Food does it to us every time, doesn't it? Yes, there are things from home that I miss terribly. I have learned the hard way not to buy a whole lot of American versions of things. I swear, every dratted thing on the shelves has High Fructose Corn Syrup in it!! Talk about sweet... bleahhhhhhhh

My biggest complaint may be very regional vs national. Here in San Antonio, TX, there is only ONE grocery chain: HEB. They squeezed everyone else out of the market (no pun intended LOL). You can buy groceries at HEB, or at Walmart (yuck) or at Super Target (double yuck). There is no other chain in town. So, with no competition, HEB sucks big time!

I get livid, positively frothing at the mouth, over the meat packaging there. Any package of meat will look good on top, but the bottom layer of chops or the bottom of a roast will be inedible due to gristle, fat, etc. AND they stick chunks of fat into the chicken legs, wrapped in the skin underneath, to increase the weight and cheat! So, that 8lb bag of chicken leg quarters for 59cents/lb that seemed to be such a great deal....HA! I actually weighed one package after I removed all the extra skin and fat that had been put in and it came out to 4 and a half pounds. Can we say FRAUD, boys and girls???

I really miss lamb, too. For some strange reason, lamb down here is $6 to $15 per lb, even stew meat. Go figure! It ain't the cheap meal I was used to, back in Ontario, that's for sure.

Oh, and a word of warning to newcomers who like Pepsi? DON'T! It's not the same recipe down here. It's disgusting. I think that's what I miss most: Canadian Pepsi.