Grrr...

[hockeygal 0]

Cheese Curds are illegal in the US by health code because all cheese must be pasteurized and you can't get cheese curds if the milk has been pasteurized..

what? How am I supposed to open up a poutine stand when no one will hire me because all my experience is in Canada? (I've been reading the getting a job horror stories...)

I know from visits that some things are hard to find in the US, but on the flip side, the selection of other stuff is enormous. Still, I've started making notes.....

[bucknekkid 0]

Cheese Curds are illegal in the US by health code because all cheese must be pasteurized and you can't get cheese curds if the milk has been pasteurized..

what? How am I supposed to open up a poutine stand when no one will hire me because all my experience is in Canada? (I've been reading the getting a job horror stories...)

I know from visits that some things are hard to find in the US, but on the flip side, the selection of other stuff is enormous. Still, I've started making notes.....

Great news Hockeygal!!!!...You were given some bad information from another member!!! Now you can open your very own Poutine stand!!!!!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheese_curds

[cmartyn 0]

Yeah, they can make fake cheese curds with pasturized milk. The law is the same in Canada.. I think Quebec was the last holdout. Still, there are places to buy a little old world cheese here and there. Illegal yes.. Tasty too.

And here is a link to get 5 pounds of them in the mail. USA made..

http://www.rockcheese.com/supfreschees.html

You need to head out to Dairy country!

Edited February 19, 2006 by cmartyn

[Knobby_Wheezer 0]

It took me a while, but I finally read the last page.

I appreciate the info about the flour---I, too, make my own bread and found it was just impossible and that was taking into account the elevation (SE Idaho---south of the Snake River plain).

In the place that I visit and will be moving to (if things work out for 2007), I have found that the prices are all about double what I have paid for stuff in Canada---with, perhaps, the exception of here in Calgary. There are tons of people here who have tons of money and the prices reflect the wealth.

Surprises were the lack of price difference between large flake rolled oats and "quick" rolled oats---large flake cost more in most places that I have lived in Canada. Since I can no longer eat "quick" oat without gagging (gad they're gross), I do not know if the large flake cost more or less than quick oats because the store that I buy oats from doesn't carry the grody quick oats. But, in Idaho, they are the same price---and that's in WinCo or Fred Meyer (Albertson's just plain costs more).

BUT, Albertson's is a hold out for Jello 1 2 3. Anyone old enough to remember when that used to be in Canada?

Thanks, also, for the heads up about the corn syrup ubiquity. No wonder the boyfriend looked at me strangely when he discovered that I did not know what Karo Syrup was. He spoke of it like "Karo" was the substance from which the syrup was made---and I had never heard of such a plant or fruit. Then, when he showed me some, I realised what it was (my mom used Beehive) and that I still hadn't heard of it. (We needed some for a pie.)

I found that the plain cappuccino that is dispensed from a machine in the Stinker's chain of gas stations / convenience stores is a good substitute for Timmy's English Toffee cappuccino. I don't really care for anything else that Timmy's sells---I *did* like the tim-totes, but they don't sell them anymore.

Cheese curds are made in Logan, UT and it's a quick jaunt over the ID border to go get some. I can't remember the name of the store at the moment. And there's a rumour that they also have cheese curds up near Rexburg . . . or on the way to Rexburg . . . .

Yes, Buckley's is available online to the states, but it is only the kind with Dextromethorphine (sp?) in it. The regular Buckley's still has to be purchased in Canada. I gave some to my boyfriend last year for his birthday after fielding the complaints about the online stuff.

Oh, Yves brand of veggie "meat" is from Vancouver, not Montréal.

However, as the produce department in *any* grocery chain in SE ID is far more extensive than anything I have seen anywhere (except California)---I can live without Timmy's instant sugary powdered coffee mix, Y&S licorice cigars and can put up with having to specifically buy "bread" flour.

Ah, but yes, it *is* good to ###### sometimes. :-)

[Reba 2]

well, after living here in North Carolina for a year and a half, I've about found my way around and learned to adapt a few things.

First, I, like Velvett, HATE High Fructose Corn Syrup (I even recently ranted about it on my blog.) I really miss my Pepsi, among other things.

Heinz is now making an organic ketchup which is made in Canada, and contains no HFCS, so I've switched to that, after using up the last of my Canadian Heinz ketchup recently.

I'm also now selling Watkins Products and none of their products contain HFCS (or MSG). The Meat Magic is like Worcesteshire Sauce back home, (even Lea & Perrins here in the US has HFCS in it of course )

At Christmas time I ordered a bunch of stuff from Canadian Favourites because my husband tried to tell me that there's no difference between Canadian KD and US Mac & Cheese. HA! So I ordered a couple boxes and yes, he agreed the Canadian is better. Plus I got some "real" Cadbury's chocolate, some Shreddies (another thing that I miss from home!), and some Bits & Bites for hubby.

They have also added Health & Beauty products, and you can order Gravol and Neo Citran from there.

Locally I have been able to find a few Canadian/UK favourites. I can get Dare cookies and Stoned Wheat thins crackers at Ingles stores (tho recently they haven't had my fave Cinnamon Danish cookies). Wheetabix cereal can be found in the "organic" food aisle in some stores. And sometimes at Big Lots they'll have some Canadian imports.

I really wish I could find some proper bagels around here. It really is a regional thing tho, the bagels here in NC are mushy and squishy and really really yucky, but a couple weeks ago we drove up to Chicago for a couple days and the hotel had some not so bad bagels for breakfast.

I have a bread maker to make bread because store bought is disgusting and there's no bakery around here. But lately its been doing weird things and my bread is turning out mutant, the last one completely inedible Could be user error, or maybe the flour or yeast was funky. Dunno.

Anyhoo, now that I've finally either got used to US equivalents, or found where to get Canadian foods, we're going to be moving to Wisconsin in a couple or few months, and I'll have to start all over again. I do suspect tho that up there I will be able to get more Canadian things than I can here, and may have a better selection of "international" foods up there. At least its closer to the border and if I really need to, I can drive a couple hours up to Manitoba to grab a few things.

oh, and cheese! I dislike American cheeses, so I buy imports. English and Irish mostly, because for some reason the Canadian imports cost twice as much!

Edited February 24, 2006 by Reba

[KarenCee 3]

Looks like I may have to order Rappie Pie mix from Nova Scotia (Ted D'Eon makes the best!)....I'm a bit skittish to try it myself and of course you can't buy it here in the South. Thanks to Peggy I now have a recipe for Donair Sauce Poutine can't be that hard to duplicate either, so I'm confident with trying that. Sigh....I miss Nova Scotia

[Flames9_RN 358]

I'm goin gto give the donair reciepe a go soon. Always enjoyed my time in Halifax!! Head out to the bars, then donairs after!! Nothing better than waking up in the morning with a hangover, with a smelly donair wrapped in tin foil laying by your head!! The good old days, lol

[KarenCee 3]

I'm goin gto give the donair reciepe a go soon. Always enjoyed my time in Halifax!! Head out to the bars, then donairs after!! Nothing better than waking up in the morning with a hangover, with a smelly donair wrapped in tin foil laying by your head!! The good old days, lol

[Peggy 1]

I'm goin gto give the donair reciepe a go soon. Always enjoyed my time in Halifax!! Head out to the bars, then donairs after!! Nothing better than waking up in the morning with a hangover, with a smelly donair wrapped in tin foil laying by your head!! The good old days, lol

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Isnt that the truth Scott. I can relate to that.

About that Donair Sauce. I made that the other day, and I only put 1/2 cup of vinegar in the recipe. I still found the taste of it to overpowering. Seems like all I could taste was the vinegar. So just watch out when your making it. Only add so much of it as a time.

[kimmbo 0]

Im pretty new to VJ so its been fun going back and reading some older posts..I really enjoyed this thread..

Im American, my husband Canadian..and when I moved to Canada 5 years ago, I literally cried the first time I went grocery shopping here...I couldnt find anything that I was used too..over the years I have adjusted, but I look forward to getting home and doing some major grocery shopping!!....Our suitcases are always LOADED with groceries when we go for visits! I love the SuperWalmarts back home, the prices, the selection...etc..One of my favorite lines they carry is Blue Bunny!

I will however miss Ketchup Chips, Passion Flakies, Donairs, and the Chinese Food its alot different than it is back home in Las Vegas..

My husband just wonders if the cravings for Tim Hortons will ever go away...hes already missing it and we just sent in our paperwork!..LOL

Kimmbo

[warlord 73]

Ok going way back to the person who couldn't find the honey garlic sauce for ribs etc. We have them at all our grocery stores (King Soopers or Safeway). There's several brands that sell it and I use it for my chicken quite often.

Onion bagles? Yep we have those as well, I don't get them or buy bagles, but every once in awhile at work people bring them in and I always grab the onion ones.

Kraft Dinner to me tastes the same here as it does in Canada. Just of course the name it different and people wonder what I'm talking about when I say Kraft Dinner rather then Kraft Mac and Cheese.

And yes we have Mrs. T's perogies here, which I can't remember the brand I used to get in Canada, but they're pretty close to the same taste I think...

[Our Mao 0]

I personally think that the US has more choices in the grocery stores than Canada AND it's much cheaper. (I'm talking about San Francisco) It's not a big deal... just substitute it with something else!!!! I know I'm gonna get beat up when I say this but there are other better coffees out there. Tim Horton's not the only one!!!

[Flames9_RN 358]

Hpw do we go about banning MAO? lol I do love Timmys, but yes I do enjoy other coffee's as well. Prior to Tims though, i wasn't much of a coffee drinker.

I think the selection is pretty even between USA/Canada, price wise sort of matters where u live in Canada/USA. I know milk, dairy was cheap in SASK, but $$$ on the east coast of Canada.

[Our Mao 0]

Hpw do we go about banning MAO? lol

Hehehe.. I knew I was gonna get beat up when I said that..

[Flames9_RN 358]

Hpw do we go about banning MAO? lol

Hehehe.. I knew I was gonna get beat up when I said that..

Beat up?? oh no, it shall be worse than that!!!! Sleep with the lights on!!