Canadianisms

[trailmix 77]

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QUOTE(Team J and B @ Oct 10 2008, 10:17 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Mmm...a nice hot cuppa Timmy's once I land and pick up my rental.

Then perhaps dinner at WHITE SPOT! Another Canadianism to be added perhaps should be "Triple O?"

Yes, I just went there! Anyone drooling yet?

I won't be visiting for another month, but I've made a little list of things to bring back since I likely won't be going to Canada for years:

-Smarties (the chocolate candy)

-Sensodyne toothpaste

-rain

Why, is it dry where you live??

I'm so happy about ketchup

Unpacked the food we shipped - 3 bottles of ketchup, some peanut butter, salad dressing and kraft dinner

[Team J and B 2]

I haven't seen any rain-like substance since March 28th, 2008 when it snowed in Vancouver.

It drizzled (misted) a tad when we were in NY in July and Maui in August, but that's about it.

I will never complain about cold, umbrella-totin, glass-poundin rain no more.

Nuh-uh!

(We're in the East Bay, dry as bone.) Hopefully when we move to downtown SF next week I'll see some rain. Yahoo!

[Krikit 1,163]

Mmm...a nice hot cuppa Timmy's once I land and pick up my rental.

Then perhaps dinner at WHITE SPOT! Another Canadianism to be added perhaps should be "Triple O?"

Yes, I just went there! Anyone drooling yet?

I won't be visiting for another month, but I've made a little list of things to bring back since I likely won't be going to Canada for years:

-Smarties (the chocolate candy)

-Sensodyne toothpaste

-rain

Why, is it dry where you live??

I'm so happy about ketchup

Unpacked the food we shipped - 3 bottles of ketchup, some peanut butter, salad dressing and kraft dinner

They have Sensodyne toothpaste here, Team J&B. Or is it just that it's different? Or maybe not where you live?

Yay for Canadian ketchup! I brought some back with me too. But only for my BBQ sauce. I used the American ketchup in my last batch and it just doesn't taste the same.

[Team J and B 2]

There's a difference between CDN and US ketchup? Inneresting...

We have Sensodyne Pronamel here as well but they sell for $5.99. I can get them in Vancouver for $3.99 on sale, and I usually buy 10 at a time.

Another Canadianism I just thought of. Whenever I check weather.com, I always have to click "Metric." I haven't been able to let go of the metric system yet. But I think it's time I do that. Same with miles, I convert them to kms.

[thetreble 19]

I still have a hard time understanding what is relative though when it comes to metric. With temperature, I realize 90 degrees is hot but if someone said "its going to be 32C today.." I would know exactly HOW hot that would be. Does that make any sense?

[beans 7]

I still have a hard time understanding what is relative though when it comes to metric. With temperature, I realize 90 degrees is hot but if someone said "its going to be 32C today.." I would know exactly HOW hot that would be. Does that make any sense?

What's a sad fact about this one is the day after I got engaged, I made a point of using both Fahrenheit and Celsius every day so I don't feel all confused once I move

[Emancipation 2]

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QUOTE(Team J and B @ Oct 10 2008, 09:47 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

There's a difference between CDN and US ketchup? Inneresting...

US Catchup tastes like HFCS

[trailmix 77]

I still have a hard time understanding what is relative though when it comes to metric. With temperature, I realize 90 degrees is hot but if someone said "its going to be 32C today.." I would know exactly HOW hot that would be. Does that make any sense?

I know exactly what you mean

[JillA 2]

I still have a hard time understanding what is relative though when it comes to metric. With temperature, I realize 90 degrees is hot but if someone said "its going to be 32C today.." I would know exactly HOW hot that would be. Does that make any sense?

I feel the exact same way... It's hard for me to catch on to the U.S. system - miles, farenheight, LBS instead of KGS!

[Texanadian 10]

I found it easier to adapt to Fahrenheit in TX due to the extreme humidity that Houston gets. 90° in Houston isn't even remotely the same as 32° in Vancouver. You generally need to add about 8-10°C to the outside temps in Houston to get the real temp. Therefore, I understand that it's 90° outside and what 90 feels like. If you told me it was 32, I wouldn't believe it.

[Texanadian 10]

You know what's strange about Smarties? It's that the US kind are made in Canada! How can that be? Says right on the wrapper. "Smarties....Made in Canada"

Edited October 11, 2008 by Texanadian

[Emancipation 2]

You know what's strange about Smarties? It's that the US kind are made in Canada! How can that be? Says right on the wrapper. "Smarties....Made in Canada"

hubby got me good with that one.. i was ranting about "silly American's and their naming of candy" and he pointed that out to me.. did I feel small!

[DeadPoolX 9]

Seeing as how I'm now living in Canada (and had been a native Texan my whole life before this move), I have to say that I haven't noticed very many -- if any -- differences in food. To me, it all tastes pretty much the same. Whatever variation there is can be attributed to different brands or restaurants. I haven't found one particular product to taste a "certain way" in the U.S. versus Canada. Then again, I could easily count on one hand the number of times I eat fast food per year. Perhaps I lack the credentials to tell the differences in flavor between the American and Canadian Wendy's franchises.

Whatever the case, menus are generally set up according to the taste preferences of the region. What might be preferred in Houston, TX may not go over well in Boston, MA and vice-versa. Understanding this, it's easy to see that some items Canadians have known their entire lives may not be readily available in some (or maybe even most) areas of the United States.

Interestingly enough, I did learn something new, although it has nothing to do with food. Canadian debit cards do not have a MasterCard or Visa logo on them. Every debit card I've ever seen (in the U.S.) has had either the Visa or MasterCard logo imprinted on it, whereas it seems Canadian debit cards have no need of them. Why this is, I couldn't say. Perhaps it has something to do with the Interac system, which doesn't exist in the United States or maybe because all Canadian debit cards are issued "online" (which means these cards require a PIN to function), in contrast to U.S. debit cards which are considered "offline" and therefore, can be swiped and signed like a credit card, without ever typing in a PIN.

[beans 7]

Seeing as how I'm now living in Canada (and had been a native Texan my whole life before this move), I have to say that I haven't noticed very many -- if any -- differences in food. To me, it all tastes pretty much the same. Whatever variation there is can be attributed to different brands or restaurants. I haven't found one particular product to taste a "certain way" in the U.S. versus Canada. Then again, I could easily count on one hand the number of times I eat fast food per year. Perhaps I lack the credentials to tell the differences in flavor between the American and Canadian Wendy's franchises.

Whatever the case, menus are generally set up according to the taste preferences of the region. What might be preferred in Houston, TX may not go over well in Boston, MA and vice-versa. Understanding this, it's easy to see that some items Canadians have known their entire lives may not be readily available in some (or maybe even most) areas of the United States.

Interestingly enough, I did learn something new, although it has nothing to do with food. Canadian debit cards do not have a MasterCard or Visa logo on them. Every debit card I've ever seen (in the U.S.) has had either the Visa or MasterCard logo imprinted on it, whereas it seems Canadian debit cards have no need of them. Why this is, I couldn't say. Perhaps it has something to do with the Interac system, which doesn't exist in the United States or maybe because all Canadian debit cards are issued "online" (which means these cards require a PIN to function), in contrast to U.S. debit cards which are considered "offline" and therefore, can be swiped and signed like a credit card, without ever typing in a PIN.

Indeed, since your debit/credit cards are "offline" they need to be guaranteed by a major credit company. Canadian banks are looking to get into something like this for the future. And to be honest the only difference I've noticed between American and Canadian is the coffee, and since I can just make my own I'm sure I'll deal. Apparently Wendy's is major, however, I can't remember the last time I've had Wendy's. Well, and the spelling is a huge thing too.

[warlord 72]

I still have a hard time understanding what is relative though when it comes to metric. With temperature, I realize 90 degrees is hot but if someone said "its going to be 32C today.." I would know exactly HOW hot that would be. Does that make any sense?

I feel the exact same way... It's hard for me to catch on to the U.S. system - miles, farenheight, LBS instead of KGS!

Not me...always hated the metric system, I'm glad I don't need to try to think what 30 in celcius is anymore.

Even in Canada I always used Fahrenheit, even taught metric in school I never did understand what the hell Celcius meant and just seemed to off the wall for me. Same with miles, never knew how long a Kilometer really was, but walked many miles and just knew how far that is.

Smaller measurments were about the same, I always knew how many pounds I was, how tall I was in feet and inches etc. When someone tells me how many centimeters they are, it's just mind boggling think huh? Guess it was growing up near the borders or not far from them that made it easier.

Now I don't know much of any metric anymore except maybe how big a centimeter is...