Food we're going to miss
Feb 10th 2018, 1:56 am
#91
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Re: Food we're going to miss
I bought some once when there was some reason not to go to the market, before we found the Mennonite butcher. It seemed to be mainly water and was sliced as thin as pastrami. It's meat protein but calling it bacon is a stretch.
Feb 10th 2018, 2:37 am
#92
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Re: Food we're going to miss
We had a butcher here who did just that, and told us how to cook it to get the best result.
Unfortunately he has now retired, but there are several other butchers that we are going to try to get pork crackling from
At the moment, we much prefer pork tenderloin
Feb 10th 2018, 3:51 am
#93
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Re: Food we're going to miss
Really? I don't find it so at all - very little water and a lot thicker than 'Canadian bacon'
Feb 10th 2018, 4:06 am
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Re: Food we're going to miss
I have lived in Canada for 25 years. I cannot believe after 6 pages in this thread, nobody has mentioned the one food I miss from UK. (So much I had to come out of lurk mode.)
Fresh cream choux buns (Or eclairs, or custard slice)
In Ottawa the pastries are filled with some yucky rubbish. Every trip back to Blighty my first day treat is a fresh cream pastry.
Ok carry on, back to lurking.
Fresh cream choux buns (Or eclairs, or custard slice)
In Ottawa the pastries are filled with some yucky rubbish. Every trip back to Blighty my first day treat is a fresh cream pastry.
Ok carry on, back to lurking.
https://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/our-fin.../6000069852825
https://www.presidentschoice.ca/en_C...prod50006.html
https://webcache.googleusercontent.c...t=firefox-b-ab
https://www.presidentschoice.ca/en_C...fiteroles.html
https://www.presidentschoice.ca/en_C...i-eclairs.html
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Feb 10th 2018, 1:29 pm
#95
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Re: Food we're going to miss
I have lived in Canada for 25 years. I cannot believe after 6 pages in this thread, nobody has mentioned the one food I miss from UK. (So much I had to come out of lurk mode.)
Fresh cream choux buns (Or eclairs, or custard slice)
In Ottawa the pastries are filled with some yucky rubbish. Every trip back to Blighty my first day treat is a fresh cream pastry.
Ok carry on, back to lurking.
Fresh cream choux buns (Or eclairs, or custard slice)
In Ottawa the pastries are filled with some yucky rubbish. Every trip back to Blighty my first day treat is a fresh cream pastry.
Ok carry on, back to lurking.
We get picnic shoulder from Independent. It has the skin on. Husband roasts it in the grill and gets great crackling.
Feb 10th 2018, 1:42 pm
#96
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Re: Food we're going to miss
Or just eat the bottom half, making sure you get the lion's share of the cream of course.
Ok one other thing the missus reminded me we can't get Pork Crackling, have not found a butcher here that will sell pork that roasts with a crackling.
It's absolutely normal in the supermarkets here.
Feb 10th 2018, 1:46 pm
#97
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Re: Food we're going to miss
Indian groceries sell chocolate that is imported from the UK (Dairy Milk, for example). I'm sure, though, someone will complain they are expensive. They also sell British biscuits - and they are cheaper than in regular supermarkets. (For those in the USA try Job Lot for really cheap British foodstuff.) Undoubtedly, Canada does have local chocolatiers who make European-style candy much the same as they do in the USA. And, I'm sure you can find imported chocolate from Europe in Vancouver. You just have to be willing to shell out for it.
Feb 10th 2018, 2:04 pm
#98
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Re: Food we're going to miss
Has anybody ever tried Country ham? The kind used to make the redeye gravy and biscuits?
Feb 10th 2018, 5:18 pm
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Re: Food we're going to miss
You have to eat it in small doses because of that salt level. I order it from Ray's which is in NC or Tennessee, I forget. It's very good. It really does leave a red eye in the pan! I'm childlike in what amazes me, lol.
Feb 13th 2018, 8:54 pm
#101
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Re: Food we're going to miss
This is what we call in Australia "middle bacon":
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You get the best of both worlds. I can't remember whether I was able to get something similar when I lived in London. I do remember that the Ginger Pig supplied wonderful bacon!
You get the best of both worlds. I can't remember whether I was able to get something similar when I lived in London. I do remember that the Ginger Pig supplied wonderful bacon!
Feb 13th 2018, 10:52 pm
#102
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Re: Food we're going to miss
This is what we call in Australia "middle bacon":
https://www.butlerandbentley.com.au/...2)-600x600.jpg
You get the best of both worlds. I can't remember whether I was able to get something similar when I lived in London. I do remember that the Ginger Pig supplied wonderful bacon!
https://www.butlerandbentley.com.au/...2)-600x600.jpg
You get the best of both worlds. I can't remember whether I was able to get something similar when I lived in London. I do remember that the Ginger Pig supplied wonderful bacon!
Feb 14th 2018, 1:22 am
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Re: Food we're going to miss
https://www.kendallsfarmbutchers.co....n/c0-3399-3399
https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-G...ucts/292310365
I used to buy it from my local butcher, but that was a fair few years ago.
