Oakvillian

now, see, there's the problem, right there in bold red type. Smooth peanut butter just won't do at all. Has to have bits in, or His Highness complains "but it's not crunchy enough, I can't bite it." (go figure....). Still, we reckon if the crunchy bits in the PB means he also eats all the crusts of his toast, it's gotta be worth it!

I think we've tried the PC brand crunchy - one of the others has almost always been on sale and therefore cheaper than the PC version, though.

iaink

Crunchy was OK the one time they had run out of smooth. We also get the "no name" for things like peanut butter pie..its fine for that and cheap.

They are cheaper because they are not as good as the PC stuff, and dont have the same peanut content. I did read somewhere you can just make your own fresh in a blender and its much better than any store bought stuff..but it seems a lot of work to me.

I dont like the thought of all the unnecessary additives in the Jif/Kraft/Skippy etc lot. But I'm not the end user anyway.

Lychee

I find this sentiment true for a lot of PC products. Generally you can't go wrong with them!

Edna Bucket

Even their naan bread is passable.

fionamst

I'm really sad I miss Heinz baked beans and Heinz tomato soup but found I can buy both in the British Import store in West Edmonton Mall at a price of course, it says on the tins 4 for 1 pound or whatever the british cost is and I'm paying about $3 per tin. The kids also like buying Irn bru and tizer.

Needless to say it's our treat when we go into Edmonton.

Fiona

Karen1203

Hi Fiona, I miss Heinz baked beans and tomato soup too - in Cambridge the supermarkets stock heinz baked beans original tomato sauce variety for about 89c per can but they are nothing like english heinz baked beans - I am almost considering writing to them to ask why! I have also got heinz tomato soup but it is condensed not the wonderful cream of tomato we could buy in England. Something to look forward to when I visit family back home but would I swap what I have here for them not a chance lol!!!

Steve_P

Why would you bother, this is Canada, Heinz packages their products to suite Canadian tastes.

They really don't care what baked beans and tomato soups in the UK taste like. Canadians like them the way they are and there is no reason to change them.

You came to a new country for goodness sake accept it.

Danny B

Didn't you read the title of this thread?

Karen1203

Hi Steve I think if you re-read my post you might see the comment was I am almost considering writing to them - a tongue in cheek comment - I ended it with would I swap them for what I have here not a chance!! I did indeed come to a new country and am loving every minute of it

ann m

Thank you - I'll think on it - but I somehow do not think our bacon consumption will justify this. My fingers might think otherwise!




I've been looking for cooking apples for weeks now with no luck. There is so much lovely red cabbage on the shelves that I need some soon? What would you use - just normal eating apples (but the sharp ones)? Or do Bramleys exist here and I just haven't found them yet?

Karen1203

If you do find them Ann will you please invite me for supper - I only ever had red cabbage and apple out of a pre-pack from Asda . My parents used to grow bramleys in their garden when I was a child and half the neighbourhood came to share - I grew to hate them most of my junior years I ate apple pie and apple sauce almost every meal lol! Have seen some wicked looking cooking apples at farmers markets in Ontario though - I am a juicing enthusiast so I am always looking for the sweeter ones - but have seen plenty of apples that were cooking looking

Steve_P

Yes I read the title of the thread, I even participated. I thought it a fun thread.

Were I draw the line is the having the audacity to consider writing letters to complain about something just because it doesn't taste the same as what you are used to in the UK.

Steve_P

My apologies I obviously took it the wrong way.

Alberta_Rose

I wandered around our Safeways looking at the apples and decided they are all dessert apples, so I thought I'd ask a local what they used for cooking and picked a likely-looking housewifey sort of personage.

She was initially utterly perplexed by the question, and eventually suggested Spartans. mmmm never mind eh.

Maybe it's worth looking in the farmer's markets though ......

rwin

What kind of cooking?