Comparing Canada to USA
May 29th 2006, 12:50 am
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Re: Comparing Canada to USA
Originally Posted by sysclp
You shouldn't have to make a special trip to somewhere so out of the way for something as common as cornmeal that you can get in any US grocery.
May 29th 2006, 12:54 am
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Re: Comparing Canada to USA
Originally Posted by Toppa
Cornmeal in different parts of the world is called "Polenta". No idea where that name comes from, but it's the same stuff. So it's possible that it may be labelled that by some manufacturers who distribute to different parts of Canada.
Polenta and Cornmeal are not identical
May 29th 2006, 12:55 am
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Re: Comparing Canada to USA
Originally Posted by Butch Cassidy
OOPS I made a spelling mistake (I hope fishyguitar doesnt spot it 
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) Guess I'll have to cane him, too. 
May 29th 2006, 12:58 am
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Re: Comparing Canada to USA
Originally Posted by Butch Cassidy
Beg to differ.
Polenta and Cornmeal are not identical
Polenta and Cornmeal are not identical
May 29th 2006, 1:07 am
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Re: Comparing Canada to USA
Originally Posted by dbd33
Worlds apart. But either is reasonably available here.
Perhaps from the way the recipe listed it, I naturally assumed it was one and the same thing. In anycase it makes very tasty cornbread.
May 29th 2006, 1:09 am
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Re: Comparing Canada to USA
Originally Posted by Toppa
Perhaps from the way the recipe listed it, I naturally assumed it was one and the same thing. [B]In anycase it makes very tasty cornbread[/B].
May 29th 2006, 2:50 am
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Re: Comparing Canada to USA
Originally Posted by sysclp
There was an article in the Toronto Star recently about how hard it was to get decent Mexican food here. They interviewed the head of the Mexican Consulate and he said the only place here he could recommend was his house. :-)
May 29th 2006, 2:54 am
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Re: Comparing Canada to USA
Originally Posted by Novocastrian
Have you ever been to Mexico? It's hard to find decent Mexican food in the US too you know.
US cuisine rocks, they have best examples of EVERY national cuisine!! That includes Mexican, French, Polish, Nigerian...... you name it!
May 29th 2006, 2:59 am
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Re: Comparing Canada to USA
Originally Posted by Butch Cassidy
Oh No it isnt!!!
US cuisine rocks, they have best examples of EVERY national cuisine!! That includes Mexican, French, Polish, Nigerian...... you name it!
US cuisine rocks, they have best examples of EVERY national cuisine!! That includes Mexican, French, Polish, Nigerian...... you name it!
May 29th 2006, 3:21 am
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Re: Comparing Canada to USA
Originally Posted by Novocastrian
Quite. But they're a bit poor on Iraqi cuisine these days.
May 29th 2006, 12:52 pm
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Re: Comparing Canada to USA
Originally Posted by Novocastrian
Have you ever been to Mexico? It's hard to find decent Mexican food in the US too you know.
Roadside peanut vendors continue to be hard to find.
May 29th 2006, 12:54 pm
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Re: Comparing Canada to USA
Originally Posted by Butch Cassidy
Oh No it isnt!!!
US cuisine rocks, they have best examples of EVERY national cuisine!! That includes Mexican, French, Polish, Nigerian...... you name it!
US cuisine rocks, they have best examples of EVERY national cuisine!! That includes Mexican, French, Polish, Nigerian...... you name it!
May 29th 2006, 1:02 pm
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Re: Comparing Canada to USA
Originally Posted by dbd33
Roadside peanut vendors continue to be hard to find.
OOPs sorry misread that one...
May 29th 2006, 3:59 pm
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Re: Comparing Canada to USA
Originally Posted by dbd33
Except in Wisconsin, they don't have Canadian cuisine; few Americans have even heard of poutine.
May 29th 2006, 4:20 pm
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Re: Comparing Canada to USA
Originally Posted by celine_uk
My God this whole thread is so Canadian…. I don’t get me wrong I like living here but my god Canadians STOP comparing Canada to the USA in every other sentence arrrr
