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From what I hear the Heinz beans in the UK are different to the Heinz beans in N america, US are sweeter or something? Dont know myself as I never liked baked beans. Graphics on the cans are different for sure.

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The baked beans are different alright, even tesco's brand of beans, are better than what they have here. Another thing that is different, is the special K cereal, has anybody else noticed that?


Can't seem to get a decent fish fingers either :rolleyes:

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yes, thats definitely true--the beans here and also in the usa have a darker colour to the sauce, and they do taste sweeter too. haha--i remember when i once tried a can of tesco beans, threw the lot out in the dustbin, they tasted so horrid, compared to the ones sainsburys sell. :)

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You are obviously a sainsburys fan, I love my ASDA, when I went home last year, it was nice to be in there again, even at 1 o clock in the morning, having the isles to myself :D

They are owned by wal-mart now !

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I have to confess that after 6 + years, the two things I miss from time to time are the Asda granary bread, and the Asda packs of mini onion bhajis.

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Yes....the granary bread was definitely something I enjoyed a lot, especially when it was nice and hot from the bakery inside there :D They also had nice roasted chicken too, I usually have that on saturdays.

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There is a shop in Calgary called the British Pantry. It's on Northland Drive. They used to sell British Heinz baked beans, albeit they cost a fortune. Anyway, last time I was in there just before I left the lady said they were now forbidden from bringing in the British beans - something about additives in the tomato sauce now being banned in Canada. Anybody know anything about this?

The supermarkets here in Virginia Beach do sell the British heinz baked beans, although they are charging a bit of a premium for them.

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I haven't heard anything about the beans, but when I was at that shop about a year ago the owner was telling us that they were having problems with some items being banned due to some of the additives, mostly Lucazade and those types of drinks. I also recall a number of years ago (maybe 8?) they were unable to import certain cheeses, meats etc.

He was also saying that they were telling him he had to put special ingredient labels on all the items showing the ingredients in French, which he objected to, rightfully pointing out that it wasn't a requirement to do so in Chinatown, and I personally don't recall seeing anything of this sort in the Italian markets in Tuxedo.

I think this particular shop seems to draw a lot of attention from the government agency overseeing imported product, because I haven't heard any of any other issues from the British shop in Eau Claire or any other specialty foreign shops. Which is a shame because I really love the British Pantry, the staff/owners are so friendly & nice!

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The lady who runs the British Pantry is very nice, but the prices are a bit steep.

OK, we've had the big debate on British chocolate - are we really stooping so low as to have a debate on British baked beans??

I challange anyone to go to Chinatown in Calgary and ask why some of the goods aren't even labelled in English, nevermind French.

Come on guys, do you REALLY miss Brit stuff that much??

Take a sheet of paper - write a list of the Brit stuff you miss, then draw a list of the new stuff you discovered when you got here and would miss if you departed for the UK - which is longer??

Personally I think the inventor of the perogy should get a nobel prize - just after the inventors of the samosa and pakora do.

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Darn right they should...my polish grandmother made the best perogies in the world - with potato and cottage cheese, fry them up with some bacon fact till their nice and brown - add a ton of sour cream and ENJOY. The peogies were a great invention of the Polish (although the German take credit for it). She would spend an entire day making them for us when we lived in winnipeg.

Now don't forget the cabbage roll (can't remembe the polish name), polish easter bread, polish sausage (my grandmother made her own) - the best food in the world.

Don't know how I ever maintained my girlish(?) figure!!!!!!

and for dessert........a "frozen" British chocolate bar!!!!!!!

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Ah, you have to be careful you aren't buying molasses beans. We have two types, and molasses are definitely different to tomato. (I prefer 'em!)

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Some people think they're a Ukrainian invention ..... I need to visit Glendon Alberta sometime - it's got a statue of a giant perogie :cool:

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Ok, I'll bite (hahahah)- why does Glendon, Alberta have a statue of a giant perogie? but even more important what kind of stuffing does it have??????
Is there a large population of polish people in the area?

You have to love "free enterprise" - everyone wants to take credit for the success of the perogie - but what would have happened if the poor perogie had been a dismal failure - would anyone have come to its' rescue or would it have been left to its' own demise????? Now that's a question to ponder!!!

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The town was looking for a tourist attraction and they had a vote on it - a lot of small Alberta towns have got similar types of things.
http://www.roadsideattractions.ca/pyrogy.htm

Vulcan has got a tourist office shaped like a space station with a starship on a pedestal in the car park. They have a convention about once a year and usually get a star trek actor to show up for autographs.
http://www.town.vulcan.ab.ca/about_starship/index.html

Nope, but Alberta has a lot of Ukrainians - another place I want to visit is here:
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/ukrainian/

If you come up with a fast food idea here, it usually catches on. Samosas are just starting to catch on. I plan to corner the market in deep fried mars bars on a stick ....

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:confused: I have to ask - what is a perogie?