Originally Posted by mjanovitz

ASDA? How can you go to asda, you get hairy men with no tops on sweating over the fruit and veg in the summer, don't get that in Sainsbury and Marks and Spencers food stores!!

I do actually miss Richmond Sausages though, and like you there is always a jar of Ranch dressing in the fridge!

Mark

Originally Posted by good evans

Well you've started something now - let me see....
3. A real proper curry. A new place opened in Hyde before we left and they do THE best veggie Rogan Josh ever.
6. Chip shop chips and mushy peas.
8. The best take away pizza, ever, in Brighton where my daughter lives.
9. Tomatoes that taste of tomatoes - I'm going to grow my own this year.
LOL

Originally Posted by Garfielduk

Hi Jaycee,

Salmon of course is one of the cheaper fish here also at around £6/kilo or £2.80/lb, 20 years ago it was the most expensive !
Others are :
Cod/Haddock £7.50/kg or £3.50/lb
Halibut £8.50/kg or £4.00/lb
Just seen some Black Tiger Prawns at £30/kg
What's the prices like in CAD Dollars ?
Of course do parts of Canada eat Freshwater fish like Carp ?
Gary

Originally Posted by Garfielduk

What the hells going on in Canada then, aren't the Indian immigrants in Canada as good at cooking as in England ?

And do Canada let in second rate Italian cooks who can't do a decent Pizza ?

Tomatoes ?* We love them so looks like we'll have to grow our own, but what's the problem, can't anyone grow them properly ?

Something strange is going on if people can't get decent Curry's or Pizza ? :scared:
What about Chinese takeaway ?

Originally Posted by good evans

Well you've started something now - let me see....
1. English bread - remember how it goes "clunk" when you eat it and you really feel full. Why is bread here so expensive in comparison, and so awful? Does Canada sell its wheat to the Brits? It's not GM - it was like this back in the 80's when we lived here before, and GM stuff wasn't around.
2. Linda McCartney stuff - specially the sausages.
3. A real proper curry. A new place opened in Hyde before we left and they do THE best veggie Rogan Josh ever.
4. Sainsbury's own brand soya mince.
5. Branston pickle - especially the hot one.
6. Chip shop chips and mushy peas.
7. Cadbury's choclate - it's better in the UK than here - something to do with the water? Milk? What?
8. The best take away pizza, ever, in Brighton where my daughter lives.
9. Tomatoes that taste of tomatoes - I'm going to grow my own this year.
10.Snack a Jacks - the little cheesy ones.
11.Marmite at a decent price

I'm sure there's more...makes you wonder doesn't it - if we all miss this stuff why did we come here? LOL

Originally Posted by Chipotle

Also how about those lovely Indian lentils to make dhal, can you get them in Canada?

Originally Posted by mandyg

This is worrying!!!!
No pataks Balti in Canada :scared: Their factory is only 3 miles away from me, balti is my favorite, might have to re-think this immigration


just joking i'll find a way to get it shipped over

Originally Posted by alberta_jaycee

In a way I'm glad we're not there to eat them now and seeing as the sausages here look like they're full of chunks of meat and fat, my OH insists we don't eat them now.......we do eat a lot of weiners though but please don't give me the grosseez and tell me what goes in them LOL

Originally Posted by Posidrive

Potato Croquettes must be available in this country somewhere

Originally Posted by alberta_jaycee

Thnx Pauline & Butch for the feedback....will make sure I give those places a phone call first to check they have it in stock.....an hour and a half's drive is worth it when you know your prize is at the end, but not when you reach the store and find they only stock Madras, Rogan & Vinda!! I do actually make all my curries from scratch using pure ingredients and spices, but I love to have the Balti handy to make on my "lazy days" That's another thing I'm having trouble getting hold of here in R/D.....whole coriander seed. Supermarkets only sell the ground coriander but it's naff and tasteless, it's the whole seed ground up fresh that gives the best flavours. We have an East Indian owned gas station behind where we live that sells it. They get it brought over, from some warehouse in Vancouver, so I bought a bag. I got it home, opened the bag to start grinding the seeds in my coffee grinder but found little brown bugs crawling in the bag....yes, BUGS - live and dead ones :scared: I ended up getting my S.I.L. to send me over a bag of coriander seed from Morrisons but all in all she ended up paying nearly 5 quid to send a tiny bag over that will last me about 2 weeks! Surely coriander seed is available in other stores in Alberta - would appreciate help on that one too. Other than the Balti paste & whole coriander issue, I'm pretty much happy with everything I buy here

Originally Posted by dentaltech

SQUEEZY MARMITE IS OUT !!! i think when we finally come over i will have to bring marmite with me , my boys ( 46, 18 , 15 ) live and breathe marmite.


i love these threads , they make me laugh , i am not in canada yet but i am sure i will start missing the Walkers crisps , especially the new flavours out at the moment , cadburys chocolate , paxo etc.
ribena and cordials , although i do find £4.25 ( yes pounds ) for 1 litre of ribena a bit steep.
i am bit of a baking freak , make all own cakes , i think i read on another thread self raising flour was difficult to find :scared: is this true ?

i took my first trip to Morrisons here in the south last week , i thought it was worse than asda ( although ours is walmart ) so jumbled up , the aisles were all messy , maybe i am biased i am a sainsburys fan !

Originally Posted by alberta_jaycee

Hi HWP! I can get parsnips here as well as sweet on the vine toms. But I do miss the food labelling, must admit that....they don't show any indications of additives (E numbers) in kids sweets or drinks, and I like to know what the calorific value is on foods so I can work out how many "points" they are -when I've been naughty and over-indulged - which now I'm over here I find hard not to cos the food is too nice

Originally Posted by Steve&Tanya

They actually show that on The Food Network here, but call it Jamie's School Lunch project!!

Only been here 7 weeks and already missing Marmite (I know it's in Superstore but $4 for the smallest jar I don't think so), Galaxy chocolate and my local Ruby Murray

However I can get my Root Beer (even a diet version now), Reeces pieces, Three Musketeers bars, DQ Blizzards (YUM), and Tims donuts (not that I indulge too much on those )