Originally Posted by Souvenir

Think toast and ........

BTW, muffins are illegal in Canada.

Originally Posted by CalgaryBlade

I would agree with the above. We use Superstore for bulk buying and Safeway for the day-to-day stuff.

Superstore has great variety and plenty of the names that Brits would recognise (Lea&Perrins, HP, Branston). One benefit of the larger houses here is that you can buy stuff in bulk. We bought a freeezer for the basement on sale that is "catering size". If meat or whatever is on sale, we bulk buy.

Safeway is at least as good, if not better, than the Sainsbury's store we used in London. They have a brand called "Safeway Select" which caters for more diverse tastes. Become a club-card member and then you can take advantage of many "buy 1 get 1 free offers".

BBQ'ing is a great way to cook. Especially when you can just walk out onto you deck and turn it on. Ours is located next to the kitchen door so we can use it year round (and no refills as it's on the main supply).

The only thing I think we've missed (well my son misses) is Ribena. You can get it here, it's just it's sold as it used to be in the UK as a health drink in little bottles which are expensive.

However, we've weened him onto Cranberrry juice which is in plentiful supply and probably contains less sugar.

Originally Posted by Souvenir

Think toast and ........

BTW, muffins are illegal in Canada.

Originally Posted by CalgaryBlade

Que?

Do you mean "English Muffins"? Are they?

Muffins stuffed with Sakatoon Berries, choc chips etc are in plentiful supply.

Originally Posted by Patsy

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh lol

Originally Posted by CalgaryBlade

BBQ'ing is a great way to cook. Especially when you can just walk out onto you deck and turn it on. Ours is located next to the kitchen door so we can use it year round (and no refills as it's on the main supply).

Originally Posted by Souvenir

I don't know why I bother to try making jokes. :o

English muffins are available everywhere and Canadian muffins come in all shapes and flavours. They come in three sizes: two-bite size (rougly the size of a golf ball), normal (roughly the size of a tennis ball) and business-meeting (roughly the size of a mushroom-shaped basketball).

Standard practice, at least in business meetings, appears to be that you eat the top of the mushroom and leave the rest. I have no idea why.

And, yes, I was talking about Marmite.

Originally Posted by Patsy

YUK! Marmite?! :eek: u cant get it over there?..not surprised..listen ive got a big fat unopened jar of it in my cupboard...bought it cos its free in slimming world (ah never mind u wouldnt understand) ..u can have it, if u want
ps the lamb sounds luvvly!!.......enuff of food now im moving on to fashion....

Originally Posted by Souvenir

You can get it in Canada; just not in the bit where I live.

Originally Posted by Biiiiink

What does the word "marmite" mean in french then? I just googled "marmite +quebec" and it wasn't yeasty spreads I was getting...

Originally Posted by Patsy

YUK! Marmite?! :eek: u cant get it over there?..not surprised..listen ive got a big fat unopened jar of it in my cupboard...bought it cos its free in slimming world (ah never mind u wouldnt understand) ..u can have it, if u want
ps the lamb sounds luvvly!!.......enuff of food now im moving on to fashion....

Originally Posted by Souvenir

I don't know why I bother to try making jokes. :o

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Originally Posted by Tisme

No, don't pass it on to Souvenir as he's got his MIL coming over. I'll have it.
A friend sent me some vegimite (sp?) from Oz last month. Can't get enough of the stuff.
Great thread about the food, btw. Having a right giggle here and a huge sigh of relief that I will be able to get my faves. Right then, fashion you say...?
I love Roots! Not fashion I know but I have simple tastes :rolleyes: