bats

Different perceptions of the same town. I lived in the city until 4 years ago and it was pretty much impossible to find decent produce. Things have improved with the ne Superstore,Costco and Walmart though. Where is the butcher in Peterborough? I did notice that Independent supermarket has a fresh fish counter and that the produce looked good but when I lIved in the city I was not impressed by the food for sale. There is now a greengrocers on Lansdowne that is ok, Where is the bakers?

Novocastrian

And for the folk nearer Toronto, there's a similar tienda in Bradford ON (of all places). I was astonished when I saw it there, but it is there for the same reason as yours. Hordes of seasonal farm workers from Mexico (etc.).

Paul_Shepherd

mmmmmm!! sounds great....im going to give that a try!! and really simple. Think i may do some egg fried rice whilst im at it! Cheers Bristol!

Paul

PS yes i do find that extra old cracker barrell is the best, when its on offer.

Paul_Shepherd

I think Peterborough has expanded somewhat since then, thats what the life long locals tell me anyway. (ive been here 3 and half years) The best butchers in Peterborough is Franz....hes on Landsdowne East, pretty pricey, but you certainly get what you pay for in the respect. Also I think there is a small butchers on corner of Charlotte and Park...never tired it though. Not sure about a Bakers, as i living alone I dont buy much bread it gets wasted. Superstore is pretty good for fresh veg.

bats

Exactly my point, you can't do all of those things in Peterborough. I knkw Franz's, far too expensive. So two butchers in a town of 80000. Drive up the road a few miles to Lakefield and they have all those things.

It has improved in the past few years for sure but it still doesn't do it for me.

colchar

I have never been able to understand this. When I have lived in Britain (the last time being in 2008) I haven't noticed the food being any better, or any worse, than what is available here in Canada, quality wise. Sure there are plenty of things available there that cannot be had here, and vice versa, but the quality was generally on par as far as I was concerned (I'll leave aside things like big bags of Tesco sausages for a quid or two as they don't bear thinking about).

Take produce for example. Many people here like to claim that British produce is vastly superior to Canadian produce but that wasn't my experience at all. You couldn't have paid me to eat the produce at my local Tesco and I often wondered how they could sell it at all as it looked disgusting. Because of that I would go a bit further along and get my produce at Sainsbury's as I found their quality and selection to be very good. But when eating it I didn't think it was any better than the Canadian produce I am used to eating here. To my mind the quality was on par with the Canadian stuff.

When it came to packaged foods from the major companies (Kraft, Kellogs, etc.) I didn't notice any difference either and I suspect that, with the exception of some minor ingredients that are or are not allowed in different countries (ie. coloring, preservatives, etc.), their stuff is made basically the same no matter where you get it (ie. a package of Kellogs cereal will be the same here as it is in Britain).

I sometimes wonder if people aren't looking back on the things they used to eat through rose coloured glasses and perhaps idealizing it a bit? My parents still do this with some British foods, so I am wondering if others might not be doing the same thing?

JonboyE

I was not making a Canada/UK comparison. I meant that supermarket food is generally inferior to food in specialized stores.

Where there is a difference between the two countries is that in the UK you can do one shop a week in a larger supermarket like some Tescos. Most things will be reasonably priced. Canadian supermarkets seem to have some things cheap and some things very expensive, so if you buy everything in one supermarket trip you will pay quite a lot more than you need. And, if you are going to pay more, then you might as well go to the stores that care about selling quality food.

Aviator

Other than possible GM contents, which has to be labeled in the uk and not in NA

Shard

Good video.

What's not to like?

Novocastrian

Or not go to stores at all (at least for "produce" or fruit and veggies in English).

Here we buy all of our above categories from street markets or direct from farms, (we even do that latter in Ontario). It's cheaper, better and way more fun.

caretaker

I have never had poutine, but someday I will. It's inevitable.

Greenhill

It's easy to make and actually has the same recipe as grits:

Liquidise 2 cups of fresh *vomit
Add salt
Add some more salt
Add sugar
Add more salt
Drop on floor
Serve

*Grits uses an alternative bodily fluid

BristolUK

Oh....that's concentrated cream of mushroom BTW

BristolUK

All of it.

Shard

Speechless Are you sure you're not American?