Re: Canadian stereotypes of Britain?
 

I'll take 2 sausages out of the freezer and boil 3 eggs now before going to work. Thank you.
Edit: have fresh sausage after all, bonus!

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It's horrible - the ingredients list is a shocker. I agree pasta is just pasta but the sauce is just awful.
And how many restaurants do you see passing off macaroni cheese made with cheese sauce from a bottle (also vile) on their menus?:confused:

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Not like it's difficult to make good mac & cheese from scratch either.

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I wouldn't feed my child a tin of Heinz spaghetti as a meal but a quick google produces this comparison ( I would say just a little bit of difference)....

Ingredients in Heinz spaghetti;
Spaghetti (49%, Water, Durum Wheat Semolina, Wheat Flour (contains Calcium, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Tomatoes (43%), Sugar, Glucose - Fructose Syrup, Modified Cornflour, Salt, Citric Acid, Herb Extract, Garlic Salt, Spice Extract,

Additives: Free From Artificial Colours

Additives: Free From Artificial Flavours

Additives: Free From Artificial Preservatives


Additives Other Text: Absolutely no preservatives

Additives Other Text: No artificial colours or flavours


Ingredients in Kraft dinner;

Macaroni is the first ingredient, as expected. The second ingredient is a “cheese sauce mix” composed of 20 sub-ingredients. The first three are not even cheese – Whey and whey protein concentrate are byproducts of milk, and modified food starch – an additive that increase the bulk of a food. Other additives include potassium chloride – used instead of salt to decrease the sodium level in foods, sodium tripolyphosphate – used to maintain moisture, Medium Chain Triglycerides – a substitute for regular oil, and artificial colors yellow 5 & 6 – shown to cause neural problems in some children.

Re: Canadian stereotypes of Britain?
 

Exactly! We learned in home Economics at 12 years of age how to do it.

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I took shop but I'm catching up. :lol:

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Home Economics in Scotland 101

Firstly deep fry everything to ensure number of our deaths from heart disease continues to lead the western world.

Perhaps if you deep fried Kraft Dinner you'd learn to love it and consider it just fine for your children.

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Hold on - that might just work. Take one dollop of cold & congealed Kraft Dinner, coat in a good thick batter, deep fry until crispy and golden. For added finesse, shape the dollop of KD into a sausage first, so it's easier to hold onto and bite from one end.

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Re: Canadian stereotypes of Britain?
 

Leftover fried KD with lots of ketchup was a university breakfast staple.

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Hard to get more disgusting than that. :unsure:

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:sick:
Haven't owned a deep fat fryer since I left uni 20 years ago.

Seriously though, yes Scottish food has a bad rep - not always justly deserved - but people do love to hold on to their out dated stereotypes.
I am not claiming Scottish food is healthy - the point is so many Canadians blabbing on about how rubbish British food is when their own food is pretty crappy is a bit rich.
Salt levels in food over here are the worst - I have resorted to making my own sausage meat because I can't eat the stuff they produce here it's so salty.

Re: Canadian stereotypes of Britain?
 

I find that children's menus are fairly limited in Canada- Poutine, pizza, fries and something....I haven't come across anything healthy. We usually ask for something to be made..

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Yup, usually chicken nuggets and grilled cheese feature pretty highly. :nod:
We tend to try and order something off the adult menu each for us, just ask for a side salad or veggie side order for her and then take stuff off our plate. The portions are usually huge enough anyway.
If we order a takeaway we only order one main course and one starter and split it 3 ways - and still have leftovers.

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Did you find children's menus in Britain healthy?

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Haven't owned a deep fat fryer since I left uni 20 years ago.

Oh, so you're the one? The new Scottish Police Force has you on its Most Wanted List. Now they know where you are they can begin extradition proceedings. You could be visiting the Auld Sod earlier than you planned.

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I think you're missing the point Shard - it is the fact that the Canadians who cling onto these stereotypes are in extremely fragile glass houses lobbing stones at the state of British food.
I have no idea what the children's menus are like in Britain - left 8 years ago before we had kids. But I would assume it's about the same.
I'm pretty sure there are no people in Britain saying look how awful Canadian food is compared to ours..

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:hysterical:
:sarcasm:

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I think there was starting to be.... I never find that any veg is offered in Canadian kids meals- whereas in the UK definitely so.

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Maybe. There's certainly no shortage of nuggets/pizza/macaroni UK kids menus though. Ideally, we would be like the French - just serve a smaller portion of something from the main menu as the kid's menu.

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Yes absolutely... Really that is just what should be offered. I suppose my thinking arises from going somewhere I expect the menu for children to be better and it's not. Great for adults- not much thought for kids. Guess it's supply and demand thing..

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Maybe something on the Starters menu might work? Also a lot of restaurants may well serve you a smaller portion of something if you asked them, doesn't hurt to ask.

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or wrap it around an egg

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Ideally, we would be like the French - just serve a smaller portion of something from the main menu as the kid's menu.[/QUOTE]
With just a small glass of wine. I think the fast food places may tailor their kids menu to what keeps them quiet and chewing for 15 minutes. I have little trust and less faith.

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Why take kids to a restaurant in the first place?

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A real restaurant? Because women want to see you be good with their kids. I offered to give them money to go across the street to Mcdonalds but she wouldn't have it and they went out of their way to be bad. Any time I wish I'd had kids all I have to do is sit next to one in a restaurant and the feeling passes.

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They mostly look like they're having a horrible time and would rather be anywhere else.

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I remember what it was like being 13 but sometimes it wasn't bad. Regina didn't have much to offer for restaurants back then but there was some kind of diners club bs card dad bought into so we went out monthly (I think) like it or not. Sometimes I didn't want to go (and sometimes didn't) but I think kids are generally snottier now.
Edit: Can I take that back? The youth are our future, etc.

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Because we don't want to leave them with babysitters we've found on the t'internet:rofl:

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The French teach children to value food....they look, critically, at the items we are trying to jam into them. Well done!

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Always good to have a witty comment based on a previous thread.:thumbup:

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Can we have a series of food puns like this?:rofl:

I propose we toast the French.

Re: Canadian stereotypes of Britain?
 

Your proposal is a bit cheesy.

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Lettuce hope it improves.

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No chance, those little pancakes taste like crepe.

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Whine, whine, whine.

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[QUOTE=Souvy;11456128]Is that enough for you to argue about?:p

I can probably come up with more.[/QUO

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

Re: Canadian stereotypes of Britain?
 

We always ask to switch fries for steamed vegs and have never had an issue with it. I have seen the option on a lot of kids menus lately. Maybe I am not the only one asking :)

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We did that 30 years ago when out kids were small. Never had a problem. I suppose we were fortunate in that they never wanted to go to the "golden arches" and other junk food joints.