stubby42

piccalilli, I know it seems small but I grew up in a family that put it on most of our sandwiches, so to go to a country where you cant get it well after a while you start craving it.

Steve_P

I'm pretty sure you can get Cross & Blackwell's Picalilli in Calgary.

I used to buy it quite frequently but recently it's been very disappointing (looks like it was made with the scraps). Quite expensive too $4-$5 for a small jar.

DaveLovesDee

Do you miss the UK?

I don't know, I haven't tried aiming at it yet. I need a longer-range missile!

fledermaus

Things I have missed, on occasion, not always, not consistently.
Money
Ham
Good chinese take out
Good indian take out
Gammon
Money
Back bacon Wiltshire cure
Waitrose prawn cocktail
Waitrose
John Lewis
My lovely Renault Clio
Money
Decent cream, milk, butter
Money
Employment rights
Good health
A GP
Cheap books
Hairdressers that have moved on from the mullet
Smooth road surfaces
Cats eyes
Holidays
Money

That'll do for now

ville303

You can get the equivalent of piccallili......it's a bit drier though

ville303

also, google Dickens in Chilliwack...British goods and not too costly

hwp

I'm stunned!

fledermaus

that would be your head hitting the car roof as you go over a pothole!

Honestly Peas, the road round here are terrible. Apart from the seasonal potholes you bump and wiggle all over the place as you drive over the uneven surface. You never seem to get a nice camber to help you zoom around that corner.

You have smooth roads in BC do you?? I'm on my way and you can show me.

tinytears

This reminds me of a talk I had with my youngest daughter. When we started to very seriously talk about emigration I told the kids to talk to me about any concerns they had.

My youngest said absolutely nothing at all about the move whilst the others all came to me with things like "I'll miss my friends" or "I'll miss my nan" etc.

A few weeks ago I come home from a late night at work and my youngest said she had to speak to me IMMEDIATELY and took me by the hand to her bedroom, she shut the door and told me to sit down.

So I duly sat down and she said that she had a question about the move to Canada. OK say I wondering what can be so serious that she looked so sad.

"Mum, you know you said I had to speak to you if I had a problem about Candad weeeelllllll .... I don't like the pickles out there, they taste different"

Erm, OK then ....

stubby42

I did find one jar of picalilli when I was in regina but it wasnt as good as the stuff at home, but I guess its better than nothing but next time I'm taking a jar over.

stubby42

lol, but you know its funny how things like that become important I couldnt cope living in america and one of the main reasons is because they dont have hp sauce. I have it with almost every meal if I was in the states I'd have to import it.

I can live without almost anything but food is the one thing I miss.

Actually it is nice being able to walk to places instead of being dependant on people for rides.

hwp

Oh, I know....



I drive by braille!

Novocastrian

Yup. Nothing consistent there.

Cat's eyes. I'd forgotten them.

What's Waitrose?

fuschiagirl

Flashing your lights on the motorway in the UK is NOT recommended! A great many drivers use their headlights to intimidate the driver in front into moving out of the way! They drive right up to the car in front (almost sitting on the fender of the car in front) and flash their lights repeatedly. This usually take place at 80+ miles per hour.

There is no official rules concerning the use of headlight flashing - I think the Highway Code specifically condones the practice.

I have found the drivers on Vancouver Island to be much more polite - they do let you out but do it by a wave of the hand. And there is very much less "fender driving".

fledermaus

Grocery heaven.


John Lewis' food dept. As you are a Geordie you will not know the finer points of life