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I'm listening to Steve Wright in the Afternoon - from last Thursday and I must say the Oldies are Fab, I'm cooking a Jamie Oliver recipe (for the 1st time) and guzzling a glass of wine (I know it's early) and at this minute bopping to metal guru:thumbsup:

Can you find Creme Fraiche in this country and where are anchovies if they are not by the tuna and sardines?????:eek:

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Do you need me to add more items to your shopping list :p Already shopped for you twice :eek:...Maybe some CD's :rofl:

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Anyway...you can't be cooking you are on here :eek:

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I get creme fraiche at the cheese store. I don't eat anchovies but I'd look at the fishmongers.

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Round here tinned anchovies are not with the tinned fish, they're next to the fresh fish counter! Hope that helps you locate them in your supermarket ;)

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Cheese store? Where is this?! I have been looking for creme fraiche since I moved to Canada 10 months ago!

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The St. Lawrence market has multiple cheese stores, alas it's in Toronto. I know you're a bit buggered for food in Nova Scotia as one of my kids went to university in Halifax and we had to send her most everything. Still I'd think you could get creme fraiche down there, it doesn't use imported ingredients. Have you asked at Great Ocean?

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I have never heard of Great Ocean - what is this place? Failing that can't you just send me some from Toronto? :)

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You get them in the food shops. Do you think Creme Freche and anchovies are uniquely English?

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No creme fraiche around these here parts.....:mad:

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in Lloyd I have managed to find most of what I had from back home,its the god dam cold meats and tinned that are soooo bad:eek:ham is not ham as we know it scotty:rofl:I found that they word everything differant from us, so I try to ask for what Im looking for back to front and it works:rofl: and dimond 7 here now know how to cut bacon for the brits:rofl:(no nothing to do with me)no more thin streaky bacon:thumbsup:ah sausage egg BACON mushrooms beens and totty scone oh la la.and I have all my spices to cook my curries:thumbsup:now Im going to add ham ribs to dimond 7 and all yous scots know what I mean,home made soup ect yummy:rofl:
kate

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No creme faiche :eek: is there greek yogurt :o oh dear looks like we might have to rethink where we are going to :rofl:

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I've used the low fat sour cream from Safeways in a few of my dishes - can't taste the difference .... :)

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Creme Fraiche is sometimes available in Calgary Co-op. I've had the best success at the Dalhousie store. It's made by Liberty and is in the same section as sour cream.

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I only needed 4 anchovies for a easy Jamie Oliver white sauce - anchovies, cream and creme fraiche. I tried Stoopid Store and when I asked about creme fraiche the lady looked at me as if I had grown two heads. Then I went to Safeway, not quite as hectic as stoopidstore and there were one or two staff members around, still couldn't find creme fraiche and now I also could find porcini either.

So sorry Mr Oliver, I used extra portobello mushrooms and bought a ready made white sauce. The recipe did turnn out yummy though!

Biiink, I know I have seen anchovies - I shall look by the fresh fish;)

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I've yet to come across a recipe calling for creme fraiche that doesn't work just as well with sour cream. Don't be tempted by the low-fat sour cream, though - sour cream is naturally lower in fat than creme fraiche and the low-fat varieties tend to curdle easily when heated.

Canned anchovies (or at least in jars) hereabouts are available in the same aisle as tuna etc (at least in Superstore) - along with sardines, mackerel, salmon, a bunch of assorted shellfish (oysters, mussels, clams), crabmeat, etc. Apart from a mind-boggling selection of different varieties and types of tuna, the selection is not too dissimilar from UK stores.

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:rofl::thumbsup:

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No I don't think they are uniquely English, I did try two supermarkets and couldn't find them. The sales associates were, how can I put this? Confused:blink:

(remember I am not in a metropolis)

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Just looked again today, tinned anchovies here (Zehrs - Loblaw/Superstore family of supermarkets) are definitely in the chiller (!) next to the fresh fish, I was right. They're beside pickled herring, etc. 3 brands, all of them Spanish I think. Also had 2 kinds of anchovy paste which I've only ever heard of in Enid Blyton stories :eek:

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don't ask me why but in our local Sobey's the anchovies are on the top shelf between the butter and the eggs:eek: But then this is NS:rofl:

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Thank you Biiink and Val50. Anchovies are obviuosley something I should pick up when I spot them or make sure I have lots of time to search ALL the shelves:rofl:

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Here is my tip for today...maybe don't do recipes that include anchovies :eek::blink::ohmy: Just a silly thought ;)

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That's a very good thought! I shall bear it in mind, mind you someone is bringing me packets of white sauce mix - that HAS to be easier than making a white sauce with hard to find creme fraiche and anchovies:thumbsup::thumbsup::rofl:

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Took me ages to find them and here in Calgary they are in the same place - nowhere near the canned tuna but in the chiller by the eggs....weird.

anchovies on pizza.......yum

not found Gentlemen's Relish yet though.....:(

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There is another name for creme freche - SOUR CREME!

I can honestly not taste the difference between the two.

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I don't believe there is much difference in taste, it's the fact that it behaves differently when cooking - doesn't curdle.