Originally Posted by shelley748

you cannot get:

Many UK sweets eg Curly Wurlys etc..

Individual desserts such as Cheesecakes, trifles etc like you can at Tescos's.
Any decent convenience foods like Aunt Bessies roast tatties etc..

Decent English sausages- I've tried them all.

English crisps and snacks.

Fish Pastes.

Polo's

and much more

the supermarkets are owned by one company primarily and so choice is not something to be proud of!

Tesco's would clean up here!

Originally Posted by shelley748

that would be hard!

Originally Posted by nickybear

...thing that is really difficult to get is basic ingredients like suet...

Originally Posted by BristolUK

That's close to the Ribena, just along from the Homepride Cook-in sauce and along from the Marmite Aisle.

Originally Posted by Novocastrian

My opinion of the stupidity of today's Brit is largely gleaned from this site and is to say the least ambivalent.

Originally Posted by nickybear

Yes, you can get most things depending where you live, i spent 12 months in Toronto and hated it, because i could not find anything i was used to. Went back to the UK then came back and moved to Mississauga and now i can find most things i like, they sell british biscuits in the chinese supermarket and are reasonably priced. I can even get homepride cookin sauces in one of my local supermarkets (fresh co). As i have already said it depends on where you are as to what you can get. A lot of things, if i can get the ingredients i will make it myself. The only thing that is really difficult to get is basic ingredients like suet, but you can get it in the british shop, if you live close to one. Depending where you get your items from you can end up paying over the odds, so shop round. And yes a lot of the food stuff made here does not taste a thing like it does in the UK even cadburys chocolate and heinz salad cream. Good luck

Originally Posted by Novocastrian

See what I mean?

Originally Posted by nickybear

lmao, tis true. Shame i have to go across the road to food basics for robertson marmalade. Can you get choccy biccies and custard creams in your fresh co, cos i can although custard creams are rather lacking in the filling department, still yum yum

Originally Posted by Atlantic Xpat

The simple answer is 'Don't eat processed foods'. Or 'Don't eat too many processed foods'. We shop in Dominion (Loblaws) and can generally find all we need without resorting to specialist food shops. (Which are in short supply here in any event). We eat reasonably healthily, cooking our own meals from raw ingredients. Quality of veggies and fruit can be a problem but that's testament to the distance they have to travel. Although since Tesco ship fruit and veggies in from around the world every bit as much as Canadian grocers, perhaps they are better at handling them rather than neccessarily having a better quality of produce! We buy frozen vegetables for convenience and neccessity at times.

You do learn which foods contain too much sugar and find alternatives. For example, North American Marmalade is inedible to my taste. One seeks out genuine UK or French marmalade at a premium cost. Bottled fruit punch contains way too much sugar so make sure you buy the bottled fruit juice instead. (We dilute this with water most of the time).

Wringing your hands any just saying the Canadian groceries are crap and all food is unhealthy is just an excuse for not being bothered to shop and eat healthily. (& here I am generalising not aiming at the quoted poster.)

Originally Posted by Alan2005

You don't think the ingredients of these things are adjusted to local tastes then?

Originally Posted by Novocastrian

Eh?

Originally Posted by Alan2005

Doesn't matter...

anyhoo, back to the OP's question. You can't get unpasteurized milk ... unless it's for getting silky smooth skin.

Originally Posted by dbd33

That's not quite true, at least not in Ontario. My ex buys raw milk, for drinking, every week. It's a bit of a bother, same as free range eggs and weed, in that it's not legal for sale but it is available if you trouble to find it. It's metric milk mind, sold in litre bottles at $7 a pop.

Originally Posted by johnh009

Looks like this is the source:

http://www.milk.org/Corporate/View.a...airyProcessing