I used to work for an Indian guy in Montreal and he told me he prefered the Indian food in England compared to the Indian food in India!

[QUOTE=iaink;5375361]Prawn Cocktail crisps...or are we agreed that "All dressed" is basically the same thing?QUOTE]


I wondered what to liken them to, I thought they were spicy ketchup flavour but now you've said Prawn Cocktail, yeah i can see where your coming from

Things i miss which (sadly) can't be posted to here are:-

Fish & Chips (chip shop style)
"English" Indian food
"English" Chinese food
Sausages & bacon
& my family and friends

I think when we go back to visit, we'll have to visit all our friends & Family in the local Indian, Chinese or Fish& Chip shop

Are you talking about that Greek dish? If you can't find it, it's because you're living in New Brunswick Go to Montreal, or Vancouver, or Toronto, or anywhere with a sizable Greek community, and you'll find it all over the menus!

It's not that it doesn't exist in Canada - you happen to be living in a part of Canada where there's not a large Greek community. Then again, there are probably foods you can get in New Brunswick that we don't get out here in BC.

People craving quality cheese have only to get themselves to Toronto. Affordable quality beer is a bigger problem.

I know that when we do eventually get back to England we will go to the Silver Jubilee in Potters Bar and have one of their FANTABULOUS Doner Kebabs. Ooooh could eat one right now, with just a little bit of chilli sauce please.

Hey Sue, is there not an A&P near you - I have seen Taramasalata in there for sure!!!

Bet you can't get what I had yesterday here - Marmite Rice Cakes, yum yum

Wrong, wrong and yuk, yuk.

Yummy - I'm still in the UK so where did you get them?
Love marmite, going to ship laods!

That's a good point. Supermarkets sell what the local population wants to buy. Gatineau is 95% Canadian-born (mainly Quebeckers). The immigrant population is mostly Francophone African or Arab. Thus, you can find almost anything connected with BBQ, fondue or couscous. Marmite, Branston pickle and risotto rice are much harder to obtain.

I miss the burger vans you used to get in the carparks of the big DIY stores and the little greasy spoons that were scattered about.
Those big soft french sticks full with bacon...butter dripping all over the place...hhhmmmm.
We got some scottish butchers round our way, not the same as back home and the price is outrageous.
Here it always seems to be 'Chip Trucks' and then the 'chips' are cr*p!!

When we went for our recce to Vancouver I noticed I couldn't find a joint of lamb, or thick cut bacon- are these to be found?
Terese

Where I am Lamb is available, but its expensive, and usually frozen.

Peameal / Canadian back bacon is readily available, usually a bit thicker than UK standards, but you can buy chunks and cut it to suit I suppose. It comes without the streaky tail bit of the rasher if you know what I mean. UK style back bacon rashers are hard / impossible to find unless you are lucky to know a butcher prepared to do it for you.

Standard "Bacon" here is usually "streaky" bacon ...but I love that if you oven cook it at a low temp till its crispy...so I dont miss greasy chewy bacon at all Now I'm drooling thinking about a crispy bacon butty....

You can get thick cut bacon, they call it P-Meal bacon over here, its the closest to Danish you will get...but its nowhere the same :curse:
My family are not big Lamb eaters, but you can get a nice joint from the supermarkets.

My Mum and Dad visit regulary from the UK and they always go on about how much better the joints and cuts of meat are over here. We had a fantastic piece of Roast Beef the other day, one of the best I have ever tasted. So its not all doom and gloom

Thank you, at least I know they're there somewhere
Terese