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Old 01-23-2005, 06:42 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Things I miss about Canada

Both of my parents were born and raised in New Brunswick. They left in their 20s and moved out here to Southern California. Between them they have 19 brothers and sisters so my extended family is pretty huge. Most of my relatives are in Edmunston, but I have relatives in Montreal, Quebec, PEI, Moncton, Rimouski, Mantane etc… Both of my Peperes worked for CNR. One at the railyard, one worked in the cabose.

Every summer we used to go visit for 3 weeks at a time. I even got to spend a Christmas there one year (damn cold, but beautiful). These are some of the things I miss about Canada. Consider yourself lucky.

1. des ploys
2. Coffee Crisp
3. Salted Pork (Fried salted pork even better)
4. Fiddle Heads
5. Sugar Pie
6. People who think donuts are desert after dinner
7. Ketchup Chips
8. Vinegar at the table
9. Poutine
10. Creton
11. Lobster Rolls
12. Trees
13. Real rain, snow and lightning
14. small wild strawberries
15. wild raspberries and blueberries
16. moose, bears and deer
17. skidoos
18. smoked trout
19. Tim Horton’s
20. Hockey Night
21. More than one choice of Kit Kat
22. Cherry Blossoms
23. Bee Hive Golden Corn Syrup
24. VH Plum Sauce
25. Friendly People who like talking for more than 1 minute
26. Caramel Spread
27. Red skins on your hot dogs
28. Real beer

One thing I don't miss is the sulfur smell from the Fraiser paper mill.
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Old 01-23-2005, 10:30 AM   #2 (permalink)
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6. People who think donuts are desert after dinner
I'm scared. What are donuts if not desert?
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Old 01-23-2005, 11:20 AM   #3 (permalink)
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I personally just eat them as a snack, but they can be desert too.
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Old 01-23-2005, 02:42 PM   #4 (permalink)
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I've never ate Donuts as desert. Purely as a snack option. The only true match with a coffee.
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Old 01-23-2005, 02:50 PM   #5 (permalink)
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So I'm here in the East Coast and in the last two weeks I've picked up a new phrase that most East Coasters are familiar with... "storm-stayed". Currently I'm storm stayed at my mother in laws place. I rode out the afternoon sleeping on the couch, but I found that there are definite traditions that are part of a storm staying.
1. Everyone talks about 'the big one' coming.
2. Everyone stocks up groceries. Some do it a day before the storm, but most do it the day of. Today being a Sunday, there's very few stores open so the Shoppers Drug Mart for example is packed with people buying chips and junk food in preparation for the long sit in.
3. Jumbo Video or Blockbuster have their best days of the year, because just about everyone rents a movie during the storms.
4. The dig out after the storm is always quite the ordeal. Takes a long time, and it's never fun.

If you can, get storm stayed with a friend or family member. It's much better than passing it by yourself. You can only watch movies/surf the net/masturbate for so long before you're just dying for some conversation...

Any others 'storm-stayed'? What's your stories?
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Old 01-23-2005, 07:55 PM   #6 (permalink)
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I'm scared. What are donuts if not desert?
Breakfast.

And,.. 1. des ploys? What's that?
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Old 01-23-2005, 08:48 PM   #7 (permalink)
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ployes are buckwheat pancakes you eat with molasses. they're kinda yellow and you only cook them on one side with a cast iron pan. very acadian.

In so cal you only eat donuts for breakfast. most donut shops are closed at night. I was stunned to find donut shops full of people at night in canada.
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Old 01-24-2005, 06:48 AM   #8 (permalink)
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It's funny, some of these things must be East Cost things because they aren't things I associate with Canada (not to say they aren't Canadian)... Regionalism is just funny that way...

1. des ploys
3. Salted Pork (Fried salted pork even better)
4. Fiddle Heads
5. Sugar Pie
18. smoked trout
24. VH Plum Sauce
25. Friendly People who like talking for more than 1 minute
26. Caramel Spread
27. Red skins on your hot dogs
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Old 01-24-2005, 06:56 AM   #9 (permalink)
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God damn. Donuts for breakfast?

It's deep fried sugar!

Breakfast is crepes, fruit, eggs and pork byproducts! (Mmmm, Cora's)
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Old 01-24-2005, 07:04 AM   #10 (permalink)
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Cora's is good... I used to be *very* into going out for breakfast... Mimi's, The Lakeview, Aunties and Uncles, Future Bakery...

I still enjoy making breakfast when I have the time... I am known for my scratch pancakes.

That said, I'm OK with doughnuts for breakfast... just not everyday. Hell, some eat pastries or Danish for breakfast, why not a doughnut? My son and I actually had Tim Horton's doughnuts for breakfast on Saturday as we raced off for an appointment... We were discussing the origin of the word... turns out he was right and I was wrong:

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The earliest occurrence of the word is in the work of Washington Irving (1809). He had to define the word, so we can assume that it was not a widely known dish at the time, at least to his audience. And, interestingly, he defines doughnuts as "balls of sweetened dough, fried in hog's fat". This suggests that doughnuts were not named after knots or nuts and bolts, but instead after nuts like walnuts or pecans. They were balls of dough that, when fried to a deep golden brown, resembled nuts. Doughnuts only took their torus shape to overcome a problem inherent in balls of dough - uncooked centers. Removing the centers ensured that the doughnuts would be cooked throughout.
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Old 01-24-2005, 10:00 AM   #11 (permalink)
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It's funny, some of these things must be East Cost things because they aren't things I associate with Canada (not to say they aren't Canadian)... Regionalism is just funny that way...

1. des ploys
3. Salted Pork (Fried salted pork even better)
4. Fiddle Heads
5. Sugar Pie
18. smoked trout
24. VH Plum Sauce
25. Friendly People who like talking for more than 1 minute
26. Caramel Spread
27. Red skins on your hot dogs
I agree,

never heard of des ploys, but i've bought fiddle heads at Loblaws ( i hear that too many are poisonous). I think (not entirely sure tho) that sugar pies are analogous to butter tarts, maybe bigger. I love smoked trout, and buy it at the afforementioned Loblaws. VH Plum sauce. that the standard fare for chicken fingers. It comes in a plastic packet like ktchup, but clear. Or, again y oucan buy it at loblaws in a bottle.

I met a friendly person at woodbine and danforth on saturday. it was nice. caramel spread. I bought some president's choice stuff that I warm in the microwave and drizzle on ice cream. Or I make my own.

I didn't know what redskins on hot dogs were, until i bought a pack of Red Hots, which are all pork. They are light brown, so now i know that the regular all beef dawgs are redder...

So, there is some regionalism, but not much. I do find that I feel more at home in, let's say vancouver, (4K KM away) than in Buffalo (not 4K km away).
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