I didn't know "Canadian" was a race! You learn something new everyday.

Wow. That's awesome. Because that means you can change races by applying for citizenship. Somebody should tell Michael Jackson so he can stop bleaching his skin.

MJ doesn't bleach his skin.

Also, I've noticed that chocolate in the US has a funky taste to it... I can't explain it, but it has a "twang"... have any other foreigners found this? Especially Brits who come from the land of awesome chocolate.

That's because we put bacon in it.

I wasn't being literal!

Chocolate has been discussed a LOT here. It's definitely not to many people's liking. I think most Americans are used to it because that's what they've grown up with. I brought back a TON of chocolate from England. But now I'm in a chocolate frenzy because I can't. Stop. Eating it.

British chocolate is the best, I'm def going to miss that. Even Hershey's 'Cadburys' tastes wrong. When I go to see Tom I fill my case with Maltesers and Mars bars as they are his favourites. However I am fond of Reeses, I shouldn't be, have you seen how many calories are in them?!

I miss bacon too. I hate the fatty strips here. bleah. I want some nice back bacon. dammit!

Some stores here in the US sell what they call "Canadian style bacon" but its totally wrong. They smoke it for some reason, but in Canada we don't smoke it, its brined. Gives it a completely different taste altogether.



You can get http://www.realcanadianbacon.com real Canadian bacon from here but I can't afford it. Its crazy expensive.

There might be some on-line British food shops that can ship proper bacon over here, but I can't find the one I bought from before...they had some really nice bangers...

to me taht seems more like ham...

I love the fatty strips of bacon.. mmm yum

Ham is what we put in sandwiches... sometimes it can be carved thicker off the bone but...

I dunno about the UK being the land of awesome chocolate - Switzerland or Belgium is much much better But the UK is better than the US that is for sure...

I don't know if it helps, but here goes anyways:

The "Cadburys" made by Hershey is dire and nothing like Cadburys. I keep trying it in case it gets better, but it doesn't. Hershey bars are like the "chocolate" flavour laxative you get that tastes of wax - don't bother there either. If you can afford it in World Market they sell Lindt, Ritter Sport and real Cadburys but as a half decent and cheap substitute, I have found that Hershey (*GASP*) do a semi-ok chocolate called "Symphony". It is not as waxy as the other stuff and if it is at room temperature, it melts in your mouth like cadburys It's in a cream wrapper and costs about $1.49 for a large bar (like 150g or something)

see what you guys call bacon is taken from the back of the pig and the strips of bacon you find here are taken from the pigs belly... I like the fatty strips it has a different flavour then the back bacon...

Aly is correct (and, of course, lovely). "Symphony" is available at just about any supermarket or drugstore.

This conversation about chocolate is interesting. I've noticed that chocolate in Ecuador & Mexico -- even the bargain-priced stuff -- is largely superior in taste to that in the U.S., for some reason. The foreign chocolate melts FAR more quickly, though.

Gee, 57 words without a punchline... I must be sick.

Recovery: If we smear the above-mentioned melted confection on a large, antlered Canadian animal, do we then have chocolate mousse?

We have streaky bacon too in the UK and it doesn't seem as fatty as US bacon. I prefer back bacon as I can't stand eating fat unless it's really, really crispy.

Spot on, Laura. There's absolutely nothing wrong with a bit of streaky bacon - provided it's more meat than fat. Our streaky bacon looks like prime rib compared to the stateside stuff!!

When I move to MA, I'll be a happy bunny as there's a British store right by that sells LOADS of favourites... chocolates (all kinds!), Bisto, Marmite, just everything..

And I would be happy to send British goods to people in the US once there.

Its less fatty in Canada too. I still prefer back bacon though.

I may have to take you up on that offer lol

Oooooh, which store is that Gemmie? I've never found anywhere around here that sells much British stuff - apart from a very 'touristy' shop in Plymouth.

More like chocolate moose...

I think the waxiness of American choc is so it doesn't melt so fast... but if you keep it in the fridge it is fine

I thought Jumbo turkey legs were weird when i went to the state fair on sunday - they were huge - am only used to nice little chicken legs, and wouldnt know where to start on one of those monsters. and hmmm chocolate my local giant store sells mint aeros and some other chocolates so those are keeping me happy atm.

Ohh and me and my daughter moved last wednesday and have been rolling around on the floor in pain ever since due to severe ear infection so miss not being able to just ring up my doctor and saying arghhhh i need an appointment give me meds

That would be the store!

I was amazed at how much stuff they sold (the food, ignore all the touristy T-shirts and stuff) And I think the woman who owns it is English as well.

ok so if we have chocolate mousse why don't we have caramel elk?

Mmmm... caramel elk....

No, no, no, Dear -- elk are indigenous to the ocean (the Pond and the Specific Ocean), which means that when we go fishing successfully for deep-sea elk, we should bring tartar sauce, and of course an adequately sized spatula, si man. (Oh, deer...)

Being serious for a fleeting moment (gag, aaack): Depending on where you live (larger city?), you may find a nearby drugstore (or superstore, such as Wal-Mart) where Nurse Practitioners are on duty. This would be a good option if you don't have a regular doc yet. Also, walk-in emergency clinics exist, but you may have to wait behind a bunch of illegals. The fees for either place should be (cough, hack) "reasonable."

late to the discussion as ever, but I hate the bacon here too... I cook it up and half of it dissolves into a huge puddle of fat in the bottom of the frypan
and I don't buy American chocolate; I go without for weeks on end and then when I just NEED some I splurge on some Swiss or German chocolate
though what I'm going to do when Christmas comes and I can't get Niederegger marzipan or Dominosteine I don't know what I'll do...

I don't, of course, need to point out that there are WORSE things to be turned off eating than bacon and chocolate

Yup! It's the preservatives they put in the chocolate.

Even Cadbury's exports a recipe with preservatives in to the US.

Fortunately Trader Joe's stocks a wide range of preservative-free, high-quality organic chocolate!

Late, but The Prettiest! Like tripe, si man?

yes, tripe; whenever I leave something unsaid, you can be sure that the answer is 'tripe'

yep the hershey chocolate (specially that one) taste kinda like vomit.... eeuurrkk this is disgusting !

I miss the milka chocolate from france and the milky way from france (not the same as the milky way here that are more like mars)
Oh! and the "danette au chocolat" and the mousse aux marrons i don't remember the name !

I also made a test last week with organic fruits...
and was amazed at how tasty they were compared to usual fruits (try the nectarine and the pears).. that was to die for !

I have to thank this thread for the fact that when I went in to a supermarket yesterday I didn't freak out!! It sounded like the roof was caving in, and for a second I thought "there just could not be thunder, I was outside 5 seconds ago and the sky was as blue as ever'. No... it was a case of the very stupid sound effects on the fruit and veg aisle!!! It took me a second, but when I realised what it was I just could not stop smiling to myself. I'm sure the other customers were wondering why I had an inane smile on my face and was looking in fascination at the fresh produce.

Where are these supermarkets with sound effects? I have never been to one!

the first time I heard that I thought of this thread too

I thought Milka chocolate was German...?

It was the Vons on Los Feliz and Central. The Vons in Santa Monica didn't have them, or at least I didn't notice them if they had. It was very weird. I'm not sure how the sound of thunder helps sales of produce. :S

cadbury's here is a tricky one. Occasionally in some stores it's real UK cadbury's for the most part it's just Hershey's in cadbury's packaging. It even says manufactured under licence by Hershey's on the back.

Around easter walmart was selling real cadbury's creme eggs from the UK...I stock piled!!!!!

I agree about the bacon, it's just pumped full of water and grease. I always seem to end up with a pan full of white yuck and it's swimming in grease. Not to mention that it's 1/4 of the size it was when I started.


REALLY MISSING MY HOBNOBS!!!!!

they have Hobnobs in some of the British sections in the supermarkets I go to... can't remember if it's Kroger or HEB, but one of them at least

Chocolate is good for you, you should eat more actually. Bacon...not so much.

there are NO british type food places around here. I'm currently saving pennies to go to world market when I go to Omaha for my biometrics. This is the only place I know of and it's 3hrs away.

what if I eat seventeen kilos a day?

I like back bacon too, but bacon is just as fatty in Canada, you have to look for the best package and see if it's fatty or not

If you can find a proper butcher or a Polish or Italian deli you might be able to get some decent bacon. But there really isn't anywhere I've found that you can get it. Or maybe do a search for a desi grocery in your area. They carry a lot of British products and may have some. I'd also put in a request for what you want at your local supermarket. They always tell me if they can find it they'll order it.

* Colonistic sigh * WHAT are "hobnobs"? Is it related to horn-on-the-hob, or norn-on-the-nob, or another talking vegetable? How does a hobnob differ from, say, a gossipnossip?

Question: Are people who silently laugh at sound-effects in the Produce aisle considered to be mental vegetables?

Q: If a cabbage and a carrot had a race, who would win?
A: The cabbage, because it's a head.

Definition for the Day: Vegetarian, n. - 1. Someone who fought in a war. 2. A horse-doctor.

Unrelated (yet undeniably clever, if we may so very modestly admit) Definition #2 for the Day: Condo, n. - a California bird of prey, indigenous to individually owned housing-units within a multiunit structure, and endangered because of its constant use of birth control.

...Had it initially been made clear what "hobnobs" were, much of the above could have been avoided.

And if you find an improper butcher, run like the plague! (Couldn't resist, si man.)MY local supermarket denied that they had or could procure Moose Bacon. Life is simply no longer worth living, si man, eh.

However, I did see a cured ham. Wonder what it had?

You can also get them with chocolate on! Nom Nom Nom Nom Nom.

I want Hobnobs now!

Ah, biscuits... er, cookies! Four questions: What do Brits call actual biscuits (U.S.-style)? Does "cookie" mean anything in particular in Britaindom? On the Hobnob package, what does "nobbly" mean? When will the British learn to speak English (ha)?

mmmmmmmmmmmmm hobnobs. They have comforted me through many hard (and not so hard) times. Always good on their own or drunked in a nice cup of tea.

I'm actually glad that I havn't had access to biscuits, I am terrible with chocolate digestives.

I got told off by my OB for putting on too much weight on my pregnancy (I had HG and ended up in ER a few times for dehydration from being so sick so when I was better, I ate like there was no tomorrow!), if I had access to chocolate biccies on top of all the delicious sugary things the US has to offer I would need a winch to get me out of bed

Definitions, please, si man!

Britain doesn't have US style biscuits, isn't really an equivelant. They look like a scone but don't taste like one. Biscuits are well biscuits. I suppose you could call an Oreo a biscuit. Google images of Rich Tea, Bourbons, Custard Creams (my fav) and you'll see.
We have cookies like the choc chip and double choc chip kind.

No idea what the nob in Hobnob stands for, but they are yummy.

nobbly means lumpy/uneven/not smooth.

any brits out there discovered a good US dunking biscuit? Of course if any non brits know thats fine too but I was asking brits as we seem to be in a league of our own when it comes to the finer points of afternoon tea and biscuits!!!!!!! I've introduced some of my in laws to the joys of the 11am and 3pm dunk-a-thon but have yet to find a decent dunker.