American invasion of Canada rehearsal

[jkindredpdx]

Dang really? they let you back in?


JimK

[Mike OReilly]

Originally Posted by Suijin

Rob Ford?

Doh… Yes, we have our crazy politics and politicians as well. I have to admit, we’re learning from our southern neighbours .

Originally Posted by jkindredpdx

Do we have to eat Poutine too?

Originally Posted by capngeo

Poutine is the bomb! (of course the only TRUE poutine is made in NB)

Yes, eating (and loving ) poutine is definitely one of the Canadian Citizenship tests.

And according to the Canadian Encyclopedia: "Poutine is a Canadian dish made of french fries topped with cheese curds and gravy. It first appeared in 1950s rural Québec snack bars and was widely popularized across Canada and beyond in the 1990s.”

Growing up in Ottawa I routinely walked across the River to get my fill of cheap booze and succulent poutine fresh from the chip wagons. I’ve never had NB poutine, but while I’m sure it’s great, the best is still to be had in La Belle Province.

Originally Posted by weavis

So~ Ive tasted a lot of beer in Canada. Trouble is, in the taste test the good ones are at the end of a long session and strangely enough the names cannot be remembered.

Ah, I see we have the same problem .

Originally Posted by weavis

Canada likes its beer strong. Molsons does not do it for me. Tasted like they left the iron bar in the glass.

I don’t consider anything that comes out of the mass market breweries to be real beer — at least not worth drinking. In fact, Molson ceased being Canadian in 2005 when it merged with Coors. It’s now called the Molson Coors Brewing Company. Ironically, it had been airing this commercial to great national success shortly before the merger:

https://youtu.be/BRI-A3vakVg

Labatt is Canada’s other large national brewery. It too ceased to be Canadian in the mid-90s, selling out to Belgian brewery Interbrew.

[robert sailor]

According to the CBC there are 661,000 US voters living in Canada, many more than any other place in the world.

[30yearslater]

[QUOTE=Suijin;2249729]Rob Ford?

It must be a North American thing then. Or perhaps we are just that interconnected.

[Tetepare]

I must say, Canada is one of my favorite states.

I wouldn't mind trading Alaska for Ontario. Alaska is cold, ergo it should be part of Canada. Ontario is full of pretty normal people, besides which if it were part of USA we wouldn't have any screwball border that we ignore anyway.

[jkindredpdx]

Originally Posted by Mike OReilly

...
Yes, eating (and loving ) poutine is definitely one of the Canadian Citizenship tests.

And according to the Canadian Encyclopedia: "Poutine is a Canadian dish made of french fries topped with cheese curds and gravy. It first appeared in 1950s rural Québec snack bars and was widely popularized across Canada and beyond in the 1990s.” ...

Don't shoot the messenger, but we actually have Poutine Week in Portland Oregon... seems we're open to adopting traditions from our neighbors... Portland Poutine | We have much to learn from the Canadians

[Mike OReilly]

Originally Posted by jkindredpdx

Don't shoot the messenger, but we actually have Poutine Week in Portland Oregon... seems we're open to adopting traditions from our neighbors... Portland Poutine | We have much to learn from the Canadians

It’s all good. We’re happy to share our artery-clogging cuisine with the world .

[thruska]

Originally Posted by Mike OReilly

Yes, it’s all in fun folk (even the Kens of this CF world ). I thought it was kinda cute how our CBSA and RCMP treated the whole thing … as an annoyance, but without wigging out.

U.S. partiers wash up in Canada, blown across St. Clair River

So come on over my American friends. I’d love to raise a pint (or two, or three…) with 30yearslater, or anyone else. But it has to be real pint, and it also has to be real beer, not that bubbly water laughingly called beer by Bud or Coors or indeed most of the stuff put out by our major Canadian breweries (which aren’t actually Canadian anyway…)

Cheers

Aarrghh, life is too short to drink bad 🍻 beer..
but down here in bama when its 90+ , any COLD beer works lol.
Ill be in green bay in nov, may have to float over, water aint crunchy yet....

[Twidget]

Hey do you guys still get milk in bags???
Always thought that was different.

[mottseng]

Fellow Canadians STOP giving away the secret!!!!!

Beer, Poutine, Great Lakes, Women etc.

[Capt Phil]

One of the best threads I have seen on CF! Along with Cpngeo, I too, have a dually but am hooked up with an Aussie dually which opens up a whole new set of opportunities. Aussie politics are as entertaining as American politics but only last a month or so, Like Canada.
Cheers, Phil

[mottseng]

Originally Posted by Twidget

Hey do you guys still get milk in bags???
Always thought that was different.

For sure. Seems normal....comes out of one bag and goes into another. Canadian way of thinking.

[Kenomac]

As a Canadian living in the US there's no chance of me moving north, or rather south in some cases since part of Canada is south of New England, which seems odd. It's too cold, I prefer warm weather.

[mottseng]

Originally Posted by Kenomac

As a Canadian living in the US there's no chance of me moving north, or rather south in some cases since part of Canada is south of New England, which seems odd. It's too cold, I prefer warm weather.

Who said we would let you come back ??????

[hpeer]

Don't know how I missed this thread. I too am a dualie, of sorts. Mom was from Newfoundland, so we think we are Canadian, sometimes. Other times not so sure. But Newfoundland is a world apart.

We spent a couple of months in Quebec this summer, including the Magdeline Islands. That felt like a different country too.

Then there's St Pierre e Miquelon. A truly different. Oh try which every one forgets about.

Keith's Red.