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Iron Woode

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Originally posted by: brigden
I immigrated to Canada from England in '82. I love Canada, but there's just some things I will always miss; certain foods, in particular. The one food I've never been able to buy here are Kellogg's Coco Pops, a.k.a. (to you Yanks) as Cocoa Rice Krispies.

I return home every couple of years, and when I do I gorge on foods unavailable to me in Canada (like good chocolate and crisps). However, I recently discovered that Coco Pops (Cocoa Krispies) sell in the States. When my GF mentioned she was going to spend five days with her family in Cape Cod I made sure she hunt down a box.

THIS IS WHAT SHE BROUGHT BACK!

OK, not too exciting from your POV, but I was stoked.

I've had four bowls already today, but I have to admit they're not as good as the stuff you get in the UK. Still, I get my chocolate fix!
LOL.

Newsflash: Kellogs makes that cereal right here in London Ontario.
 

ajpa123

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OMG.. same thing for me.
I'm 32 now.. and moved to the USA when i was 16. I grew up on Kellog's Crunchy Nut Cornflakes. The corn flakes were covered in honey and bits of tiny nuts were stuck on them.. Oh how i miss that cereal. Maybe it's available here in the USA now.. i never looked.

I later got hooked on honey nut Oh's.
Then, i stopped eating breakfast for a while.. lol

Whenever i go to England to visit, i bring back on suitcase full of chocolate bars (bounty, turkish delight and topic) and cakes like Mr Kipling's and also Chocolate Digestives, Chocolate Hob-Nobs..
 

Iron Woode

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Originally posted by: ajpa123
OMG.. same thing for me.
I'm 32 now.. and moved to the USA when i was 16. I grew up on Kellog's Crunchy Nut Cornflakes. The corn flakes were covered in honey and bits of tiny nuts were stuck on them.. Oh how i miss that cereal. Maybe it's available here in the USA now.. i never looked.

I later got hooked on honey nut Oh's.
Then, i stopped eating breakfast for a while.. lol

Whenever i go to England to visit, i bring back on suitcase full of chocolate bars (bounty, turkish delight and topic) and cakes like Mr Kipling's and also Chocolate Digestives, Chocolate Hob-Nobs..
HoneyNut Cornflakes are ok.

But I still like Wheatabix.

Apple Jacks are pretty good too.
 

ajpa123

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Originally posted by: Iron Woode
Originally posted by: ajpa123
OMG.. same thing for me.
I'm 32 now.. and moved to the USA when i was 16. I grew up on Kellog's Crunchy Nut Cornflakes. The corn flakes were covered in honey and bits of tiny nuts were stuck on them.. Oh how i miss that cereal. Maybe it's available here in the USA now.. i never looked.

I later got hooked on honey nut Oh's.
Then, i stopped eating breakfast for a while.. lol

Whenever i go to England to visit, i bring back on suitcase full of chocolate bars (bounty, turkish delight and topic) and cakes like Mr Kipling's and also Chocolate Digestives, Chocolate Hob-Nobs..
HoneyNut Cornflakes are ok.

But I still like Wheatabix.

Apple Jacks are pretty good too.

The crunchy nut cornflakes made the milk taste like sweet honey when you got down to the bottom.. lol. a taste of heaven actually !
 

Iron Woode

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Originally posted by: ajpa123
Originally posted by: Iron Woode
Originally posted by: ajpa123
OMG.. same thing for me.
I'm 32 now.. and moved to the USA when i was 16. I grew up on Kellog's Crunchy Nut Cornflakes. The corn flakes were covered in honey and bits of tiny nuts were stuck on them.. Oh how i miss that cereal. Maybe it's available here in the USA now.. i never looked.

I later got hooked on honey nut Oh's.
Then, i stopped eating breakfast for a while.. lol

Whenever i go to England to visit, i bring back on suitcase full of chocolate bars (bounty, turkish delight and topic) and cakes like Mr Kipling's and also Chocolate Digestives, Chocolate Hob-Nobs..
HoneyNut Cornflakes are ok.

But I still like Wheatabix.

Apple Jacks are pretty good too.

The crunchy nut cornflakes made the milk taste like sweet honey when you got down to the bottom.. lol. a taste of heaven actually !
unfortunately my cereal days are basically over since I developed lactose intolerance.
 

Eavan

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most anything except wheaty cereals are much too sugary for me in the morning. may as well be eating Glucose-O's. My energy spikes at about 10 AM and I'm craving another fix by 2 pm.
 

Howard

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Originally posted by: Iron Woode
Originally posted by: ajpa123
Originally posted by: Iron Woode
Originally posted by: ajpa123
OMG.. same thing for me.
I'm 32 now.. and moved to the USA when i was 16. I grew up on Kellog's Crunchy Nut Cornflakes. The corn flakes were covered in honey and bits of tiny nuts were stuck on them.. Oh how i miss that cereal. Maybe it's available here in the USA now.. i never looked.

I later got hooked on honey nut Oh's.
Then, i stopped eating breakfast for a while.. lol

Whenever i go to England to visit, i bring back on suitcase full of chocolate bars (bounty, turkish delight and topic) and cakes like Mr Kipling's and also Chocolate Digestives, Chocolate Hob-Nobs..
HoneyNut Cornflakes are ok.

But I still like Wheatabix.

Apple Jacks are pretty good too.

The crunchy nut cornflakes made the milk taste like sweet honey when you got down to the bottom.. lol. a taste of heaven actually !
unfortunately my cereal days are basically over since I developed lactose intolerance.
Lactose-free milk?
 

TwinkleToes77

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Originally posted by: nakedfrog
They don't sell Cocoa Krispies in Canada? So they really ARE savages up there! I thought that was just rumor and hearsay...

they just now started selling Cinnamon Life.. and its not even the original kind.. its Cinnamon Swirl Life.
 

djheater

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My Scots brother-in-law has a jar of Marmite sent over every now and then, (and the odd bottle of whiskey, which goes without saying)
 

Iron Woode

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Originally posted by: djheater
My Scots brother-in-law has a jar of Marmite sent over every now and then, (and the odd bottle of whiskey, which goes without saying)
WTF is marmite?

Sounds like a small furry animal to me.

Unless it is like marmalade.
 

Eli

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Originally posted by: Iron Woode
Originally posted by: djheater
My Scots brother-in-law has a jar of Marmite sent over every now and then, (and the odd bottle of whiskey, which goes without saying)
WTF is marmite?

Sounds like a small furry animal to me.

Unless it is like marmalade.
Australians use it like we use peanutbutter, or so I've heard.

Marmite
 

imported_Phil

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Originally posted by: Eli
Originally posted by: Iron Woode
Originally posted by: djheater
My Scots brother-in-law has a jar of Marmite sent over every now and then, (and the odd bottle of whiskey, which goes without saying)
WTF is marmite?

Sounds like a small furry animal to me.

Unless it is like marmalade.
Australians use it like we use peanutbutter, or so I've heard.

Marmite

Ah, Marmite... excellent stuff. It's yeast extract, thick and black, and great on toast.
 

Excelsior

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Originally posted by: DopeFiend
Originally posted by: Eli
Originally posted by: Iron Woode
Originally posted by: djheater
My Scots brother-in-law has a jar of Marmite sent over every now and then, (and the odd bottle of whiskey, which goes without saying)
WTF is marmite?

Sounds like a small furry animal to me.

Unless it is like marmalade.
Australians use it like we use peanutbutter, or so I've heard.

Marmite

Ah, Marmite... excellent stuff. It's yeast extract, thick and black, and great on toast.

I think I'll stick to my strawberry jelly and nutella.
The most common use is as a spread on toast or in sandwiches. Note: it is generally spread very thinly because of its strong flavor?don't use it like jam. It has drug-like qualities; the more you eat, the thicker you need to spread it to get the same mouth-burning effect. Some people have even called it addictive.

:Q
 

xcript

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Originally posted by: Excelsior
The most common use is as a spread on toast or in sandwiches. Note: it is generally spread very thinly because of its strong flavor?don't use it like jam. It has drug-like qualities; the more you eat, the thicker you need to spread it to get the same mouth-burning effect. Some people have even called it addictive.

:Q
Good stuff. :thumbsup:
 

brigden

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Originally posted by: Eli
Originally posted by: Iron Woode
Originally posted by: djheater
My Scots brother-in-law has a jar of Marmite sent over every now and then, (and the odd bottle of whiskey, which goes without saying)
WTF is marmite?

Sounds like a small furry animal to me.

Unless it is like marmalade.
Australians use it like we use peanutbutter, or so I've heard.

Marmite

Aussies use Vegemite. Similar, but not the same. I've eaten Marmite at least once a day since I was old enough. We only get little jars here in Canada, and people use it as a gravy additive.
 
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Originally posted by: brigden
I immigrated to Canada from England in '82. I love Canada, but there's just some things I will always miss; certain foods, in particular. The one food I've never been able to buy here are Kellogg's Coco Pops, a.k.a. (to you Yanks) as Cocoa Rice Krispies.

I return home every couple of years, and when I do I gorge on foods unavailable to me in Canada (like good chocolate and crisps). However, I recently discovered that Coco Pops (Cocoa Krispies) sell in the States. When my GF mentioned she was going to spend five days with her family in Cape Cod I made sure she hunt down a box.

THIS IS WHAT SHE BROUGHT BACK!

OK, not too exciting from your POV, but I was stoked.

I've had four bowls already today, but I have to admit they're not as good as the stuff you get in the UK. Still, I get my chocolate fix!

OMG! I'm not the only one who absolutely loves those things...I get sick of everything else, but those are good every morning! :cookie; to you! :D
 

Iron Woode

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Originally posted by: DopeFiend
Originally posted by: Eli
Originally posted by: Iron Woode
Originally posted by: djheater
My Scots brother-in-law has a jar of Marmite sent over every now and then, (and the odd bottle of whiskey, which goes without saying)
WTF is marmite?

Sounds like a small furry animal to me.

Unless it is like marmalade.
Australians use it like we use peanutbutter, or so I've heard.

Marmite

Ah, Marmite... excellent stuff. It's yeast extract, thick and black, and great on toast.
Some people use molassas like that.

Yuck.

I will stick with nutella