Canadians like their….big jars of honey!

canada, Canadian, canadians, drinks | January 21, 2013 | By

Cosman and Whidden honey jar from Greenwich, Nova Scotia 5 gallons of honey
 
Here’s another installment of “Canadians like their…
 
I actually don’t even know what the honey tastes like. I heard it’s delicious, but it’s the jars that I got to experience. This guy’s parents brought the jars because they’re so handy and I used them to store things like pasta in.

Using a Honey Miel Cossman and Whidden jar to shake koolaid pink lemonade in instead of a pitcher

Oh right…and to make Kool-aid in. What can I say? Sometimes you just don’t have a pitcher available…
If you’re interested in the Cosman and Whidden honey (or the jars), they have a website with quite the rich history. It’s a family owned bee operation that’s been going since the 70s.

When sprouts overtake the garlic cloves…

canada, Canadian, garlic | December 28, 2012 | By

Garlic sprout as big as a baby carrot

I don’t know all the scientific details of what the ideal temperature, humidity, etc, is for garlic to sprout.

I do know that when I was staying in Canada, though, every single head of garlic would start sprouting and all of my cloves would need to be de-germed every time I wanted to use them…even straight from the grocery store.

Garlic and stirfry chopped ingredients with peppers and broccoli - Garlic sprouted

Sometimes, it was more than just a little sprout, too. This is an example of what it often looked like. By the time I cut into a clover, there was just as much sprout to be removed as there was usable garlic left over for me to chop. It was kind of frustrating actually, especially considering it’s not something I had ever really had to deal with before.

How to de-germ sprouted garlic clove

Canadians love their…. Tim Horton’s, cookies, bacon, & cheese

canada, Canadian | September 25, 2012 | By

So why not have them all in one? 

Canadian Tim Hortons sandwich made of a chocolate chip cookie with bacon, lettuce, tomato, instead of bread and bagels because they were out

“Went to order a BLT with cheese, and found out they were out of bread AND bagels. But they had cookies. The result was unexpectedly delicious.”

Really, the only thing missing from this picture is a picture of the coffee that was surely ordered with this. Or maybe the side order of munchkins Timbits. 

Side note: I just had to google what they called ‘doughnut holes’ at Tim Horton’s so I could correct that sentence. Apparently the “bit” portion of “Timbits” stands for “Big in Taste.” It used to be part of their slogan in the 70s…. “Bit in Taste, Small in Size.” Who knew? 

Anyway….

Canadians. Weird food desires. Weird food names. That pretty much sums it up, right?