Guys, I don't know if you know this, but you are eating chocolate that is vastly inferior to not only European chocolate (you expected that, right?) but also to Canadian chocolate.
When an American friend sent me his favourite chocolate bar (Hershey's Crackle, I think it was) and I threw them out because they were so awful, I thought it was just American Hershey's that was different from Canadian Hershey's. (Sorry, Preston.) I figured it was a one-brand thing.
But tonight Sarah and I went to the video store (I have her saying "store" all the time now instead of "shoppe") and because the franchise is American, the candy and chocolate is from the US, in US packaging. Actually, that's not much of a reason. A lot of things come from the US. But they still have Canadian packaging, with French and English on the front and back. It took me while to figure out what was so weird about this packaging: No French on the front. It's not legal, you know. Sure there was Spanish, but it's only similar to French, not the same thing.
So we got in the van (or "people-carrier", as Sarah would say, and I will never stop making fun of that because how literal is that when they say "a curry" for all Indian food and "pudding" for all desserts... including pudding-- be vague or be specific, UK! OK?) and I popped some Raisinettes into my mouth and the raisins were covered in sweetened candle wax.
And the thing is, I can't eat much right now because the roof of my mouth is inflamed and raw and bloody... for no apparent reason. And so I was hungry. So I was really looking forward to those Raisinettes because they weren't sharp or acidic or salty. I could have saved my money and eaten the broken candle on my fireplace mantle.
I realised that the Turtles were not likely to be better. They were probably American Turtles because the packaging was different. My palette says they were. I didn't know there could be such a thing as a bad Turtle. The generic brand at Shopper's Drug Mart is better than the American Turtle brand.
So, I felt really... sad? confused? that people eat this stuff and like it. I guess it's just what you know.
I'm thinking of starting a Canadian chocolate exporting business. Put your order in with your comments. ;-)
And now we are in our people-container on our people-sleeper about to watch Up in the Air on our people-Internet-enabling-Apple-product.
(Make fun of two powerhouse nations in one bitty blog post... Check!) ;-P
Daily Gratitudes
- Jude bought lots of elderflower pressé and it was good for my sick tummy today.
- I spent the whole day in bed. I'm not sure how grateful I am about this as I had a headache and was nauseated and really tired all day. But at least I had the luxury of staying in bed.
- Sarah made me gluten-free pizza and it was not so bad. I mean, it wasn't Pizza Hut and there was no gluten in it, not surprisingly. Otherwise, it was great.
- Sarah was able to get Daisy from school when she threw up and she came to bed with me and didn't throw up in the bed.
- Richard J.'s kind comments to me today.
