The Super Dooper Canadian Thread (now with 47% more Canadian Bacon)
figmentPez
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Cream sodas are different colours in like every country on Earth.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cream_soda
Some countries are green, brown, blue, orange, whatever.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cream_soda
Some countries are green, brown, blue, orange, whatever.
figmentPez
Staff member
Same here. It's a lot faster to microwave a cup of water than to heat it on the stove, and I don't have a tea kettle, either.
figmentPez
Staff member
figmentPez
Staff member
It's not weird to me that you don't. It's weird to me that Jay is disparaging to people who do.
Just Youtubed that, that's cool.
figmentPez
Staff member
It's not dangerous if you're not using distilled water. If you are using distilled water, you can just put a wooden skewer in the cup and that will provide enough nucleation sites to allow the water to boil.
I use filtered tap water, so it's not going to explode on me. Maybe there's something wrong with your tap water, but mine is perfectly fine to drink (it tastes better filtered, though).
I'll admit that growing up I used the microwave for boiling water, though that was because the ancient microwave we had (an Amana one from 1970-something) had a temperature probe that it would heat it to exactly what temperature you wanted. And the probe itself meant that we never had an explosion either, though by definition, if you set it below boiling, again, it was never an issue.
But since modern microwaves don't have that, I use a kettle now. I don't have a strong opinion on either method, so this is actually fascinating as a Canadian that has done both.
But since modern microwaves don't have that, I use a kettle now. I don't have a strong opinion on either method, so this is actually fascinating as a Canadian that has done both.
The bagged milk thing blew my freaking mind when I went to Quebec, and a girl from Ontario was picking up bagged milk like it was just some regular thing. NO
That is weird.
That is weird.
Growing up, that's the way we had it. TBH? It's a bitch. Firstly, they flop around like saggy tits. One wrong maneuver and you'll be cleaning. Secondly, they spoil frequently. Thirdly, we don't drink milk enough before at least 1 bag spills.
Thus I've been buying plastic containers for a decade now and it rules.
I don't think those were even listed when I posted it. But yeah, their "Canadianisms" are not exactly Canada-wide. It seems to aggregate posts from elsewhere or something? I noticed a few that were kind of repeats.
And microwaving water is weird. My dad always told me it was dangerous. Since he's a firefighter I believed him. Years later I found out that's only really true if you use distilled water, but even so the concept of microwaving water is so incredibly foreign to me it honestly would never even occur to me as an option even if my electric kettle died (And even if I had a microwave). I'd just boil it over the stove.[DOUBLEPOST=1370392918][/DOUBLEPOST]
Town/ City water is definitely safe to drink, but I still prefer not to unless I have at least a Brita filter. My brother in law used to work for one of those proper water filtration system companies, and he had access to lists of what was federally and munipally allowed in water and bottled water- it's pretty gross.
Growing up, we were on a well until I was about 15 at which point my town got town water and everyone had to convert. At one point our well had e-coli and we were told that the only reason we weren't getting sick off it was cause we had been drinking it for so long AS the e coli was spreading and strengthening.
Fear the Canadian Beaver: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/story/2013/06/16/edmonton-firebag-river-bridge.html
In Canada, beavers flood you! (Apologies to Soviet Russia)
sure, a bald eagle might claw your eyes out or even abduct your child, but Beavers will straight up level your whole town, destroying everyone and everything you hold dear. they don't fuck around.
(just a joke calm down Muricans)
(just a joke calm down Muricans)