In general Canada is expensive, most notably gas, dairy, alcohol, and furniture.
- It used to cost us $50 to fill our tank, now $75-80.
- Butter is $6-7, & it costs more if they are pre-cut into sticks---so we quartered it ourselves
- Milk is $4.39 for 4L & cheese is $7.99 for a 4 cup bag of shredded cheese
- 6-Pack of beer is $14-16; subsequently Eric has already lost 10lbs… (biking to work has probably also helped)
With all of this, however, we don’t get health insurance taken out of the pay check, so it probably evens out.
- Macaroni & Cheese is called “Kraft Dinner”…..our old roommate Brent, who is Canadian, used to call it that, but we didn’t realize that is actually the title on the box! Lots of perogies; we had some at the Taste of Saskatchewan & found them ok.
- Poutine is new to us---french fries with cheese & gravy-- tried a couple kinds (goat cheese was my fav)
- No Jimmy Johns or burrito-type places like Chipotle; no McCafe
- Tim Horton’s coffee shop rules the country….crazy busy at all hours. Enjoyed Maple Crème donuts.
- VERY popular drink is the Caesar---a bloody mary made with Clamato juice instead of tomato. My mom’s family has always made our version of bloody mary’s with Clamato, so maybe the Germans brought this idea!
- DQ does not serve chocolate soft serve, nor do they have cherry or butterscotch dipped cones. I informed the workers that they are missing out.
- Very limited Mexican restaurants. In Champaign, we had 7, with at least 5 being very good, so this is a bit disappointing. We found one, but for an entrée it was $15.99 for a typical Mexican meal. The app of guacamole was $10.99, I decided I could live without it.
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| Supper must go on despite the hail storm! |
Why did you have to quarter the butter? In my experience you guys generally used a full lb. at a time.
ReplyDeleteI've been told that poutine outside of Quebec is not poutine. Same goes for maple syrup and cheese. Of course this was coming from Quebec natives.
Still a bargain there compared to Norway. As a comparison:
ReplyDelete* Filling a tank (50 L or 12 gallons): US$120
* Milk: just over US$3 per liter (really).
* A six-pack of eggs is US$5
* I don't buy butter so I don't know
* Pizza cheese is about US$7 for a 250g bag.
* A kilo of beef (round or topside)is US$22, chicken US$16/kg.
* Cheapest six pack of lousy beer (330 ml bottles) is US$13; for 500 ml cans, figure US$20-25.
* We have one rather average Mexican place that charges US$30 for a burrito.
* Thankfully, Norway is Kraft Dinner free :P
And health care is also included, but it's US$35 per visit (but if you spend more than US$300 in a year, the excess is all free).
Keep up the cool posting! :)
Karl,
ReplyDeleteI actually thought of you when I was writing this, thinking you we don't have much to complain about compared to you! And what do you mean you don't buy butter? What the heck do you put on lefse?