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I'm an American spending Thanksgiving in Ontario. Apparently they don't sell turkey or turkey parts at the supermarket when it's not a holiday here. They even have tons of ground chicken, but no ground turkey. They do have those pressed-parts frozen Butterball "roasts", but I opted for a couple of cornish hens instead.
I'm an American spending Thanksgiving in Ontario. Apparently they don't sell turkey or turkey parts at the supermarket when it's not a holiday here. They even have tons of ground chicken, but no ground turkey. They do have those pressed-parts frozen Butterball "roasts", but I opted for a couple of cornish hens instead.
Maybe it's a small supermarket? There's plenty of turkey and ground turkey here and it's available all the time.
I'm an American spending Thanksgiving in Ontario. Apparently they don't sell turkey or turkey parts at the supermarket when it's not a holiday here. They even have tons of ground chicken, but no ground turkey. They do have those pressed-parts frozen Butterball "roasts", but I opted for a couple of cornish hens instead.
That’s not true. It’s probably the supermarket you went to. I eat turkey all the time, hell I just made turkey wings on Sunday.
We never celebrated Thanksgiving when I was growing up. We only started after we kids moved out/got married and I had a couple of sisters who kind of pushed the idea of Thanksgiving in our family.
Our Thanksgiving usually doesn't include a turkey, although we have had it. Sometimes someone brings smoked turkey. Usually, since my parents have a broiler farm, there are a couple of big roasted chickens, meatballs and holupschi (cabbage rolls). There are mashed potatoes, corn, a couple of green salads, someone may bring some kind of potato type casserole. There's cole slaw and far too many desserts to count. I missed Thanksgiving this year thanks to pneumonia.
I have a large family and there are many occasions celebrated through the year, so Thanksgiving is no big deal. Christmas and Easter are the big holidays.
I'm an American spending Thanksgiving in Ontario. Apparently they don't sell turkey or turkey parts at the supermarket when it's not a holiday here. They even have tons of ground chicken, but no ground turkey. They do have those pressed-parts frozen Butterball "roasts", but I opted for a couple of cornish hens instead.
I agree with others it's probably just a quirk of circumstance at the grocery store you were shopping at. You should check out some other markets there. We can get fresh or frozen whole turkey or parts or ground turkey pretty much any time of year at most supermarkets across the country. I just today picked up a six pack of fresh turkey thighs at our local No Frills grocery store (a subsidiary of Real Canadian Superstore). Next time you're looking for turkey or parts try the closest RCS to your location. https://www.shopping-canada.com/stor...rstore/ontario
What twists do Canadians put on Thanksgiving to make it different from its American counterpart? Has deep-fried turkey become popular up there?
Why do you think that Canadians try to make it different? And why would we? Kind of a weird question.
That said, from my online interactions with American friends, it appears that Thanksgiving is a much bigger deal to Americans than it is to Canadians. For my family it was just a day to gather to eat turkey and pie, and watch CFL games.
As far as the food goes, there do seem to be some differences between Canada and the US. Sweet potato pie made with marshmallows sounds totally gross and I have never heard of it in real life. Deep frying turkey seems like a fast way to a Darwin award, and over-complicates things when compared to the delicious simplicity of roasting. I'm sure some Canadians are doing both of these things, thanks to food trends moving around, but I don't know of any personally.
Thanksgiving in Canada is celebrated in October (on Columbus Day in the US). Holiday is still nowhere as big as in the US.
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