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Yeah, sure we do. It's called 'soft-drink' here though. Coke, Pepsi, Sprite, Fanta, various Schweppe's flavours and other ones you've never heard of. Just no proper Root Beer. Just something oddly named "Sars" (short for Sarsparilla, I guess) but weirdly medicinal-tasting, not to mention the unappealing, rather frightening, name. Not very popular, understandably.
What was all this reminiscing about "Classic Coke" then...
Here they are the same thing; "New Coke" died within 1-2 years here back in the 1980's.
"Sars"?
Nobody would want to check out a drink named that here.
(Toronto was infamous for S.A.R.S. back a few years ago )
An unsually soda-pop is Italian "Brio" (Chinotto?)...
Definitely "ethnic-tasting"... You either like it OR you hate it. (I like it )
Usually find it at pizza restaurants, and our nearby (Italian-owned) grocery store.
Yeah we have "Soda-pop". Though we know it as 'Fizzy drink' or 'Soft drink'....or 'Lollywater' if you want to step back a few generations?
All the major international brands are sold here, Coke, Pepsi, Fanta, 7-up, Mountain Dew..etc. Plus some of our own, Like Solo(lemon) and Passiona(passionfruit).
We see it as "soft-drink" on menus, but no one actually says those words.
Just about everyone here calls it "Pop."
Most Americans often call everything "Soda" (bizarre to our ears) or "Coke" (Southerners)
But if I didn't clarify with "soda-pop" I might have just confused everyone.
What would a typical Aussie/Kiwi think if I asked for a "pop"?
A&W Root Beer can be obtained from a lot of asian grocery stores in Oz. As for the bacon you need to ask for crispy bacon as opposed to the middle rasher (a middle rasher is impossible to find in North American - you can't make a good bacon and egg roll otherwise).
Bacon and egg roll?
Middle rasher?
Is that like "fatback?"
Or is it like "back bacon"? (aka. "peameal bacon", "Canadian bacon")
*I prefer my thin bacon only slightly-crispy; I prefer it when there's still some soft spots left.
What was all this reminiscing about "Classic Coke" then...
Here they are the same thing; "New Coke" died within 1-2 years here back in the 1980's.
"Sars"?
Nobody would want to check out a drink named that here.
(Toronto was infamous for S.A.R.S. back a few years ago )
An unsually soda-pop is Italian "Brio" (Chinotto?)...
Definitely "ethnic-tasting"... You either like it OR you hate it. (I like it )
Usually find it at pizza restaurants, and our nearby (Italian-owned) grocery store.
Sars is just the name of the brand. Its more English but its really the same thing as root beer as its a carbonated drink made from the sarsparilla root. The other brand is Sarsae which is also from Hong Kong.
A middle rasher is basically the back bacon along with the crispy bacon just think of both bits together as one long rasher.
Bacon and egg roll is basically a fried egg, fried bacon with either tomato or bbq sauce on a bun (usually a hamburger bun).
Ya know what I really miss for the occasional breakfast, is a decent Huevos Rancheros. Just thought I'd share. It's breakfast time now, and here I sit, bereft. And drooling.
I know what you mean. Only thing you can do is get behind that stove and cook it up yourself. That's how we get our Mexican-fix here.
I thought I found Tim Tams at the Pepperidge Farm outlet store in Maine. It was Tim Tam, sort of.. but made in Indonesia. I've had those Indo made Tim Tams in Thailand.. yuck.. not the same..
I thought I found Tim Tams at the Pepperidge Farm outlet store in Maine. It was Tim Tam, sort of.. but made in Indonesia. I've had those Indo made Tim Tams in Thailand.. yuck.. not the same..
Awwwww, poor minibrings! What a drag! We all know how you were so looking forward to Tim Tams.
So sorry it's some cheap knock-off of the real thing. Bummer!
Awwwww, poor minibrings! What a drag! We all know how you were so looking forward to Tim Tams.
So sorry it's some cheap knock-off of the real thing. Bummer!
I know.. I took one bite and I realized it was Indo.. then I looked at the package and sure enough, Made in Indonesia along with "not valid for sale in Australia or New Zealand" !
I know what you mean. Only thing you can do is get behind that stove and cook it up yourself. That's how we get our Mexican-fix here.
Stove??? Ohhhh, that thing we use to heat the apt you mean?? Ok, well at least I know what it is now.
"Cook it up...."...as in..I should do it. Myself. Um....not sure about that one Vichel, but will investigate.
Stove??? Ohhhh, that thing we use to heat the apt you mean?? Ok, well at least I know what it is now.
"Cook it up...."...as in..I should do it. Myself. Um....not sure about that one Vichel, but will investigate.
LOL! Don't tell me, and you use your oven to store things or hide dirty dishes if guests pop by unexpectedly? I remember doing that when I just moved out on my own. The whole "Mum's not there to do everything" hit me like a tonne of bricks, and me with no dishwasher! Not to imply you do the same
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We all know how you were so looking forward to Tim Tams.
