S/O - What will you miss about where you are originally from?

[can_usa_97]

The why are you immigrating thread made me start thinking about all the things I will miss about WI when we move. While our intended destination isn't far from the border, it will be different nonetheless.

So, what will you miss?

A few things off the top of my head- WI, USA vs Canada;
- Target (department store)
- buying liquor in the grocery store
- having space alongside my home (at least in the homes I've been viewing there isn't much, whereas homes in my town now are spaced further apart)

You? Add as you think of them.

 

[journeyman]

Hi there,

As the Canadian whose husband is also from WI, I can add a few:

Myself and alot of Canadians wish we had Target. ;D I call it my favourite store -- lol

And my husband will miss custard and fish fry.

 

[can_usa_97]

Hi there,

As the Canadian whose husband is also from WI, I can add a few:

Myself and alot of Canadians wish we had Target. ;D I call it my favourite store -- lol

And my husband will miss custard and fish fry.

Mmmm, Custard!

Though I do think that they have a Shaw's Custard in St Thomas (http://shawsicecream.com/contact.html) My husband went with his grandparents as a kid... but... I will miss the custard here.
Ooh and cheese curds? I wonder if they are at fairs and such. Such a childhood staple!

 

[Dayanara]

Mmmm, Custard!

Though I do think that they have a Shaw's Custard in St Thomas (http://shawsicecream.com/contact.html) My husband went with his grandparents as a kid... but... I will miss the custard here.
Ooh and cheese curds? I wonder if they are at fairs and such. Such a childhood staple!

You can get cheese curds still....but just on top of a poutine. ;-)

 

[Kess]

I'm not the one doing the moving. My husband says he hates hot weather (he loved how cold it was and the snow while visting me when I breifly lived in Edmonton... crazy guy) yet he's lived in Los Angeles all his life. Wonder how he will react when he experiences our months of grey/rainy skys in Vancouver.

I know that he is slowly starting to convert because he's catching himself calling it pop instead of soda. Aside from his family I think he will miss all the mexican food and uniformly coloured money

 

[tgchi13]

You can get cheese curds still....but just on top of a poutine. ;-)

Nah...you can get cheese curds at any of the dairies, and in the grocery store here. Don't scare newcomers with by threatening them with poutine!

My hubbie is from LA too and misses the temp there, but prefers Canada to NC! The uniform money in the US scares the heck outta me, but then I'm a debit gal all the way!!

 

[can_usa_97]

You can get cheese curds still....but just on top of a poutine. ;-)

Lol - those actually look good - though I'm not sure about the gravy- I had to google it as I wasn't famillar. Fresh cheese curds work - as long as they squeak! I wonder if our local A&W has them - doubtful.

I was referring more to fried cheese curds

 

[journeyman]

This is a fun topic.

Thanks for the link to Shaw's, we'll have to check it out if we drive down towards London. I've never really been an "ice cream" person, but with my multiple trip to WI have become a big custard fan...............so I miss it when I come home 8)

Oh yes, I forgot cheese curds. I also grew up on them, living in Quebec. The same as in WI. Even though I love poutine, still not the same as the cheese curds on their own for a snack.

And the difference between pop and soda, I'll through another twist into the mix, in Quebec we call them soft drinks and I still use that one .

 

[can_usa_97]

I'm not the one doing the moving. My husband says he hates hot weather (he loved how cold it was and the snow while visting me when I breifly lived in Edmonton... crazy guy) yet he's lived in Los Angeles all his life. Wonder how he will react when he experiences our months of grey/rainy skys in Vancouver.

I know that he is slowly starting to convert because he's catching himself calling it pop instead of soda. Aside from his family I think he will miss all the mexican food and uniformly coloured money

The weather where I live now is pretty close to the weather where we intend on settling -it's almost a straight shot across the states/countries. London being just slightly higher, maybe 100 miles.

I am going to miss quite a few restaurants indeed, local places that I've come to love. Hopefully I can find new ones there. For some reason the times I've been there it doesn't feel like we ate out too often.

I call it soda... and remember my husband saying Pop

 

[journeyman]

Poutine is an acquired taste, but it is really good, just not very "healthy"
The best one's are from small family owned restaurants though, not the big chains. ;D

 

[heatherusa]

I'm going to miss Jimmy John's, Sam's Club (although Costco will do), faster speed limits, pronto pups, the drive in theater in Muskegon, all night Meijer stores and cheaper cell phone and tv.

I am SUPER excited about Poutine Fries.

 

[journeyman]

I am SUPER excited about Poutine Fries.

LOL

BTW, not sure where you are planning on living, but we have Sam's Club in the Toronto area. They are also probably elsewhere in Canada.

 

[can_usa_97]

Oh Jimmy Johns! Mmm.

Are grocery stores not open all night in Canada?

I will miss mail on Saturday too!

I must google pronto pups now.

 

[tgchi13]

Lots of grocery stores are open all night, don't worry. And there is the occasional Sam's Club. I'm going to google Jimmy John's but the name makes me think of that US buffet chain that I always have to ask the name of before I hit the road, because - to this Canadian - a whole lot of the US businesses are oddly named and I can't tell from the name what type of business it is!

Animal welfare and rights are predominantly better in Canada.

All-in-all, it's exciting and nerve-racking. But then, that's what got us to this place isn't it, the excitement of love and the nerve to take this on.

EDIT - OKAY...Jimmy Johns is a sub shop...sorry I don't get it!

 

[journeyman]

No, alot of grocery stores are not opened all night. Here in the Toronto area there are some, closer to the city, but not sure about less urban areas. It probably also depends on the Provicial/City by laws.