Goodies from the homeland

Well I definitely didn't get ALL the goods that I wanted, but this will do for now. Of course, it's hard not to eat everything all in one sitting.
I rarely share them with anyone.

I like to browse the below website and dream of ordering almost everything on it. I wish I could afford it all. Delicious treats!


http://www.canadianfavourites.com/

Superbowl and Grey Cup

I always joke with people that I got kicked out of Canada because I wasn't a hockey fan.
The truth is that I'm not really any kind of sports fan.
I enjoyed going to CFL games with friends. I loved hanging out as a kid at local hockey games between feuding nearby towns. I've been to one NHL game in my life and had fun.
I don't care to watch sports on TV, but the few times I do it is usually play offs.

This past US Thanksgiving we were in Texas visiting the in-laws and the Grey Cup was on. The Hamilton TigerCats were playing against the Calgary Stampeders. Bittersweet rivalry for me. I lived in Hamilton for 10 years and have several exciting memories of seeing them play live. I met my husband in Calgary and we saw these teams play each other in the regular season before we moved to Alabama. I enjoy watching but don't know much about the sport or the stats of the teams. IS that wrong? MIL was asking me things and I didn't have any answers for her. I felt a little intimidated because everyone I meet in the US seems to be a huge football fan and knows anything and everything they need to know about it.

We went to a Super Bowl party this past weekend and had a really great time. I can remember who was playing but I don't know the score. I wouldn't be able to name one player. No offense to anyone who enjoys the sport, but it's really like a cult down here in the south. Perhaps all over the US? Canada is pretty crazy when it comes to hockey, so I guess that football is the equivalent here. The big difference that I have noticed, particularly living in Alabama, is that even when your team is not doing well, you don't cheer for the other. Roll Tide vs War Eagle. In Canada my experience was that you cheer on any Canadian team even after yours is out.

Canadianisms

I sent this list to my husband and it provoked a great conversation piece. Growing up with most of these words in my vocabulary they seemed quite normal to me, but my husband had some giggles over plenty. Over the past 8 years since we've known each other he has heard several of these words escape my lips and it would bring on some ribbing and laughs.

#5 Eavestrough, #9 Pencil Crayons, #33 Freezies, and #37 Hydro are words that I still use, but they don't really mean much down here. The equivalent - I have found - are gutters, coloured pencils, ice pops, and well hydro is a different thing altogether -- in the US you have gas and electric which, well I won't go into that because I still get confused over what means what and which works which...another topic maybe?

Some of the items on this list I have honestly never heard of. Like #17 Keener, #19 Hooped, #35 Turfed out and #38 Skookum

#8 always provokes the wrong kind of conversation and lots of laughs and giggles - Homo Milk. If people would just realize that it's only a short form of Homogenized Milk.

Items #20 to 25 were very confusing for my husband - I have never used them in front of him. Mostly because I rarely drink anymore and if I do I definitely don't drink enough to use these terms in conversation. I loved reading them because they did bring back some foggy and fun memories of my youth. Ones I don't care to re-live, but am glad I did at the time.

I know there are other words that come up that didn't make this list, but very few. I am so thankful to have found this wonderful list. I love the words I grew up with and still use, even if there are people who have no idea what I am talking about.

Enjoy!

http://geekmom.com/2013/12/55-canadianisms/