[Brenda]

If it is anything like Holland vs Belgium, it is all in good fun

[Sherminator333]

When I was in America, people would come to each others house and open the fridge and start making sandwiches or taking what food they want. I like this custom, but touch my Hot Dogs and there will be trouble!

[TheFoundersIntent]

I guess America bashing is a Canadian custom.

[Mustang1]

TheFoundersIntent TheFoundersIntent:

Streaker Streaker:

The fascination with guns. Christian fundamentalists. Hypocrite televangelists.

Football players who feel the need to thank God for everything.

Another worthless thread for America Bashers. It breaks the rules and should be closed and locked.

Yet you seem to keep posting, thus growing the thread.

It's hardly malicious bashing - it is a component of Canadian culture, rightly or wrongly, to point and even embellish differnces between us and the Americans. While some of it may cross over a line, you also have the fine right of ignoring it instead of calling for censoring it.

[fifeboy]

JGoldman10 JGoldman10:

Hi. Out of curiousity, are there any customs Americans have that Canadians think are strange and vice versa?

Americans eat GRITS, only spawn of the devil would eat such a dreadful thing as GRITS. And no Sasquatch, I don't mean liberals.

[PluggyRug]

fifeboy fifeboy:

JGoldman10 JGoldman10:

Hi. Out of curiousity, are there any customs Americans have that Canadians think are strange and vice versa?

Americans eat GRITS, only spawn of the devil would eat such a dreadful thing as GRITS. And no Sasquatch, I don't mean liberals.

What about Crawdads and Hogjowls.

[fifeboy]

PluggyRug PluggyRug:

fifeboy fifeboy:

JGoldman10 JGoldman10:

Hi. Out of curiousity, are there any customs Americans have that Canadians think are strange and vice versa?

Americans eat GRITS, only spawn of the devil would eat such a dreadful thing as GRITS. And no Sasquatch, I don't mean liberals.

What about Crawdads and Hogjowls.

Had both and don't mind either.Actually, crawdads are quite good cooked in cajun peppers. We should never have kicked the Cajuns out.

[kevlarman]

TheFoundersIntent TheFoundersIntent:

I guess America bashing is a Canadian custom.

It depends what part of the country you come from really. Now, back to the topic. Grits is really just ground up corn, we have cream of wheat (which is actually quite enjoyed in the south too). And if we had crawfish in bigger numbers, I'd bet they'd be up in our stew pots too. Now as far as generalities go, Americans it seems to me like a LOT more seasoning in their food. Such that it makes me view it as an assist to the food being eaten whereas many Canadian dishes are blander by comparison since it seems that we tend to like the seasoning to addition and not an assist to the food. To bring the food's flavour out more hot sauce, BBQ sauce, salt and pepper are all used more liberally in American dishes I have found.

That's not right or wrong, it's just different.

[Yogi]

How's this for a Canadian/American 'custom'?

Used to be that prices on books etc



then; $29.95- U.S. $36.95 Can.


Now; $29.95 Can. $36.95 U.S.









I could get used to this 'new Canadian/American custom!

[Jon_in_Boston]

Delwin Delwin:

While were on the subject,

Here's some other cultural differences, which some might see as odd:

completely obsessed with money.

fanatical about their personal appearance.

loud, rude, and completely ignorant of the cultures of other countries.

obsessed about celebrities.

obsessed with guns.

fat.

Arrogant.

war hungry.

I'd argue that those are mostly just sterotypes...you could do the same about Canadians. Sterotyping foreigners is big in the US...i.e. stinky Europeans, etc.

[kenmore]

I like your post about the books yogi... the hype about the cost of things has died down in Canada... I live close to the US border.. there is an item I use regularly and I bought it in the states at Walmart.. The Walmart here has it for 3 bucks more. I asked and the staff said it was equivilent to the US price as the dollar was almost par.. I said its like 3 bucks more. He replied saying you would pay that in gas.. nice answer.. its not about gas.. its we are still being ripped and the hype has died..we need to keep up the pressure.

[sasquatch2]

Much of the differences food wise are more regional than national.

Americans generally slather their fires with ketchup---try getting vinegar for your fries in the US....
I suspect this vinegar thing on fires is evidence of a British influence in Canada.

I welcome the change in menus but only in canadian truck stops----they now serve fresh biscuits.

[kenmore]

America bashing is a world wide custom.. esp Europe not too many countries like the US that much.. When I toured Europe we were advised to wear the maple leaf to let people know we were Canadian.. esp in Findland and Germany.. I have a franglaise accent and my wife is french.. so we had no trouble ..most people find Americans loud, loquacious and rude.. flag wavers to a fault and braggers..

[ebonaskavi]

i'm going to go with lack of support for the metric system.

do you know hard it is to remember how many feet are in a mile? or what temperature water boils at?

seriously. i love the number 10.

and processed cheese. *shudder*

[SprCForr]

It's what you're used to.

I'd rather use psi than hectopascals and the like. I still convert temperature to F if it's above zero. I still convert km's to miles. Km's don't jive with the Range/Township survey.