# Things in the US that aren't in Canada **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 13, 2005, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-in-the-us-that-arent-in-canada/335370 "2005-12-13T03:53:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ShadiRoxan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@ShadiRoxan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadiRoxan)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-in-the-us-that-arent-in-canada/335370/1 "2005-12-13T03:53:17Z")
I have a fairly good e-buddy that is from Alberta that I want to send a Christmas package to. I want to include things that she can’t get up there and things unique to my area. So far the only thing that I can think of is sand from the beach. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-in-the-us-that-arent-in-canada/335370/2 "2005-12-13T04:02:02Z")
We have beaches. Well, they’re frozen right now, but they’re still beaches. Oh, you mean in _Alberta_. Well, anything beachy would be good, especially the more subtropical stuff, such as flowers and plants. There are a lot of US candies that are uncommon in Canada (and vice versa). There is a candy store in Toro0nto that sells them as imports, but the vast majority of convenience stores and such do not. The only one I can remember offhand is Mike and Ike and their brandmates. When I went to California, I saw strawberry milk, which I have never seen here in Canada. Hmm. That’s all I can think of at the moment. Maybe **Spoons** and **MrsSpoons** will chime in; they live in Alberta, and she’s from the States. ---
**Author:** ![ShadiRoxan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@ShadiRoxan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadiRoxan)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-in-the-us-that-arent-in-canada/335370/3 "2005-12-13T04:13:40Z")
She’s never been to the ocean so that’s why that keeps popping into my mind. By strawberry milk, do you mean already made or just the mix? ---
**Author:** ![cerberus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cerberus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cerberus)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-in-the-us-that-arent-in-canada/335370/4 "2005-12-13T04:28:00Z")
I’d say handguns and such, but they don’t like it when you try to bring’em into canada. ---
**Author:** ![kezami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eb8c5e/32.png) [@kezami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kezami)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-in-the-us-that-arent-in-canada/335370/5 "2005-12-13T05:05:28Z")
That smug know-it-all attitude. No idea how you’d package it for shipping though. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-in-the-us-that-arent-in-canada/335370/6 "2005-12-13T06:13:49Z")
Virginia to Alberta. Paging **Ginger** and **Weirdave**! ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-in-the-us-that-arent-in-canada/335370/7 "2005-12-13T06:30:03Z")
Mallomars. They’re in season right now but they’re expensive; I picked up some (Canadian imitation) Whippets last week because they were on sale, but they’re thin-skinned and too sweet. \ Send her some brawny Merkun Mallomars, the kind they eat in heaven. ---
**Author:** ![Palooka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/palooka/32/2902_2.png) [@Palooka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palooka)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-in-the-us-that-arent-in-canada/335370/8 "2005-12-13T06:44:43Z")
> [@Mehitabel](#): > > They’re in season right now but they’re expensive; I picked up some (Canadian imitation) Whippets last week because they were on sale, but they’re thin-skinned and too sweet. \ You aren’t talking about dogs right? _RIGHT?_ ---
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-in-the-us-that-arent-in-canada/335370/9 "2005-12-13T08:58:14Z")
> [@ShadiRoxan](#): > > I have a fairly good e-buddy that is from Alberta that I want to send a Christmas package to. I want to include things that she can’t get up there and things unique to my area. So far the only thing that I can think of is sand from the beach. One thing that I love, but have not seen up here is saltwater Taffy. Declan ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-in-the-us-that-arent-in-canada/335370/10 "2005-12-13T10:45:23Z")
> [@Palooka](#): > > You aren’t talking about dogs right? _RIGHT?_ Mmmm… Whippets and malamutes. That’s good eatin’. ---
**Author:** ![RumMunkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@RumMunkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RumMunkey)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-in-the-us-that-arent-in-canada/335370/11 "2005-12-13T15:07:47Z")
We certianly do have have Mike & Ike’s! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-in-the-us-that-arent-in-canada/335370/12 "2005-12-13T15:27:15Z")
> [@RumMunkey](#): > > We certianly do have have Mike & Ike’s! Yes, but they’re a lot less common than in the States. There was a thread about Canada/USA candy exchange a while ago… ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-in-the-us-that-arent-in-canada/335370/13 "2005-12-13T16:12:29Z")
Naw, there’s not much meat on the doggy Whippets, and it’s pretty stringy. I meant [these Whippets.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whippet_cookie) ---
**Author:** ![CBCD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@CBCD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CBCD)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-in-the-us-that-arent-in-canada/335370/14 "2005-12-13T18:08:24Z")
Visits to your doctor on the same day you make the call for an appointment, saying you are in pain. ---
**Author:** ![ShadiRoxan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@ShadiRoxan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadiRoxan)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-in-the-us-that-arent-in-canada/335370/15 "2005-12-13T18:47:26Z")
> [@CBCD](#): > > Visits to your doctor on the same day you make the call for an appointment, saying you are in pain. I don’t really get that either. We’re military. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-in-the-us-that-arent-in-canada/335370/16 "2005-12-13T18:51:26Z")
They don’t haev Hershey’s Take5 bar. They don’t have Luden’s Wild Cherry Cough Drops (least. medicinal. cough drop. EVAR). They don’t have Funfetti cake mix. That’s all I can think of right now. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Nanoda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Nanoda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanoda)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-in-the-us-that-arent-in-canada/335370/17 "2005-12-13T19:43:54Z")
I can buy a litre of strawberry flavoured milk from Safeway (and do, when it’s on sale). The local 7-11 also has Mike&Ikes in several flavours… the other stuff sounds good though. It’s going below zero again here after almost a week of melted slush, so I second the beach-stuff idea. ---
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-in-the-us-that-arent-in-canada/335370/18 "2005-12-13T20:27:15Z")
> [@kezami](#): > > That smug know-it-all attitude. No idea how you’d package it for shipping though. 😉 Oh-ho-ho! I think you’re getting your countries mixed up there, fella. :dubious: If you’re from Virginia beach, are there perhaps some southern delicacies you could send your friend? A Virginia smoked ham? ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-in-the-us-that-arent-in-canada/335370/19 "2005-12-13T21:00:02Z")
I bet they’ve not seen a decent pecan tart or praline that far North! ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-in-the-us-that-arent-in-canada/335370/20 "2005-12-13T21:53:28Z")
I can get strawberry milk, saltwater taffy and pralines that would make your hair curl up here, with no problem, whatsoever. I can also see my Dr. the same day 99 times out of 100. Maybe a Virginia ham would be nice - sort of a local favorite? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-in-the-us-that-arent-in-canada/335370.md?page=2)