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do Canadians do it better?

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  • Posts: 132
    Interesting question.

    I think part of the issue is that, here in the US, there is this overwhelming attitude that if one is over weight, one can't indulge by so much as 10 calories.

    For example, one of the ladies I work with, her husband won't let her so much as have hot chocolate in the house because it's "fattening." Here, you have to eat nothing but lettuce 24-7 or you're a failure. Hence, the Thanksgiving PANIC!

    Frankly, I think that's a major contributor to the rise in weight in our country. It's a terrible attitude to have, and one that leads very neatly to over indulgence. The US is fanatically puritanical in some ways.
  • Posts: 482 Member
    didn't read topic... posting anyway.

    Canadians do everything better.

    ... now to go back and read the post.
  • Posts: 709 Member
    That green bean casserole does sound tasty.

    Our "green" dish at Thanksgiving was always brussel sprouts.



    This year I'm doing grilled asparagus!
  • Posts: 5,030 Member
    I am in love with canadian chicks. :heart:

    My last name is canadian enough. I should just move there.

    I'm dating a Canadian, that automatically gives me duel citizenship, right?
  • Posts: 1,171 Member
    Ryan Reynolds anyone?

    SOLD! :heart:

    What's poutine??
  • Posts: 858 Member
    Do we do the holiday better? Depends on your traditions.

    BUT, having it farther away from the Christmas season makes everything a little easier to swallow.

    I have been curious all week while reading the forums - what is green bean casserole? I don't think I've ever had such a dish at our Thanksgivings.

    It's disgusting is what it is!!! Way to ruin delicious green beans.
    Mix it with cream of mushroom soup, top with cheese and french fried onions and bam... disgusting
  • Posts: 1,509 Member
    Actually all of the typical thanksgiving food is pretty good for you!
    It's mostly meat and vegetables. I guess the gravy wouldn't be, but you need some on the potatoes and stuffing!
    I say enjoy family and food! It always smells soooo good too! :)
  • Posts: 1,165 Member
    Yup.
  • Posts: 917 Member
    We do everything better :wink: :love:

    ^^THIS! :wink: :laugh: :drinker:
  • Posts: 40 Member
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    SOLD! :heart:

    What's poutine??

    French Fries, Gravy and Cheese Curds. also can add bacon bits.
  • Posts: 2,130 Member
    OK here is a dilemma :wink:

    There is a plane crash on the America/Canadian border, its fatal, sadly :-(

    In which country do they bury the survivors?
  • Posts: 1,165 Member
    OK here is a dilemma :wink:

    There is a plane crash on the America/Canadian border, its fatal, sadly :-(

    In which country do they bury the survivors?




    :tongue: are you saying Canadian are stupid!
  • Posts: 3,499 Member
    OK here is a dilemma :wink:

    There is a plane crash on the America/Canadian border, its fatal, sadly :-(

    In which country do they bury the survivors?

    you don't bury survivors .......duh
  • Posts: 1,103 Member
    Do we do the holiday better? Depends on your traditions.

    BUT, having it farther away from the Christmas season makes everything a little easier to swallow.

    I have been curious all week while reading the forums - what is green bean casserole? I don't think I've ever had such a dish at our Thanksgivings.

    I make it with 2 cans of green beans, 1 can of condensed cream of mushroom soup. Mix together, then sprinkle with onion crumbles OR crushed potato chips (regular or sour cream and onion) and bake til warmed through. SO DELICIOUS!
  • Posts: 72 Member
    Thanksgiving, at our house at least, is not that big of deal... I had no problem keeping within my calorie goals that day, even with a piece of pie :p. I don't necessarily think that makes us better though... I'm a little jealous of Americans and their HUGE family eating fest!! Christmas is definitely a bigger deal but I'm pretty sure that as long as I stear clear of the cookies & treats I'll manage just fine :)
  • Posts: 527 Member
    I think it's not quite as big of a holiday here as in the States....Christmas though....eeek!! I do think it helps that out Thanksgiving is not so close to Christmas.
  • Posts: 460 Member
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    the problem is....as we're disposing of the garbage....you as a nation are BEGGING for it...and we Canadian, always concerned about the environment, will always recycle and rehome our unwanted things.

    Even still, speaking as an eco-friendly Canadian, there's no explanation for Nickelback.
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    LOL
  • Posts: 3,499 Member
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    Even still, speaking as an eco-friendly Canadian, there's no explanation for Nickelback.

    it's rural Alberta right?

    the same kind of rural Alberta that gave us Wiebo....

    you know Wiebo Ludwig?

    is that explanation enough?
  • Posts: 83 Member
    Canadians, hahahahahahaahahahahaahahahahahahah!!

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  • Posts: 368
    everything done bigger and better in america. lol. just ask an american male. bwahahahaha.

    And this is why I went south to find my boyfriend :D And now I also get two Thanksgivings!
  • Posts: 818 Member
    Yes. Yes we do.

    Bow-chicka-bow-wow
  • Posts: 3,406 Member
    Perhaps we just do it quieter.

    While thanksgiving is important to many, it's not quite the insanity of indulgence it appears to be south of the border.

    ^^^this^^^
  • Posts: 1,361 Member
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    the problem is....as we're disposing of the garbage....you as a nation are BEGGING for it...and we Canadian, always concerned about the environment, will always recycle and rehome our unwanted things.
    I am not canadian but I agree, americans are too wasteful, I am ashamed to be one sometimes!!
  • Posts: 2,685 Member
    Oh yeah. We were too drunk to care or stress. :P
  • Posts: 477 Member
    Hahaha...the other side of that sign says "I am so sorry for that outburst"



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  • Posts: 200 Member
    Ryan Reynolds anyone?

    Not to mention:

    Ryan Gosling
    John Candy
    Rachel McAdams
    Alex Trebek
    Elisha Cuthbert
    Jim Carrey
    Michael J Fox
    Anna Paquin
    Dan Akroyd
    Evangeline Lily
    Pamela Anderson
    Nina Dobrev

    Oh and nobody in Canada eats poutine, at least none of the cool cats. We just make it and get Americans to try it when they come here.

    But as for the real topic, I was actually thinking that there isn't as much hoopla about the Canadian Thanksgiving feast as there seems to be for the American Thanksgiving.
  • Posts: 525 Member
    The best part is that we can head south & relive Thanksgiving all over again. I don't discriminate, I'm an equal opportunity eater ;).
  • Posts: 1,760 Member
    Yes we do. We eat all the food and we don't ask stupid questions.
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