quote:Originally posted by Saltah'na: Yes we are. I hope I passed on some of my weirdness to you when I was in SJ back in 2008.
Indeed. And if I'd known that you poured your milk from a bag...
Actually with the pitcher and all, it doesn't really sound all that weird and it does make sense. There's some means to close the top while you're not using it, n'est pas? The steepled (that a word?) paper cartons we use and to which I am accustomed must be extremely wasteful by comparison. I'd still be freaked out about the bag getting punctured or torn in transit, but maybe they're tougher than I'm imagining.
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Tough or not, it would be like trying to pour a glass of water out of a water balloon. That is, a disaster waiting to happen. You can go too far with trying to recycle and reduce, there are some things you really cant mess around with too much. We're forced to recycle our cartons and plastic bottles here anyway, so no great loss.
As for our Scottish parliament, as with pretty much every government it's filled with ambitious, power hungry people with no experience or training in running huge organisations and who will lie at the drop of a hat. Politicians.
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With the milk bags, you gut the corner off and there is no covering of the milk while its in your fridge. Once you open the bag its open until its empty. Cut it across the top, rinse it out, and you have a bag that's good for putting stuff in the freezer with. And they're actually very easy to pour.
As for the ketchup and dill pickle chips, its a flavouring on potato chips. Which I'm presuming is not common or even found anywhere in the US.
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quote:Originally posted by bX: Indeed. And if I'd known that you poured your milk from a bag...
Actually with the pitcher and all, it doesn't really sound all that weird and it does make sense. There's some means to close the top while you're not using it, n'est pas? The steepled (that a word?) paper cartons we use and to which I am accustomed must be extremely wasteful by comparison. I'd still be freaked out about the bag getting punctured or torn in transit, but maybe they're tougher than I'm imagining. [/QB]
Punctured bags are a common thing around here, although the bags are indeed a little tougher than most. The outside bag that carries the milk is not as tough as the milk bags themselves. Most Canadians are smart enough to ensure that when carrying bagged milk home, it goes in its own bag, so to prevent the leak from affecting your other grocery purchases.
Some of the common things that happen include but are not limited to: - a puddle of milk in the bottom of your refrigerator or leaking from your refrigerator - wet-from-leaking-milk car interiors. - the "milk-trail-from-fridge-to-counter" - the "exploding bag" during transport
Just yesterday, I was carrying a box of groceries when a carton of Tropicana OJ fell out of the box and slammed flat onto the ground. The carton did not break after the impact, so I was quite impressed with its durability. As for milk bags, I've dropped them many times before, only once did they rupture.
As for the chips thing, if you think we've got it weird, then you don't know the half of it. A friend came back from Europe with a couple of bags of Tzatziki, Chili, Curry, Basil and Olive, Oregano, and Wasabi chips. A quick trip to the local supermarket also revealed BBQ Ribs, General Tao's Chicken, Ranch, Buffalo Wings, Fries and Gravy, Salsa, and Blue Cheese.
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Go to your local chinese supermarket and see if you can find the 'Squid & Honey' flavour chips/crisps. Bizarre is not the word for how they taste.
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Just don't eat vegemite bloods with your marmite crips, or the resulting shoot-out could injure innocent bystanders in your mouth.
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quote:Originally posted by Axeman 3D: Go to your local chinese supermarket and see if you can find the 'Squid & Honey' flavour chips/crisps. Bizarre is not the word for how they taste.
You know these chips are not "North American Made".
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Huh...I didn't know milk bags were uncommon outside Canada and the UK. I grew up with them but switched to carton milk when I moved on my own for no other reason than to avoid buying a pitcher.
Interesting none the less.
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I wouldn't call them common in the UK. Most of the milk, if not all of it at the supermarkets near me is still in 1,2,4 or 6 pint plastic bottles. The orange one that likes Jamie Oliver had the bags for a bit, but I've not seen them for a while.
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Milk is vile. I would not drink human milk, much less that hormone-infested bovine pus.
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