The Best of Both Worlds

There are many things I miss from home, foods in particular. My cravings for Habitant pea soup are getting worse and worse. But that got me thinking that there are a lot of things I've gotten used to having here in the UK that I'll miss when I go back to Canada. Out of pure curiosity I've decided to list the (food) things I miss/will miss the most from both countries.

I wish England had...

• Better supplies of crunchy peanut butter made of JUST PEANUTS. None of this oil, salt, sugar malarkey.
• Habitant pea soup (I miss this perhaps most of all)
• Nabisco soda biscuits (who knew I would miss these so much?)
• Fontaine Santé hummus (Tesco and Sainsbury varieties are not up to scratch and I am blenderless)
• Affordable maple syrup
  
• Canola oil (Although I finally found rapeseed oil here, under the disguise of vegetable oil)
• Poutine (May venture out to The Maple Leaf to try theirs, or invent my own gourmet version)
• A hot dog that is not from a can, and in a normal bun (preferably from La Belle Province)
• Kashi cranberry granola bars, and kashi cereals
• My mom's soupe du pays and fricot
• Orville Redenbaker light microwave popcorn (SALTED, not sweet)
• Larger fridges (food related....)
• Fluffy pancakes
• Première Moisson
• No marmite
• Chez Cora
  

Before I move back, Canada should get...

• Oatabix - I am strangely addicted to it, especially the bite size ones
  
• Fish and chips like Masters Superfish
• Ribena
• PG Tips, or any other good - affordable - tea
  
• Borlotti beans
• Fresh peas, borlotti beans and broad beans (although this may be available at Marché Jean-Talon?)
• Chocolate hob-nobs
• Prawn cocktail chips
• Better yoghurt flavours like rhubarb, and gooseberry.
• Those fresh packages of Sainsbury's stir-fry vegetables
• Waitrose, Selfridges Food Hall, John Lewis Food Hall and Fortnum and Mason's - all of them
• A butcher with a proper East London accent that sells amazing cuts of meat for reasonable prices (too much?)
• Point-of-origin labeling on all meat, fruit and vegetables à la Sainsbury's (may actually write a future post about this alone I love it so much)
  
• Better animal welfare labeling on meats (ex. Sainsbury's Freedom Food), and different levels available at different price points
• Ladurée
• Curry houses on every street corner, with creamy Kormas, lightly spiced baltis and amazing naans.
  

So if England and Canada could get right on those, that would be lovely.

Oh and I realize that a google search comes up with a few Habitant pea soup recipes but that seems wrong. Habitant pea soup comes from a can. Although desperate times....

This list is a work in progress and will get edited as per my cravings.