Flat ginger ale is what we use in Canada, and in Ireland it’s always original Lucozade, but not flat.
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Replying to @AdmiralHip
The flat 7-Up one definitely comes from Ireland too - Lucozade is a sensible choice.
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Replying to @OiShinyThings
Yeah makes sense. Lucozade is a hold over from decades ago where it was marketed as a medicinal drink as far as I know and it never really went away even after they had to stop saying that in their ads.
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Replying to @AdmiralHip @OiShinyThings
But even if it’s nonsense I still try to have some haha. It’s harder to find ginger ale here, but I’d drink that if I could.
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Replying to @AdmiralHip
Yeah, my flatmate is Canadian and said the only place she could get decent ginger ale was some shop in London. (This was a couple of years ago when she kept going on work trips there.)
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Replying to @OiShinyThings
I have seen Canada Dry around Ireland every now and again and one shop carried some German ginger beer which is a good substitute, but yeah it is hard to find.
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Replying to @AdmiralHip
It's funny what you think of as everyday products that turn out to just not be a thing elsewhere.
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Replying to @OiShinyThings
Yeah it was weird moving to Ireland and going to the shop and just not being able to find something like sour dill pickles lol. I have to go to a particular tesco that stocks Czech and Polish groceries for those. But shops in Canada are massive compared to over here.
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Replying to @AdmiralHip
The one I find interesting is the stuff that's same-but-not - rather than just "we don't have it". T has complained at length about how the apple sauce here is wrong, I ended up getting her several jars of Motts from an import shop!
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Replying to @OiShinyThings
Oh yeah the applesauce. I like Bramley applesauce but it’s not the same, the texture is different somehow?
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One thing I find funny is how we might have some of the same sweets but they use a different formula. So sour patch kids in the UK are more like jelly babies while in North America they are softer and less jelly-like? It’s hard to explain but the textures are way different.
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