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12-12-2012, 09:50 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Madison, NJ | | | History of our Northern Neighbors
Calling all Canadians:
Some of you may know that I'm back and forth across the Canada/US border for work, and that work entails demonstrating chocolate history. Well, knowing US history, I can easily intertwine chocolate history with American history.
However, I don't know JACK about Canadian history. Can anyone recommend a book or two, or even better audiobooks that will provide a solid background in the history of Canada?
I have to say, from what I've read, there's a lot more to it than meets the eye. I'm just downright curious!
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12-13-2012, 07:43 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Spencer, MA, USA | | Canadian chocolate history? Two bars come to mind - Aero Bars, and Coffee Crisps, Canada's gifts to the world (other than poutine and Rush, of course)! 
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12-13-2012, 07:55 AM
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12-13-2012, 08:07 AM
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12-13-2012, 08:59 AM
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12-13-2012, 10:03 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Robbinsville, NJ | | Canada has a very rich and cool history, especially French Canada IMO. http://www.canadahistory.com/
And guess who invaded us and burned down the White House?
DAMMIT CANADA WE STILL OWE YOU FOR THAT ONE!!!
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12-13-2012, 10:41 AM
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12-13-2012, 10:46 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: The Hammer | | | Laura Secord was probably the most important figure in Canadian chocolate history. |
12-13-2012, 10:56 AM
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Originally Posted by stratovani Canadian chocolate history? Two bars come to mind - Aero Bars, and Coffee Crisps, Canada's gifts to the world (other than poutine and Rush, of course)! | I like those candy bars and I don't even like coffee. Coffee Crisps are now sold in the U.S. and Hershey now makes a candy bars similar to the Aero. Three other favorites of mine I can only get in Canada are Cadbury Burnt Almond Dark Chocolate bars, Crunchie bars, and Mr. Big bars. |
12-13-2012, 11:29 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | | | Check out Laura Secord, they are a confectionary chain named after a famouse Heroine of the war of 1812 |
12-13-2012, 11:40 AM
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Applications Engineer, QSC Audio | | Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Costa Mesa, Calif. | | | Are there any Canadian chocolate bars that are made to look like a hockey puck? There's got to be, right? |
12-13-2012, 11:40 AM
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Men busted at the Canadian border for illegal candy
RYAN GORMAN
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Two men were recently detained at the border for unwittingly smuggling something a little out of the ordinary - illegal candy.
Brandon Loo and Christopher Sweeney, both of Seattle, picked up some Kinder Eggs in Vancouver before heading back south without realizing they were illegal.
"We packed it in the back of the car because we weren't going to eat them," Loo told KOMO.
Their six egg stash was found during a routine inspection of their car by border police. |
12-13-2012, 11:42 AM
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Applications Engineer, QSC Audio | | Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Costa Mesa, Calif. | | | Oooh, confection smugglers. |
12-13-2012, 11:44 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: ottawa, ontario, canada | | QUOTE=Bob Lee (QSC);13573030]Are there any Canadian chocolate bars that are made to look like a hockey puck? There's got to be, right?[/quote]
Nanaimo bars , but they're square 'cuz they're from BC.
When I think canadian chocolate nanaimo bars come to mind , but they aren't a hershey or other
chocolatier "brand" , they're always homemade.
Oh wait the hockey puck is the "joe louis" don't know about the joe spelling change that's new to me 
Last edited by fraublugher : 12-13-2012 at 11:53 AM.
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12-13-2012, 11:55 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: ottawa, ontario, canada | | | The eggs were made illegal because the toy inside was a choking hazzard /darwin control. |
12-13-2012, 12:02 PM
| | | I have some of those Kinder egg toys from long ago when I bought those chocolate eggs for my kids for Easter. I understand those toys are very collectible. They still sell Kinder eggs in Canada but they were never sold in the U.S. as far as I know.
Here is more information about Kinder eggs. http://www.ferrero.com/products/the-...lay-chocolate/
Nanaimo bars are incredibly good. Lots of bakeries make them in Canada. I have a Robin Hood brand packaged mix to make them I bought in Canada but not the same as homemade Nanaimo bars.
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12-13-2012, 12:03 PM
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Applications Engineer, QSC Audio | | Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Costa Mesa, Calif. | | I read this book a couple years ago. It was pretty fascinating: http://www.amazon.com/Champlains-Dre.../dp/1416593330 |
12-13-2012, 12:49 PM
| | | Some Canadian chocolate history,Ganong Bros since 1873! http://www.ganong.com/Since1873.aspx
Ummm!
edit: ck out the store tab!
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12-13-2012, 03:59 PM
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