Loydene
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Post by Loydene on Feb 25, 2017 14:22:11 GMT
Like many Americans, I'm feeling charmed by your Prime Minister but I was interested in your country previously. I've considered a road trip across Canada -- but haven't actually plotted it out. So I was reading an article from some travel site -- and one of the things to "know" is that Canadians drink milk from "plastic bags" with an accompanying photo of a grocery shelf with (apparently) bags of milk. Now I've heard of boxed wine (and have participated with boxed wine) so I'm not offended ... I'm just wondering ... HOW? I'm guessing that you have some sort of holder and dispenser in your refrigerator into which is inserted the fresh bag of milk when necessary. Right? (Interior monologue - I should google this ... or maybe not .. "milk bag"  !!) So - how do your milk purchases work up there in the Great White North? |
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Post by leannec on Feb 25, 2017 14:29:23 GMT
No milk bags here in Alberta ... that was a thing years ago but I don't think we have seen that for more than 20 years  Boxed wine is a joke ... we rarely buy it ... that is a myth ... we're all about the screw top bottles  Canadian wine, especially from British Columbia rocks  You definitely need to come to Calgary during July to take in the Stampede ... it's so fun! We are only an hour away from the mountains as well  |
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Post by librarylady on Feb 25, 2017 14:31:58 GMT
I was shocked when I encountered the first "milk in a bag" - but now I find it useful for a variety of reasons--unopened bags don't have to be refrigerated.
I have yet to conquer the exact amount to snip off that corner. I often make it much, much too large an opening.
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rickmer
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Post by rickmer on Feb 25, 2017 14:37:39 GMT
i use bagged milk and boxed wine!
once my DD was about 8 and wanted to go to the corner store by herself because we needed milk. i gave her $5.00 and told her to go in and get 3 bags of milk. i waited outside a bit up the street. she seemed to be taking forever!!! i finally went in to check on her and she is carrying 3 of three litre bags of milk (they come in 3 bag packages), very precariously.... so that would be NINE of the bags you see above.
i should have clarified A bag of milk, not that she should get 3 of those bags.... poor thing! but she was so cute, game to try to juggle all this milk. which, btw, $5.00 would NOT have covered!
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rickmer
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Post by rickmer on Feb 25, 2017 14:38:50 GMT
unopened bags don't have to be refrigerated. i am pretty sure this is not correct.... at least the way ours are bagged. i do know people who freeze them though. |
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gloryjoy
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Post by gloryjoy on Feb 25, 2017 14:45:25 GMT
No bags of milk in British Columbia either. Many, many years ago they had them but they have been gone from the shelves a long time.
When they were available, they did have to be refrigerated.
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Loydene
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Post by Loydene on Feb 25, 2017 15:06:38 GMT
Thank you! I'd imagined more of a device like boxed wine and couldn't figure out how to attach the bag to the dispenser --- but a pitcher .. well, that seems easy!
The non-refrigeration part is interesting as well!
Thanks for the info!
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Post by belgravia on Feb 25, 2017 15:18:58 GMT
Good lord. I live in Alberta, I've never seen milk in a bag in my life, and boxed wine? Just, no.
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Post by gar on Feb 25, 2017 15:22:25 GMT
and boxed wine? Just, no. I think that's true wherever you live!!! |
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wellway
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Post by wellway on Feb 25, 2017 15:23:16 GMT
A few years back I saw them on the shelves of a UK supermarket but they don't appear to have taken off as I haven't seen any since.
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Post by beachbum on Feb 25, 2017 15:28:25 GMT
We did a bit of a road trip in Canada, driving back from a visit to DD in Oregon. We went to Victoria then over to Vancouver, then drove the Trans-Canada Highway through BC into Alberta to Banff and Lake Louise before cutting down to the US border. Saw some beautiful country and met some wonderful people. Didn't see any bagged milk tho, but did find a few Tim Hortons. Send some of those to Florida please!
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Nanner
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Post by Nanner on Feb 25, 2017 15:33:27 GMT
I used to use bagged milk when the kids were little, but haven't seen it in years (I'm in Alberta). I also grew up with bagged milk
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Post by ScrapsontheRocks on Feb 25, 2017 15:33:53 GMT
and boxed wine? Just, no. I think that's true wherever you live!!! Over here we have just come out of a couple of years where a "wine lake" surplus of high quality estate wines unable to be exported was marketed in boxes (1L, 3L and a 5L cardboard thing with a tap). They were colloquially known as Chateau Collapso! |
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Post by canadianlinda on Feb 25, 2017 15:40:04 GMT
We did a bit of a road trip in Canada, driving back from a visit to DD in Oregon. We went to Victoria then over to Vancouver, then drove the Trans-Canada Highway through BC into Alberta to Banff and Lake Louise before cutting down to the US border. Saw some beautiful country and met some wonderful people. Didn't see any bagged milk tho, but did find a few Tim Hortons. Send some of those to Florida please! Another Alberta girl here, so no bagged milk stories but... Tim Hortons, now that I'm well experienced in. Go there at least once a week for Lunch |
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Post by gar on Feb 25, 2017 15:40:30 GMT
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cycworker
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Post by cycworker on Feb 25, 2017 15:50:22 GMT
BC resident. No bagged milk here.
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Post by librarylady on Feb 25, 2017 15:56:35 GMT
unopened bags don't have to be refrigerated. i am pretty sure this is not correct.... at least the way ours are bagged. i do know people who freeze them though. I stand corrected on this..... |
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Post by librarylady on Feb 25, 2017 15:57:19 GMT
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ModChick
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Post by ModChick on Feb 25, 2017 16:24:40 GMT
No milk bags here in Bristish Colombia either. And boxed wine, yuck. Come to the Okanagan and enjoy a winery tour and some amazing wine and milk in cartons like you're use to!  |
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Post by valincal on Feb 25, 2017 16:29:38 GMT
i am pretty sure this is not correct.... at least the way ours are bagged. i do know people who freeze them though. I stand corrected on this..... I used to purchase shelf-stable UHT milk in 1 L tetra pack cartons at my grocery store here in Alberta. It was very convenient to have on hand! |
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Post by icequeen on Feb 25, 2017 16:33:25 GMT
No milk bags here in Bristish Colombia either. And boxed wine, yuck. Come to the Okanagan and enjoy a winery tour and some amazing wine and milk in cartons like you're use to! In Ontario, milk comes in bags and cartons. And both need refrigeration. The only difference is quantity. Bagged milk (3 small bags sold together) at about 3L versus cartons that are no bigger than 2L. Depending on how fast you go through it, bags are cheaper. As for boxes of wine ... Just say no. |
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Post by Eddie-n-Harley on Feb 25, 2017 16:35:16 GMT
Kwik Trip stores in the US carry bagged milk. Or maybe it was carried-- I haven't been in one in years.
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Post by ro on Feb 25, 2017 16:52:39 GMT
They're in Quebec too. If you don't have milk in bags, how can you make plastic blankets? |
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rickmer
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Post by rickmer on Feb 26, 2017 0:15:45 GMT
wow - hate for the boxed wine! lol! i love a bottle of wine and usually lean towards sauvignon blanc. my faves are kim crawford, marlborough and cupcake vineyards. BUT i have been to *lots* of lakeside cottage parties on summer nights and after the first glass, i really enjoyed that boxed wine. |
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Post by mariemily on Feb 26, 2017 0:21:21 GMT
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Post by AussieMeg on Feb 26, 2017 0:36:42 GMT
and boxed wine? Just, no. I think that's true wherever you live!!! Hey, WTH are you talkin about? There's nuthin wrong with goon bags and goon juice mate, nothin at all! They're one of Australia's finest inventions. Besides, how else are ya gunna play Goon of Fortune?  Or make a goon raft?  Yeah nah, we're a classy lot down here in Australia! |
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quiltz
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Post by quiltz on Feb 26, 2017 1:29:38 GMT
Come to Ontario!
We have beautiful wine regions - Niagara, Pelee Island and Prince Edward County. Tourist areas such as Niagara Falls, Niagara on the Lake, Stratford, Toronto, Ottawa, Kingston & so many more.
Yes we have milk in bags and I don't get the big deal out of that fact. We also have great chocolate such as the Cadbury, former Rowntree and Nestle products.
The exchange rate is great and you get more for your money.
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Post by goldenblind221 on Feb 26, 2017 1:35:02 GMT
When I was in elementary school here in Houston, TX, we went through a milk pouch phase. Instead of the half pint cartons, we would get a pouch of milk and a small straw, which we would pierce through the bag like a Capri Sun. It was a short lived change, maybe two or three years.
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janroe
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Post by janroe on Feb 26, 2017 2:05:57 GMT
I live in Ontario, and yes we have milk in bags. They do need to be refrigerated. I lived in Victoria and we had boxed milk that did not need to be in the fridge until opened. Yuck.
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Post by juanita on Feb 26, 2017 2:46:46 GMT
No bagged milk in Nova Scotia either. We use to have bagged milk and now we have heavy 4L cartons of milk. Our milk is crazy expensive. For 4L we pay over $6 and 4L of chocolate milk is almost $8.
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Canadian wine, especially from British Columbia rocks 
