On Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:25:06 GMT, hahabogus >
wrote:

>Lynn from Fargo Ografmorffig > wrote in news:39bdec4c-ea6d-4bd6-adbf-
on Jun Thu 2009 am
>
>> On Jun 4, 9:39*am, John Kane > wrote:
>>> On Jun 4, 12:53*am, Lynn from Fargo > wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> > North Dakota is "muy circa de Canada". *Minot, where I was born, is
>>> > about 100 miles from the Canadian border. *Now you have to have a
>>> > passport to cross the border. *Not the border INTO Canada, but the
>>> > border to get back into the United States.
>>>
>>> > We used to go to Lake Metigoshe and cross into Canada on the lake. *W
>> e
>>> > could buy candy and sweets at a teeny little store. *Best was
>>> > MacIntosh Toffee. It came in a flat red cardboard box and it was a
>>> > slab of real toffee - not breakable (unless it was cold) you had to
>>> > bite it off. *It was really hard on your teeth - removed fillings.
>>> > Eating it took patience. *We also bought Humbugs. *They were a hard
>>> > brown peppermint dusted with castor sugar. *I think they may have had
>>> > horehound in them. *They were wonderful on a sore throat.
>>>
>>> > When my dad would go fishing in Canada or cross the border for work
>>> > (he was a Law Enforcement Officer) he would bring bak great big cans
>>> > of Empress jams and preserves. *Raspberry was my favorite, but
>>> > Strawberry was his. Once we got blueberry, but mostly it was
>>> > strawberry preserves with whole strawberries in the jam. He made bread
>>> > almost every weekend that he was home. *Always white bread, his
>>> > mother's recipe. Still warm and sliced an inch thick with real butter
>>> > it was heaven with that jam!
>>>
>>> > After I was married and could go to Winnipeg, we would bring back a
>>> > dozen or so fat round unsliced loaves of "City Rye Bread" - some with
>>> > caraway, some without. *It was dark brown, slightly sweet and chewy
>>> > with a wonderful shiny crust. I think it was something about the
>>> > water. *They used to sell it at the airport.
>>>
>>> > Canadian cheddar cheese - extra extra sharp in big wedges. *And Keen'
>> s
>>> > dry English Mustard and huge sweet *Australian raisins . . .
>>>
>>> > Canada - Our Good Neighbor to the North. *Responsible for my diabetes
>> ,
>>> > cholesterol level and dental problems. *Gotta love 'em!
>>> > Lynn in Fargo
>>>
>>> Amazing, I hadn't realised that one couldn't get MacIntosh Toffee or
>>> humbugs in the States. Did you ever try the 'black balls" (3 for a
>>> penny when I was a kid) that variety stores used to sell. *Black outer
>>> coating with a hard white interior.
>>>
>>> "After I was married and could go to Winnipeg" *Is this some even
>>> stranger border control thing that I have not heard about? *Something
>>> like not going to Cuba?
>>>
>>> John Kane Kingston ON Canada
>>
>> No, my family always went to Brandon, Manitoba where we had shirt tail
>> cousins. Went to Winnipeg with my husband years ago - been back once
>> for a day at the Folk Festival up and back in the same day - not even
>> a trip into the city! Got friends in Toronto, been there once, loved
>> it! Great town for foodies and jazz.
>> Lynn in Fargo
>>
>
>Come up to Winterpeg in the fall for folkarama...many ethnic pavillions...lots of good food.

Allan, you are here???



Yes Folkarama is huge, then there's Festival du Voyageur.
http://www.winnipegkiosk.ca/winnipeg-events/index.php