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[kharma45]

I remember the first time I saw bagged milk here in the UK, blew my mind.

Was cheap too.

 

[crimzonflame]

What the hell America does have Oh Henry!

 

[Johnny]

I haven't seen bagged milk west of Ontario in YEARS. Just give me a carton, you don't need a jug, or scissors or clips.

 

[Betta Lines]

I remember the first time I saw bagged milk here in the UK, blew my mind.

Was cheap too.

Whaaaa? I've never seen it here. What shop were you in?

 

[rpmurphy]

the fizz looks like it would overwhelm you


Wouldn't it flop to the side if you pour too fast? No way man, no way.

You're supposed to hold onto the unopened corner with your other hand for support while you pour.

 

[Yaboosh]

Milk came in bags for the individual servings at public schools in Jacksonville when I was growing up. So bagged milk definitely exists in the US on a semi large scale.

 

[Kentpaul]

Milk came in bags for the individual servings at public schools in Jacksonville when I was growing up. So bagged milk definitely exists in the US on a semi large scale.

I ain't surprised Canada jr has bagged milk.

 

[daffy]

mmmm, honey soy chicken chips look good

You're supposed to hold onto the unopened corner with your other hand for support while you pour.

! aaahhhhh, so you hold the handle and the corner, now it makes sense.

 

[Starfish_Oxide]

Liquid in a bag. Has science thought you nothing Canada.

 

[Lord Error]

I first saw bagged milk when I moved to Canada. Never saw it packaged like that before, but it didn't seem odd or funny or anything, to be honest. Just milk in yet another kind of packaging.

The one food related thing that really blew my mind is that I found literally last month that Kinder Surprise Eggs are a banned product in the USA. A first world country of 300+ million people does not have ability to buy something so ubiquitous as Kinder Surprise... just blew my mind.

 

[Horsemama1956]

Only buy the bagged milk. Nice to only have a small portion of it opened at a time. It's also cheaper. 2 litres is about 4 dollars for a carton, 5 for the 4L bagged milk. Plus if you have a big family you can easily freeze it.

Never understood what the big deal was from people who have never seen it.

 

[BigBlue1974]

People doing the "lol bagged milk" thing doesn't bother me. What bothers me is that Ontario and parts of Quebec does NOT equal all of Canada. I have never seen a bag of milk west of Ontario and from what I've seen from other posters, it's pretty rare to find east of there too.

 

[Simon Belmont]

I have to laugh at all the people saying 'how do you not spill it all over the place!'

We're not talking rocket science here, people.

 

[SUBZERO-08]

Hm, I have honestly never seen bagged milk here in my entire life. Now I want to find some...

 

[Deleted member 284]

It just seems so... inefficient...

sigh...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTPgd4HUk4w

Oh and to answer an earlier question, I've seen juice drinks using bags as well.

 

[kharma45]

Whaaaa? I've never seen it here. What shop were you in?

It was in my local Sainsbury's, 40p or so for a bag.

 

[Angry Grimace]

Paging Ignis Fatuus...

I don't think he's hasn't been banned for an anti-Canada rant in like 8 months...way overdue.

 

[Cerebral Assassin]

Bagged Milk, Poutine, A&W and Harvey's restaurants with awesome burgers, superior chocolate bars such as Oh Henry, Crispy Crunch, Aero and Crunchie as well as milk drinks flavored to taste like said chocolate bars (with real milk, not the weird processed bullshit we get in the US), and SWISS MOTHERFUCKING CHALET.

What of it, bitch?

All the bolded are English(or were originally , at least).

 

[gerg]

All the bolded are English(or were originally , at least).

Well, Aero is produced by Nestle, who are a Swiss company.

But Crunchie and Crispy Crunch are produced by Cadbury, which is based in England. I'm not sure how anyone manages to stomach Hershey's chocolate.

Edit: Actually, you're right. Although Nestle now make Aero, it was originally created by the British Rowntree's.

 

[OttomanScribe]

wtf is going on in this picture.

Dunno if anyone answered you. Is a common thing in SE Asia to distribute drinks in run of the mill plastic bags. They are usually consumed through a straw into the bag.

Not just beer, tea, lemonade, coke, whatever. Tis cheap dontcherknow.

 

[Always-honest]

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beats bags and plasticcans

nothing beats a glass bottle. never will.

 

[Funky Papa]

is it true you guys in the states don't have dill pickle or ketchup potato chips?

Amateurs.

 

[gerg]

You're all doing it wrong! Real men know "Lays" as Walkers, and will forever identify it with the ears of Garry Lineker.

 

[shortyme]

Just poured some bagged milk into my coffee. feelsgoodman.jpg

 

[edgefusion]

This just came to my local Tesco Extra in the UK. They're selling jugs and bagged milk right next to each other... the invasion begins I guess.

 

[SpeedingUptoStop]

What makes the bagged milk joke funny is that it drives people insane thinking we seriously take it as a joke.

Unless you actually are offended by bagged milk, in which case.....get some priorities in your life?

 

[Razorwind]

kopi by balcer17, on Flickr

Not my pic, but this is something that I see day to day in my country.

Bagged coffee/tea is a pretty common thing here in Singapore. New cafes are switching to use foam or paper cups for take aways, but there seems to be something that feels good about drinking out of a bag.

Maybe its the ability to fondle with them bags.

 

[Bisnic]

All hail our bagged milk overlords.

You peasants know nothing about it. Keep mocking them, and you'll drown in bags full of milk in your nightmares. I guarantee you they will make it happen.

 

[Divvy]

Amateurs.

OH YEAH?

EDIT: I'm amazed there isn't a poutine flavoured one yet. Get on the ball PC.

 

[shortyme]

Fuck ya!!!

 

[LaserBuddha]

is it true you guys in the states don't have dill pickle or ketchup potato chips?

We have both of these and I live nowhere near the Canadian border.


But yeah that bagged milk/pitcher thing is stupid. You invariably get some drippage down between the pitcher and the bag when you finish pouring. And God help you if you squeeze that bag even slightly. There is no way whatsoever that the bagged milk doesn't lead to more spills/dripping.

The only way bagged milk makes any sense and isn't an unnecessary hassle is if you empty the bag into a pitcher. Then you can at least claim you're adding a small hassle to help the environment or something.

 

[enzo_gt]

Wait you Americans seriously dont have poutine or ketchup flavoured potato chips at all?!

PEASANTS.

 

[LaserBuddha]

Wait you Americans seriously dont have poutine or ketchup flavoured potato chips at all?!

PEASANTS.

Pay attention you dumb lumberjack. We have ketchup flavored chips, and dill chips.

Most of us don't care about ketchup-flavored anything because we are in fact not a bunch of cold-weather hillbillies.

 

[dluu13]

They do everything with bags in Vietnam.

The bagged milk I had there came in individual portions though.

 

[shortyme]

Pay attention you dumb lumberjack. We have ketchup flavored chips, and dill chips.

Most of us don't care about ketchup-flavored anything because we are in fact not a bunch of cold-weather hillbillies.

Really?

 

[LaserBuddha]

Really?

It is known.

The more I read these threads the more I'm convinced that most of Canada outside of the major cities is Trailer Park Boys without the irony.

Want a piece of me? Send your ascot-clad army down here!

 

[shortyme]

Naw I'm good thanks. I'll stay up here with my cold weather.

 

[enzo_gt]

It is known.

The more I read these threads the more I'm convinced that most of Canada outside of the major cities is Trailer Park Boys without the irony.

Want a piece of me? Send your ascot-clad army down here!

How do you get that impression when most of CanadaGAF is in major cities? Especially those posting in those threads?

Oh right you jelly about the Poutine.

 

[Raistlin]

That shits delicious and I'll beat you with a shoe if you say anything bad about it.

Well there was that time I got the chocolate faucet from it ...

 

[Azuran]

I pity anyone that has never eaten poutine in their life. Harvey's has pretty good poutine along with their kickass burgers.

 

[Divvy]

I pity anyone that has never eaten poutine in their life. Harvey's has pretty good poutine along with their kickass burgers.

I find Harvey's poutine to be the worst. Their burger's are among the best however, but their fries just kind of suck.

 

[Oppo]

Milk comes from bags, so it's just consistent.

 

[shortyme]

I find Harvey's poutine to be the worst. Their burger's are among the best however, but their fries just kind of suck.

Agreed. I hate their gravy. But shit their burgers are good. I'm going to go get one for lunch!

 

[Hey You]

Most of the world thinks so.

I never knew that it actually existed until someone told me. I've never seen bagged milk at all.

 

[daffy]

Pay attention you dumb lumberjack. We have ketchup flavored chips, and dill chips.

Most of us don't care about ketchup-flavored anything because we are in fact not a bunch of cold-weather hillbillies.

:lol :lol

How do you get that impression when most of CanadaGAF is in major cities? Especially those posting in those threads?

Oh right you jelly about the Poutine.

:lol :lol

First I see these cool new potato chips, then I figure out how to properly use bagged milk. This thread is bagged greatness.

 

[Takao]

But yeah that bagged milk/pitcher thing is stupid. You invariably get some drippage down between the pitcher and the bag when you finish pouring. And God help you if you squeeze that bag even slightly. There is no way whatsoever that the bagged milk doesn't lead to more spills/dripping.

Why would you squeeze the bag when it's in the pitcher? It's in a plastic pitcher that covers 90% of the bag. There's no way you can even squeeze the bag.

I can see how milk in a bag is such a difficult concept if you somehow squeeze bags that aren't meant to be squeezed.

My problem with milk in cartons (other than the expense) is that when spreading the spout open, I can't get the inner flap out cleanly. Like I'll open it up, but the card split, and there's a thin layer left. Which makes milk taste like cardboard.

 

[Revolutionary]

I remember I wrote poutine off as well before I checked out Canada. I was finally convinced to try it by my girlfriend at a movie theater (they had awesome food at the Scotiabank theater in Toronto), and I ended up loving it.

Bagged milk, however, is still bizarre to me.. and always will be. I always went out of my way for milk in containers/bottles up there.

 

[Blackface]

The main problem seems to be Americans thinking the bag is flimsy. It's not thin like a shopping bag. The actual bag of milk is fairly think plastic. Thicker then any plastic "bag" you will see anywhere else.

So when you put it into the jug, it doesn't flop and move around when you pour. When you are finished, you simply remove the bag and put it in the recycle bin.

 

[LaserBuddha]

The main problem seems to be Americans thinking the bag is flimsy. It's not thin like a shopping bag. The actual bag of milk is fairly think plastic. Thicker then any plastic "bag" you will see anywhere else.

Okay just buy the shit in plastic jugs then.

 

[skyfinch]

Why don't they just buy a pitcher with a lid and pour the bag in there? It just seems like the whole process is unnecessarily complicated.

So you don't have to wash the pitcher.