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One of the things I noticed moving to Canada was that every drug store (rough Boots equivalent) and grocery store did not have a vast selection of packaged sand
by mattnewport 9y ago
One of the things I noticed moving to Canada was that every drug store (rough Boots equivalent) and grocery store did not have a vast selection of packaged sandwiches. Having lived off them for work lunches for years I was initially at a bit of a loss for what to eat.
I do sometimes wonder when visiting the UK what cultural difference accounts for the relative lack of popularity of such a wildly successful product in Britain here in Canada. Having not eaten bread for many years now though it's largely an academic question these days.
I never understood Subway here, just the smell walking past one on the street makes me feel slightly queasy.
- fredley 9y agoWhen I first started traveling under my own steam around Europe, it took me a while to realise that sandwiches, which seem so obvious as to be universal, are such a British thing. Wandering around a foreign city, expecting to be able to just grab a sandwich from almost anywhere and continue sightseeing, only to discover that sandwiches (at that time) just didn't exist was a jarring experience.
- stevekemp 9y agoSame here - I moved from Scotland to Finland and I still catch myself thinking "I'll pop into this corner shop for a sandwich". Larger grocery stores do indeed sell sandwiches, but the selection is very small, and they're just not quite "right". Fast food is easy, but sometimes you just want to sit down drink a decent cup of tea & have a sandwich..