Discussion»Questions»Food and Drink» You know the square crackers (American definition of cracker) about 2" square that have tiny holes in them and salt on the tops?
But I was wrong. I've always heard that soda bread and soda crackers were unleavened. Turns out modern commercial soda crackers have yeast in them along with soda. Soda breads have no yeast (as far as I can tell); they rise because of the soda and baking powder in them.
You were quick to even see my answer. It was on here only seconds. :)
I'm half-southern, but it's my northern grandmother I most remember calling them 'soda crackers'. She also kept them in a tin in her oven to keep them dry and crispy. I asked my mom why she didn't do that and she said "Because I would never remember to take them out when I preheat the oven and they'd burn up!". I'd be the same way, I'm sure!
No, I don't think so. She made the most amazing noodles and pie crust, though. She was ACES all the way in my book. Smart, kind, patient and silly. I was incredibly blessed to have her!
I know those 2 inch squares that have salted tops and holes in them all too well because I put a million of them in my bowls of soup. Anyway in most parts of Canada we call them crackers but in Montreal they call them La Crackers. Cheers!
I particularly like the little oyster crackers (very small saltines) for chili. As kids we always opened them before eating. They were hollow inside which was unbelievable to me as a little kid. How did they do that?!?
In Canada we call and package homogenized milk as Homo Milk. So in Montreal a carton of milk would say La Homo Milk. I remember the La car being a La piece of La crap. Cheers!
Is there unhomogenized milk for sale also? I'm familiar with the term and vaguely what it means, but I don't understand abbreviating it like that. But maybe Canada isn't full of bigoted, homophobic a$$holes who would refuse to buy it or some such sh*t? LOL!
I never rode in a Le Car, but I remember seeing a couple. Not terribly popular in the US, I think. The majority of people here still thought Detroit made superior cars and didn't want to support the "Frogs" or the "Japs" or any other foreign car companies. The majority of people where I grew up, at least. You know, the ones who bought into the "America First" bs in 2016.
There's something that no one has ever been able to explain to me... extraneous pride and egotism in something that you had absolutely zero control over; the country in which you happened to be born. I don't get it. I understand being thankful and grateful and appreciative, but I don't understand the pride. To me, pride in general is something we've got to handle with care, lest it get out of hand and turn us into complete dic*heads. Not saying that we should never be proud of ourselves, congratulate ourselves, feel good about our accomplishments, etc. But I definitely can't understand being proud of something you didn't have anything to do with. Not to mention I absolutely don't understand being obnoxiously proud of being the descendants of people who committed atrocious crimes against humanity like genocide and the kidnapping, enslavement , torture, and continued abuse and oppression of entire groups of people! Really?
Oops... got off track there, didn't I? I wonder how that happened (puff, puff, pass).
You can buy un pasteurized milk here. I think they packeged milk as Homo milk long before it was used as a word to describe people that were part of the gay comuninty. I was one of those people who figured that America built superior cars. I grew up in a auto manufacturing town and when the new models came out we would watch them roll off the production line. Sometimes to give us a thrill they would rev one up and pop the front wheels off the ground - a La Car fresh off the production line could't do that. Cheers!
This post was edited by Nanoose at August 15, 2021 1:45 PM MDT
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