My pantry...or lack thereof?

So I went to take a picture of my 'pantry' to prove just how different things are here!  To my surprise, I found that there are not that many items here that I wouldn't also have at home.  I think there are definitely more things at home that I don't have here - although the gap has been closing recently!

Here are a few items that I have here that I probably wouldn't have at home.

1. Solo - possibly the most delicious soft drink ever.  Except I don't generally drink soft drinks, and this is a left over from a past BBQ.  I'm pretty sure they don't have Solo in Canada.

2. "Ozemite" and Promite.  Strangely enough, no Vegemite!  You can clearly tell that someone in this household enjoys this strange paste made from yeast extract (hint: it isn't me!!!)  Jeremy searched high and low for this stuff in Ottawa, but it was nowhere to be found (he spent a few years of his childhood in Sydney, which accounts for the strange tastes).  Now that we're in Australia, he has found that he has oodles of varieties to choose from!

3. The microwave popcorn is included in this picture not because I can't get it in Canada, but because of the difference of choices between here and Canada.  Here, you pretty much have 3 or 4 options...in Canada, there is an endless array of choices (mostly horrendously unhealthy including chemical and fat laden sauces to pour over your popcorn).

The next four things are items that are not necessarily found in Australia that I miss - BUT we may have now found acceptable options.

 CRISPERS!  These are not normally an item in my pantry, but at this exact moment I happen to have a lovely friend who has just returned from Vancouver...and she brought me TWO bags of Crispers.  She's just lovely like that.

 CHEESE CURDS!  Australians don't know what they're missing!  But they're not the only ones...Americans...and people from other areas in Canada even (!) have not experienced this flavoursome goodness in their mouths!  I have actually sourced cheese curds at the Alexandrina dairy in South Australia which has a stall at the Adelaide weekend markets.  I have only bought them twice (or maybe three times) in the last year, but every time it is an excellent experience which brings back fond memories!

 All dressed chips - a flavour which you cannot explain...and apparently they don't have it in the US... but it is my favourite flavour of chips.  Here they have strange flavours...like chicken.

 

And finally...not something that I particularly miss, but something that Jeremy has quite vocal about - CLAMATO.  Yes...Canadians (and also Mexicans) enjoy the taste of tomato juice with a hint of clam broth.  Makes it...meatier, somehow?  He has now found a place that has the equivalent (a Mexican restaurant in Brisbane that sells a similar  beverage) and has also found somewhere online that will ship him the stuff.  Bless.