So, one of the interesting things that we have come to see over the last weeks is that when you think that you are going to get one thing, often it is a not exactly what you would expect. A classic example is the tea situation. Today while we were dinning at the Gahan house (http://www.gahan.ca/) enjoying some very excellent fish and chips, Nancy ordered tea for us as we settled in to await our treat for the week. In a very short time, the glasses or ice water arrived, and then shortly after this, two small pots for hot tea. We were a bit taken about, but continued and enjoyed a very good small pot of tea each. It was not what I would have usually ordered to go along with fish and chips, but that was alright.
We have noted some other things that are equally fun to experience. There is the previously mentioned issue with French fries. Specifically if you are fries on the island, then you will be warned about getting them with the works, which means that you will be getting fries with brown gravy, ground meat, and peas. Now I am not sure why anyone would ruin good peas by combining them with ground meat, gravy, and fries. Also, the entire snack chip industry here is a bit off.
When you look along the aisles of the supermarket or any convenience store, the snack chips are present in abundance. Although present, they are all in flavors that are unusual to the southern pallet. You can enjoy a nice bag of Ketch Flavored or Roast Chicken Flavored chips if the mood strikes you (as long as the mood for Fritos does not strike).
Another interesting thing that has become more obvious is the sorting of the garbage. You see, since we live on an island, a landfill is of necessity a limited thing. We do not have the abundance of land that we were familiar with back in Texas. On the island, land is at a premium. However, people still generate a lot of garbage so something has to be done in order to keep from filling the landfill quickly. The island answer is intensive recycling. In order to make this work well, we have to sort things at the source as opposed to sorting at the destination (which would also be nasty). So, we sort our garbage. Now recycling is something that we did in Texas, albeit at a lower level, but we have taken it up a notch since we arrived. We have four separate containers we use to sort and recycle everything that we can. Under the sink is anything that can ultimately be turned into compost. In our previous trashcan is our blue bag #2 into which we sort cans, glass, and plastic bottles. In blue bag #1 we place newspaper, pressboard, junk mail and other white paper. Into our waste goes most everything else except for cardboard which must be broken down and placed on the curb for pickup. We have two garbage cans, one black for waste, and one green for compost. The waste and compost alternate form week to week as to what is being picked up from the curb, and if you get it wrong you get a gentle reminder. Apparently 60% of the waste stream is recycled which is not a bad deal if you think about it. If you are curious about this head to the IWMC for more details (http://www.iwmc.pe.ca/).
Oh, by the way, the guest bedroom painting has been completed. Just a bit of touch up work on the master bedroom and we will be done with the painting for a while…….Now if I could just figure out how to heat the house this winter…….
We have noted some other things that are equally fun to experience. There is the previously mentioned issue with French fries. Specifically if you are fries on the island, then you will be warned about getting them with the works, which means that you will be getting fries with brown gravy, ground meat, and peas. Now I am not sure why anyone would ruin good peas by combining them with ground meat, gravy, and fries. Also, the entire snack chip industry here is a bit off.
When you look along the aisles of the supermarket or any convenience store, the snack chips are present in abundance. Although present, they are all in flavors that are unusual to the southern pallet. You can enjoy a nice bag of Ketch Flavored or Roast Chicken Flavored chips if the mood strikes you (as long as the mood for Fritos does not strike).
Another interesting thing that has become more obvious is the sorting of the garbage. You see, since we live on an island, a landfill is of necessity a limited thing. We do not have the abundance of land that we were familiar with back in Texas. On the island, land is at a premium. However, people still generate a lot of garbage so something has to be done in order to keep from filling the landfill quickly. The island answer is intensive recycling. In order to make this work well, we have to sort things at the source as opposed to sorting at the destination (which would also be nasty). So, we sort our garbage. Now recycling is something that we did in Texas, albeit at a lower level, but we have taken it up a notch since we arrived. We have four separate containers we use to sort and recycle everything that we can. Under the sink is anything that can ultimately be turned into compost. In our previous trashcan is our blue bag #2 into which we sort cans, glass, and plastic bottles. In blue bag #1 we place newspaper, pressboard, junk mail and other white paper. Into our waste goes most everything else except for cardboard which must be broken down and placed on the curb for pickup. We have two garbage cans, one black for waste, and one green for compost. The waste and compost alternate form week to week as to what is being picked up from the curb, and if you get it wrong you get a gentle reminder. Apparently 60% of the waste stream is recycled which is not a bad deal if you think about it. If you are curious about this head to the IWMC for more details (http://www.iwmc.pe.ca/).
Oh, by the way, the guest bedroom painting has been completed. Just a bit of touch up work on the master bedroom and we will be done with the painting for a while…….Now if I could just figure out how to heat the house this winter…….
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