Canada vs. Australia

[Clippy]

Yeah, okay. You can stop your gloating already, eh?

 

[dildos]

Hate to be the smartass here, but aren't these countries commonwealths, not colonies of Great Britain?

@Clippy @dildos, what say you guys?

I ain’t no snitch bout my motherland.

God save the queen.

 

[Wet Blanket]

While Australia has some crazy critters we don't have anything that will chase you down and eat you. It's a big plus.

Also 3 unprepared days in the worst weather in Australia you survive, 3 days in Canada's worst you're an iceblock.

Some bears will chase you down and eat you. Also wolves.

 

[Damien Karras]

Tourtière is legit AF. Not that easy to cook either. My French wife (Yurrp French) had to make several iterations before it tasted like Québec tourtière.

BTW fuck this tourtiere du Saguenay. I don't know how they concocted this atrocity but potatoes in tourtière? What is this?

If you talk to someone from Saguenay they will say their tourtière is the only tourtière. They refer to the Montreal version as “tarte à la viande”. It’s one of those things where if we reclaim what is thought as theirs then they no longer have an identity. They defend their belief with that much passion. Saguenay does have the best blueberries though

 

[TankAbbott4Eva]

We enjoy alcohol and fuckwittery as well.

Yeah but I think Canadians are a bit nicer in general, hard to say. And you do have Rush, both the band and the fighter.

And it's so funny to get you guys to say "aboot"!

 

[KBE6EKCTAH_CCP]

If you talk to someone from Saguenay they will say their tourtière is the only tourtière. They refer to the Montreal version as “tarte à la viande”. It’s one of those things where if we reclaim what is thought as theirs then they no longer have an identity. They defend their belief with that much passion. Saguenay does have the best blueberries though

Well as far as I am concerned, fuck their potato tourtière and our Montréal tourtière is the best.
But I wouldn't go as far as saying that if you take their tourtière away then they don't have an identity. Saguenay people are hardcore and tribal as fuck, in my experience.

 

[Mike K.O]

As a member of Clippy Empire EXTREME, I must say Canada

 

[Dinamita09]

As an Australian who has been to Canada, we have the better scenery and weather but you have the better people.

As a Canadian, I would have to ask just how much of Canada you’ve really seen. We have a little bit of everything. Depends on where you’ve been.

 

[Dinamita09]

Australia is like 2093840284823048230482084230480342823890238402840238432040239x manlier than Canada, especially right now

Maybe if you are in the large cities like Toronto but head North in any province and say that in a bar. Better yet take that comment to a place like porcupine plain saskatchewan and let me know how things turn out for you

 

[Dinamita09]

Canada won that war and we burned down the White House

Canada V America 1-0

Won the war but we had nothing to do with the White House burning

 

[Clippy]

Won the war but we had nothing to do with the White House burning

You shut your blasphemous mouth

My Great Great Great Canadian Grandfather lit the hockey stick that started the blaze

 

[EL CORINTHIAN]

Lol you’re reaching for the stars dude.

Not really.

 

[JSN]

Hate to be the smartass here, but aren't these countries commonwealths, not colonies of Great Britain?

@Clippy @dildos, what say you guys?

I’m pretty sure the commonwealth is Britain plus its colonies.

 

[Which Doctor]

No way Australia has a better meat pie than Canada.

@Aegon Spengler @MikeMcMann @Clippy

Tourtière

Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean and Eastern Quebec

Preparation of the stuffing for a tourtière du Lac-Saint-Jean
The tourtières of the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean area and Eastern Quebec are slow-cooked deep-dish meat pies made with potatoes and various meats (often including wild game) cut into small cubes.

Elsewhere in Quebec and the rest of Canada, this variety of tourtière is sometimes referred to, in French and in English, as tourtière du Lac-Saint-Jean or tourtière saguenéenne to distinguish it from the varieties of tourtière with ground meat.


Montreal
Tourtière in Montreal is made with finely ground pork only (which can be hard to find as the meat is often ground too coarsely elsewhere). Water is added to the meat after browning, and cinnamon and cloves give it a distinctive flavour. Many people use ketchup as a condiment, though the tourtière is also often eaten with maple syrup or molasses, mango chutney, or cranberry preserves.

Although it is less popular than the original tourtière and the tourtière du Lac-Saint-Jean, this version can also be commonly found throughout Canada and its surrounding areas.

Manitoba
Tourtière is an integral part of holiday-time meals for French Canadians in St. Boniface, as well as in Manitoba's rural Francophone areas. Browned meat is seasoned with varying combinations of savory, nutmeg, cloves, cinnamon, celery salt, dry mustard, salt and pepper.

Acadia
Acadian tourtière, or pâté à la viande (pâté is casserole or pie), is a pork pie that may also contain chicken, hare and beef. Pâté à la viande varies from region to region in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. In Petit-Rocher and Campbellton the dish is prepared in small pie plates and known as petits cochons (little pigs).

A pal's step-dad in northern New Hampshire makes these massive Lac-Saint-Jean ones at Christmas time (he does some salmon ones too). Only times I ever had it that way, and it is so good (I'm used to Montreal style, which has pretty much become Jamaican patty or Scotch Pie/pork pie meh for me.)

 

[Brandon Wilson]

Australia is a poorer shittier wanna be version of Canada. I've heard that from Australians themselves, and people I know personally that have traveled there.

 

[ModernMatt]

Never been to Australia, but they have their own major Tennis open whereas we have the Rogers cup...which is basically a warm up for the US open.

MMA wise, we produced better fighters overall though.

Canada produced people that invented the telephone, basketball, peanut butter, IMAX.

Just going off Hollywood beauties, Australia has produced some fine women

 

[rear naked ankle pick]

Both useless and boring countries


World would be same if they didnt exist

 

[Deleted member 457759]

I'm a Canadian who backpacked the entire east coast of Australia over a 6 month period.

Here are some thoughts.

Food: Canada hands down.
Standard of living: Tie.
Upward mobility: Australia
Culture: Australia
Future: Canada. I'm not sure what Australia will do if it gets any hotter.

 

[Deleted member 457759]

Both useless and boring countries


World would be same if they didnt exist

How dare you, Australia isn't boring!!

 

[sloppypie]

australia would be better but too fuckin far away. i'm not flying 20 hours to visit a country where all the animals can fuckin kill me just by giving me a dirty look.