Another Turkey-less year...

I am a Canadian and hate turkey.  Please don't hate me!  I know I've said it before but maybe I have to remind you!
I am a ham-kind-of-girl when it comes to the "holiday big meals"...or sometimes I go all vegetarian if ham is not available.

Here in Finland - Thanksgiving is not celebrated.  Not sure how many people DO celebrate it - I imagine only those with North American ties...i.e. spouse or moved to Finland.

Also - I may have mentioned this before...but the ovens are really small!  So it would be difficult to roast a turkey big enough for your family average of 4 and inlaws etc.  They're not as wide as your average North American oven.  My cookie sheets back home would NOT fit in an oven here - let's put it that way.
Despite being pregnant last year and going through the crazy hormonal phase of not remembering anything or paying attention to anything (I'm sure the husband would say this is normal without the extra boost of hormones) - that was one of the first things I noticed and I was slightly devastated.  How was I going to bake cookies?!  Not that the husband eats many baked goods - but thankfully 1 cookie sheet and a slightly deeper baking pan is provided with most flats when you rent them.
Kind of like a toilet - you tend to leave it behind when you move out.

Back to the bird.  Yes turkeys are sold in Finland - it is possible to get a whole turkey (I'm pretty sure Taneli had one last year for Christmas....) but most people just purchase turkey breasts.  They're in general, smaller than a whole turkey and fit in the oven much more easily!

I will be travelling this week to Canada - so for those of you that are Finnish and checking out this blog - thanks!  I WILL try and take as many photos as possible of the "weird Canadian/North American things" as I can - so you can see what life's like in Canada.

Some random weird things right off the bat:

• We can buy milk in bags, plastic jugs or cartons
• We have skim milk...it's disgusting really.  Like white colored water...
• We add taxes on top of the price you see on the shelf...at the cash register.  If you're not good at math - you should learn math before moving to Canada/US.  Or just make sure you have enough money with you to pay for stuff.
• English and French are Canada's two official languages - so those are the only languages you'll see on products (i.e. shampoo)...you wouldn't see "IRL/GB"(Irish/Great Britain) written on it.  Just "ENG/FRE"...(English/French)  nor would you see "NOR/DSK/FI/" etc...you know - every EU language possible on an average bottle of shampoo - except English (sometimes).
• We don't weigh our own groceries and print labels to make things easier for the cashier.
• Nor do we pack our own groceries unless at a self-serve check-out...yes we have those machines!