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Observations from a Canadian visiting New Zealand:
-Making NZers say "Saskatchewan" is kind of hilarious
-Roundabouts work really really well when everyone is used to them
-Drip coffee apparently does not exist here (espresso-based coffee drinks only. Even at the one Dunkin Donuts I saw in a hideous mall I had to go inside in Auckland).
-NZ signs do not play around (see example below)
@sundogplanets Aw, poor Cliff. But yeah, it would be dangerous if he were to land on you.
@sundogplanets an all-time classic hard-core warning sign from my work !
@sundogplanets don't know if you're still around there, but i had excellent filter coffee at Daily Daily Coffeemakers when I was in Auckland
Today I learned that New Zealand "supper" seems to be more like what I'd imagine hobbits eat for meal number 6 (cheese, crackers, fruit, cookies) than Saskatchewan supper (the full meal you eat at the end of the day after a lot of hard farm labour)
@sundogplanets Your idea of supper matches that of what we had at the end of the day. A.K.A. Dinner.
@sundogplanets Your idea of supper matches that of what we had at the end of the day. A.K.A. Dinner.
More NZ signs that are extremely honest
@sundogplanets reminds me of the deer signs in Nara.
@sundogplanets i don't know if you made it to Rotorua but at the Redwoods carpark there is a great sign...
If you're more confident during breeding season, good for you.
@sundogplanets Napier definitely does not muck around with earthquake prep. There's a reason all the art deco is there.
Maybe I am just really tired (ok yeah I'm definitely really tired) but learning that the options for mustard in a NZ grocery store are "hot English" or "mild American" made me giggle uncontrollably in the middle of a grocery store aisle
Today I learned that New Zealand employers are REQUIRED BY LAW to provide tea and coffee to their employees.
!!!
I don’t think this is the case in the UK…but I equally have never worked anywhere where tea and coffee were not provided. Milk is usually provided too - no need to fill the work fridge with individual named bottles.
@sundogplanets they do EVERYTHING better in NZ.
@Heterokromia @sundogplanets Except if you're vegetarian. Travelling around 20 years ago with 3 vegetarian daughters. Nightmare. Met with scathing contempt everywhere. AirNZ was the worst. Blatant criticism that we were bad pushover parents. Better in big cities, but we're not city folk. Preferring the natural wonder that is Aotearoe. Hope it is better now @georgepenney ?
@PeterMLittle @Heterokromia @georgepenney I've found amazing vegetarian food everywhere I've visited in NZ
@sundogplanets absolute essentials, what's the problem?
@sundogplanets A most civilized nation, so unlike mine. I should move to New Zealand for this alone!
@sundogplanets
Interesting... our union contract says Tea, Coffee, AND Milo! 😂
@sundogplanets most civilized! I hope that the law specifies more than instant coffee.
@sundogplanets A US colleague some 3 decades ago was miffed that his preferred caffeine delivery method (coke) was not supplied free while he was here in NZ.
decaf and caf?
@sundogplanets that aligns pretty well with my memory of being asked if i wanted a tea approximately every 15 minutes of my stay there.
@sundogplanets have you figured out the difference between them? Is one just like the spicy mustard you get at the farmers market and one a standard French's? or is there some other cool distinction?
@sundogplanets HaHa! I laughed until I saw the "actually" responses.
For the benefit of all:
✅️ This post is meant to be humorous.
❌️ This post is meant to be taken as factually correct.
It's just a funny post.
@sundogplanets
Lol! I'd never seen "New York style" mustard, nor labeled "mild".
@sundogplanets that mild is funny but on point. Calling that yellow shit ‘New York style’ is kind of hurtful.
@cascheranno @sundogplanets yeah, Heinz is based in Pittsburgh, and was a source of national pride when I was at uni there. Don't let New York take credit for it.
That said, while non-Heinz ketchup is taboo in Pittsburgh, all the restaurants use French's mustard, and I still occasionally wonder why.
@WizardOfDocs @cascheranno @sundogplanets
I misread that as "a sauce of national pride". 😂
@mndflayr @cascheranno @sundogplanets it's certainly a sauce of local pride!
@sundogplanets New York style? there are no regional mustard variants in the US. I am an american condiment expert weighing in on this farce! outrageous!
@sundogplanets Kiwis, the masters of exotic and unimaginable spices 😄
@sundogplanets Really hot is
Düsseldorf Style
@sundogplanets Try Pak'N'Save or Woolies rather than New World. There are more options out there.
@sundogplanets The Heinz is in the "hot dog/yellow mustard" category here in the US and would be sitting on the shelf next to different brands of "Spicy Brown", "Dijon", "Stone Ground", "deli", etc., alongside boutique brands with all sorts of weird flavorings.
Coleman's is usually available for people who want that "hot English" taste. As far as I remember, the "hot" comes from horse radish, which would be an unwelcome surprise to most Americans.
@Corb_The_Lesser @sundogplanets most American wasabi is also horseradish-based
@sundogplanets Also giggles from France! 🤭
@sundogplanets
First glance at the image, I thought it said 'Not English'. 🤣
@sundogplanets 😂 Exhaustion really does make the simplest things incredibly funny.
“Hot English” and “Mild American” sound more like personality types than mustard!
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Sooo… “Mustard” vs. “Turmeric coloured vinegar paste”?
@sundogplanets New York style mustard is mild? I think not.
New York mustard, last I remember it, was Gulden's brown mustard with horseradish. You put it on your hot dog or pretzel from the cart on the street and you can *taste* it.
Midwestern or California mustard is the yellow tasteless American stuff.
@sundogplanets Where is the winy mustard from France, NZ?!?
@sundogplanets They used to stock "overpowering American" but people's sandwiches kept trolling shoppers on Twitter and trying to get all the other condiments in the fridge deported to Australia.
@sundogplanets I'm still sad that DOC removed the platform with "do not jump from this platform" engraved in it from the side of the Pelorus River Bridge (near Nelson). Likely because the swimming hole beneath it filled up with gravel.
The Department of Conservation has the best signs.
@sundogplanets
The do not swim here posters at Napier are also fun. We didn't see the tsunami posters there but we did as Kaikoura.
@sundogplanets Our motel welcome folder in Whitianga had instructions for actions after a tsunami warning. "Drive north out of town, then uphill. We will see you there, we will not be staying."
@sundogplanets have you met Bas yet? He's everywhere around Mt Taranaki
@sundogplanets
If you like the signs, there are also some classic TV adverts you should check out.
For example 'blazed', by the incomparable Taika Waititi:
https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/blazed-drug-driving-2013
@sundogplanets the dumping one is epic
@sundogplanets The precautionary ones just make sense. The clearer the better!
(Honestly, the same goes for the rubbish one - if you can’t think of that yourself you obviously got kind of a thick skull)
@sundogplanets I imagine you can reuse the "Don't be a tosser" sign in your presentations
@sundogplanets "tosser" is a nice piece of wordplay.
@sundogplanets I love the rubbish dumping one. Actually I thought of doing something like that autonomously but insulting litterers in rhyme.
@sundogplanets As a French person, I can’t tell you how funny it is to read “big bite” and “breeding season” on the same poster.
@sundogplanets Have you heard slip-slop-slap? Not as funny as "don't be a tosser" but another bit of local culture.
@sundogplanets I love so much the dumping rubbish one! 😆
@sundogplanets Love the ambiguity of "do not encourage feeding … on anyone"
@sundogplanets Quick question - do you know if the lecture tomorrow night in New Plymouth needs an advanced booking? Very keen to attend
@Ali Sorry I have no idea how it works, it's organized by the local group.
@sundogplanets
The best type of supper is the Scottish version when you go to the chippy and anything with chips is called a supper as in a fish supper, a sausage supper, a chicken supper etc.
@sundogplanets
Sounds about as confusing as
the different French meal names
between Québec and France
@sundogplanets Sask supper sounds like 'tea' in NZ.
@sundogplanets If that is supper, what is a later night snack pre-bed called?
@sundogplanets can confirm we call the main evening meal dinner or maaaaybe "tea" but that's far less common.
"Kia ora!" Dying to share a clip here that convinced me Aerotera/NZ is paradise, esp for foodies. May I?
@TheEddieShow Saving to my "soothing food-making videos" stash!!
In-flight, fond memories of your new favorite place. :)
@sundogplanets Oh no, I hope you have emergency rations to save you from getting hangry!
@sundogplanets dinner? Or tea? For the evening meal?
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