Slurpees....

[Temporary_User]

Originally Posted by Draug

There is the odd place in Calgary that has carbonated slurpees. I know that the Petro Canada at Sarcee and Richmond does. Also, the Shell in Airdrie, on the highway near McDonalds, used to have them a few years ago but I am not sure they still do.

are those slurpee's? As much as i know you can only buy slurpee's from 7-11.
the rest are all imitations.

[Teh_Bandwagoner]

The Mohawk in Coventry Hills used to have carbonated slurpees, but it's recently changed to a Husky. I have yet to determine whether the slurpees are still carbonated or not.

[LockedOut]

I remember Red Rooster slurpees were carbonated and they were better than Mac's and 7-11 slurpees at the time but were a pain to fill cause of all the air pockets.

[Sainters7]

Originally Posted by SpitFire40

Ever had an Icee? Fricken disgusting...

haha I remember being in Vegas and getting one, I thought something was wrong with it. How can people actually LIKE that down there?? Its just cold tea with ice cubes!

EDIT: Just re-read your post, I thought you said Iced Tea :s

[kermitology]

Originally Posted by Sainters7

EDIT: Just re-read your post, I thought you said Iced Tea :s

If you want what we like as Iced Tea you have to ask for Sweet Tea I think.

[Mean Mr. Mustard]

Originally Posted by @theCBE

At least you can get slurpee's in the US.. they don't have anything in the UK

This is very true and I think that in the summer months a business such as Tesco could make a killing selling slurpies, I mean just look at the bottled water that they sell in England each year, the amount is huge. If they could ever get the slurpee machines inside some of the stores I would have no doubt that they would be huge sellers. Every Brit I have talked to that has come over the Canada agrees with me that they would be popular.

The one thing I can see holding this back would be the lack of convenience stores such as a 7-11 in England... they seemed to be everywhere else in Europe but not in England for some reason,

[Russic]

my god . . . I knew we were different, but man. I didn't even know that the slurpee isn't as popular outside the prairies. I've never lived more than an hour away from calgary. This is truely incredible.

[SpitFire40]

I love the plain Iced Tea in the states... it's so refreshing

[notoepik]

Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos

"overall consumption has not gone up but instead sales of premium wines have risen dramatically. Premium wines are wines that cost more than 5 dollars a bottle".

I know booze is cheaper there, but that can't be true. Can it? The vino must be mighty cheap if 5 bucks is considered expensive.

5 bucks a bottle, lol you still have to cover that with a plain brown bag

I too have noticed that more people are drinkig more expensive wine. In my family, expensive is $20-30 a bottle. We use to be cheap drunks though, on the $3-4 a bottle stuff

[looooob]

Originally Posted by Mean Mr. Mustard

This is very true and I think that in the summer months a business such as Tesco could make a killing selling slurpies, I mean just look at the bottled water that they sell in England each year, the amount is huge. If they could ever get the slurpee machines inside some of the stores I would have no doubt that they would be huge sellers. Every Brit I have talked to that has come over the Canada agrees with me that they would be popular.

The one thing I can see holding this back would be the lack of convenience stores such as a 7-11 in England... they seemed to be everywhere else in Europe but not in England for some reason,

at least in 1991 there was A 7-11 in London. it was for some reason near the hostel I stayed in in Hampstead. I have photo proof somewhere. they had slurpees--I think--but they weren't good

[kipperfan]

Originally Posted by Russic

my god . . . I knew we were different, but man. I didn't even know that the slurpee isn't as popular outside the prairies. I've never lived more than an hour away from calgary. This is truely incredible.

That was kinda of what I thought until I moved out to Ontario and here you cant find them anywhere but 7-11 and Macs and there is like 10 7-11 and Mac's combined in the GTA. Its funny out here apparently its more of a chick thing...which I found kinda odd.

[Mango]

Winter...summer...rain...snow...sunshine. I love slurpees at any time of the year. At the U of C's Stor, I was filling up those slurpee cards like there was no tomorrow.

Although, I must admit, the crystal light slurpees are atrocious.

[@theCBE]

Originally Posted by Mean Mr. Mustard

The one thing I can see holding this back would be the lack of convenience stores such as a 7-11 in England... they seemed to be everywhere else in Europe but not in England for some reason,

I can't say specifically for England because I haven't spent much time there.. but I thought Scotland had no convenience stores until I walked into a Newspaper shop to grab a paper and realized that it was basically a Mac's or 7-11. There are tonnes of Newspaper shops everywhere..

I agree they would make a KILLING if they put in slurpee machines here

[RT14]

When I first came to China, Slurpee's never crossed my mind as something that I would miss from Canada, but when I got off the plane to 38 deg C, extremely humid weather I quickly found myself craving one. Fortunately, I was pleasently surprised to find that not only is there a 7-11 every 5-10 blocks here, but they also have Slurpee's. I couldn't believe it considering I had been to England, Ireland, and Scotland and don't remember seeing any there.

There's usually only two choices, but one is always Coke so it's never too disapointing. Others I've seen are Orange (good stuff), Mango (love the fruit, hate the Slurpee) and Strawberry (not so good). They don't taste like the Alberta slurps though, but probably more like the American ones from the sound of it. Really fluffy and the cup is 3" lower by the time you leave the store. Gotta really tap that cup to get all the air out.


...Now if only we could score a Timmy's here...Mmmmm, Ice Caps. (drooling ensues)

[icarus]

Mmm... I think I will get a Slurpee tomorrow.

Now a real prairie phenomenom is a screamer... no one in Rocky Mountain House would go for a Slurpee when they could have a screamer instead!

[ericschand]

I don't know why Slurpees aren't more common in other parts
of the world. You would think when it gets hot outside, the first thing
you want is ice with flavouring. :-) The slurpee machine is actually
more complex than just mixing syrup and ice. Certain temp and mixture,
with perfect ice is required, and the machine does all of it.

However, the thread reminds me of an incident a couple of years ago,
as I was buying a slurpee. I was in the 7-11 and a couple came in
with their kid and an oriental girl. It was obvious that the girl didn't
understand much english, maybe an exchange student?

So, they all line up at the slurpee machine, and start pouring. The mother,
talking real loud and slow so the girl would understand , said this is a
drink, and you have orange, root beer, and so on. The girl looked very
confused. Finally the word "Coke" was given, and she seemed to
understand that one.

So she watches as people mix the slurpee flavours. And then proceeds to
take a bit out of every one. She doesn't drink it, until she gets in line.

Then her eyes lit up! You could see the "Wow!" hit her. Apparently
the Slurpee made another fan...

ers

[Seabass]

Slurpees are popular down in Florida. I stayed there for a few summers. They were the carbonated ones, as I had to wait for the pockets of air to lower. 7-11 had them up here for a while, but went back to the old method after about a year. The only thing I hate about the slurpees up here, especially Coke, is you get a white froth on the top that tastes like crap. Pepsi doesn't do it, just Coke. Personally I prefer the US ones.

[daredevil]

Slurpees have changed quite a bit in the last few years.
The machines that they make now actually make a worse product IMO.
If you ever find a 7/11 that has the older model that looks more "stainless steel" in nature they are the best.
They have a larger metal bar that lies diagonally accross/behind the spout.
If you tilt it to the left you can make the texture change to a thicker consistency.
Also these machines seem to have a better syrup to water ratio, they are far less sweet and the slurpees are less foamy (not airy but actually frothy/foamy).
I prefer a thick slurpee, but not so much that there are little ice balls in it.
I've gotten so bad that I'll go into a 7/11, look at the flavor (pepsi only for me) spinning, and I can tell if I'll like it's texture/taste just by how it looks in the drum.
Sadly, I'd estimate that I spend easily over $1000/year on them and if I thought about it, I probably have spent over $20000 total over the last 30 years.
Also I've been told that the 1.3L version which I buy have over 1400 caolries per.
Ouch.


***note to self***
Seek professional help

[ken0042]

Originally Posted by daredevil

Also I've been told that the 1.3L version which I buy have over 1400 caolries per.

That sounds high. 1.3 litres of Coke would have about 640 calories; which would mean a slurpie would have to have twice as much syrop as a the regular pop.

Somehow I just don't see that.

Edit- just found a link: http://www.myslurpeecup.com/nutrition.html

[Mean Mr. Mustard]

Originally Posted by @theCBE

I can't say specifically for England because I haven't spent much time there.. but I thought Scotland had no convenience stores until I walked into a Newspaper shop to grab a paper and realized that it was basically a Mac's or 7-11. There are tonnes of Newspaper shops everywhere..

I agree they would make a KILLING if they put in slurpee machines here

I know that they have Newspaper shops but they don't really have the big chain convenience stores which I think would be needed for something like this to take root in England... summer months seem to be getting hotter in England/Scotland and the main slushee type beverage is a Frapichino, which if you think are expensive here, are the same price over there just in pounds (9 dollar drinks!)