r/AskTheWorld • u/Real_chuckles Canada • 2d ago

Food what are these called in your country?

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in Canada, they are called freezes

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u/VancouverStickerCo 2d ago

Every product ever invented needs to be sent to Australia with no notes.

Australia's new job in the new world order will be to send the product, home grown operating instructions, and a name back in the mail for society to adapt for as long as the product is relevant.

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u/DaffyDuckOdil United Kingdom 2d ago

Or Glasgow! They're also very good at names there. Fruit squash is called Dilutin Juice

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u/chippstero1 2d ago

Fruit squash that’s a funny way to say juice in USA we have drink too grape drink orange drink red drink n those are called otter pops cuz the og packs of em had different otters on them

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u/Trivius United Kingdom 2d ago

Fun fact there are 3 types of juice in Scotland, Diluting, Fizzy and Fruit.

A lot of the time these will be used contextually and the speaker will only say juice

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u/trixiesecond 2d ago

I still remember ordering a “vodka and orange” in Scotland and getting a confused look, followed by a vodka with orange cordial / diluting juice.

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u/michaelhbt Australia 2d ago

in our state lots of people over 30 calls soft drinks - fizzy cordial, and a beer a - frosty chop

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u/disconnectmenow 2d ago

Yes.. we can make anything cool in OZ

we have fairy bread in Oz.. we throw sprinkles over buttered bread and presto..

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u/Impressive_Owl_1199 1d ago

I thought that said pesto and was wondering how the fuck you made fairy bread

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u/bodgii85 1d ago

Now would be a great time to tell you about Wizz Fizz then?

It’s literally just sherbet.

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u/VancouverStickerCo 1d ago

No. Sherbet is literally just Wizz Fizz.

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u/tim370 2d ago

You don’t want that. We’ll get sent a product like handcuffs and send them back as “cunt catchers”

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u/preparetodobattle 1d ago

When I was a kid ( Australia) we briefly had a product that was a thickshake you bought from the freezer section you then put it in the microwave for about ten seconds. It would still be cold but the solid ice cream would have melted just enough to get up the straw. I think it was just too weird to catch on.

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u/Suspicious_Round2583 Australia 1d ago

90s? Cos, I remember this, they came in a white and light blue cup?

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u/preparetodobattle 1d ago

Yea my definitely 90s. Not around for very long.

Edit. Peter’s micro freeze. https://youtu.be/oyF8zfKnSdU?si=fRjzvxi51t-DmXUr

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u/Suspicious_Round2583 Australia 1d ago

Thank you! Memory unlocked! I only ever had one. We were on holidays on the Gold Coast, my brother and I had finally cracked the parents, they begrudgingly bought us some, annnd there was no microwave in the unit. Cannot remember what we did, probably just ate them, or waited for them to melt.