I get so angry sometimes. While we were in Alabama, daughter made a very good banana pudding. So, I decided to make one today.

Why in the WORLD are Nilla vanilla wafers (and dozens of other products) so different in the two countries? Same name that I am sure is licensed by Nabisco of the US. VERY different taste and texture. I compared ingredients with what I bought here to the list online for the US product.

US Nabisco product:

Ingredients: UNBLEACHED ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE [VITAMIN B1], RIBOFLAVIN [VITAMIN B2], FOLIC ACID), SUGAR, SOYBEAN OIL, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED COTTONSEED OIL, WHEY (FROM MILK), EGGS, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, SALT, LEAVENING (BAKING SODA AND/OR CALCIUM PHOSPHATE), EMULSIFIERS (MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES, SOY LECITHIN). CONTAINS: WHEAT, MILK, EGG, SOY.

Mr. Christie's Canada(couldn't even find a list online. Typed this from the box)

Enriched wheat flour, sugar, soybean oil and hydrogenated cottonseed oil with TBHQ and citric acid, glucose-fructose, modified milk ingredient, salt, sodium bicarbonate, monoglycerides, ammonium bicarbonate, soya lecithin, monocalcium phosphate, acetylated tataric acid, esters of mono and diglycerides, artificial flavor, canola oil, coconut oil #ILB5017

Strange, eh? I find the Canadian version pretty tasteless and hard as a rock.
Bottom line, my banana pudding wasn't as good as hers and I used her recipe!
I will be sending them both emails. (Mr. Christie's is owned by Kraft.....grrrr)

We compensate with drinkable beer.

On the Canadian package it says clearly
"Dunk in beer before use."

Use Pepperidge Farms Chessman cookies instead of Nilla Wafers - so much better!

I'll try that next time. Don't know if I can find them here OR if they will be the same, lol.

It's the beer contents that does it.

Well I guess that explains it. I hate beer. Guess I'll never truly be Canadian, eh?

No beer, no citizenship.
Unless you play hockey on an outdoor rink.
The people have spoken.

I guess I'm hooped.