Happy Canada Day! This photo by Flickr user Zorbs isn’t necessarily a spectacular photo in terms of composition or lighting but part of what makes a picture special has nothing to do with the technical aspects of photography. This photo is special because it captures the festivity of an important day. Red and white Smarties emblazoned with a maple leaf – it doesn’t get much more celebratory than that!
Smarties are candy-coated chocolates made by Nestle. My wife, a native of Canada, told me about them when we were first dating. “You mean like M&Ms?” I asked. “Not quite,” she said. She was right. They are similar but definitely different.
What led to further confusion was that what we call Smarties – those delicious sugar tablets in a plastic sleeve – are known as Rockets in Canada. It’s like they have a different word for everything. And they put the letter “u” in places I don’t understand.
I will be spending Friday driving up to Toronto to visit my in-laws and will be reporting next week from Canada’s candy capitol and home to Laura Secord chocolate company. I am assuming that’s Toronto. Wish me luck. I will try to bring home some souvenir extra “u”s for us all to share.
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12:36 pm on July 1st, 2009
It turns out that Ce De Candy is also the company behind Rockets in Canada. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smarties_(Ce_De_Candy)
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