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Title says all. Who loves this greasy delicacy?

The question should be, "Who DOESN'T"?

But not the way you kubeckers make it:).

When I first saw it, I thought, "That's not food! Why is it on the menu if it's not food?"

It's good. I like it with thick gravy and lots of cheese.

Me!!!!
But I haven't had any since I left Montreal in march 2000... sooooo long ago

Yummy yummy yummy

I spilled poutine on my tummy

And it's clogging my arteries...!

Title says all. Who love this greasy delicacy?

erm wtf is poutine? ive never heard of it!!

Ooh! a poll!

The runny, watery gravy is evil.

I love the delicacy that is known as poutine! But I haven't had a real one in about as long as Cabra West.

WTF is Poutine?

WTF is Poutine?

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It's a search engine? And you can eat it? Sweet.

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im sorry but that looks disgusting!!!! but hey im sure it tastes better than it looks

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Poutine is chips (preferably fries though) covered with gravy (preferably thick) and melted curds of cheese (though melted mozerella works well, too).

I've never had any. 'Tis unavailable in my part of the country.

Poutine is chips (preferably fries though) covered with gravy (preferably thick) and melted curds of cheese (though melted mozerella works well, too).

thanks, sounds good but not on a regular basis

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BAHHAHAHHHAAHAA!

We don't have decent poutine here. I ordered it once and get this...they put CHEEZ WHIZ ON THE FRIES!!! CHEEZ WHIZ!!!!

The worst was when the KFC tried their own brand of poutine. I'll take the Cheez whiz version over that anyday. *shudders*

Poutine is chips (preferably fries though) covered with gravy (preferably thick) and melted curds of cheese (though melted mozerella works well, too).
They make it with potato chips too? Now that would be yucky!

They make it with potato chips too? Now that would be yucky!
:-p

I have friends who make me fear for my life if I don't differentiate between chips and fries.

Chips are much more thoroughly deep fried, and in a specific oil.

They make it with potato chips too? Now that would be yucky!

I think he/she meant "chips" as in the thick pommes frites.

BAHHAHAHHHAAHAA!

We don't have decent poutine here. I ordered it once and get this...they put CHEEZ WHIZ ON THE FRIES!!! CHEEZ WHIZ!!!!

The worst was when the KFC tried their own brand of poutine. I'll take the Cheez whiz version over that anyday. *shudders*
Hahahaha! Cheez whiz...

KFC just has lousy fries (though they taste more like chips).

:-p

I have friends who make me fear for my life if I don't differentiate between chips and fries.

Chips are much more thoroughly deep fried, and in a specific oil.
Okay wait...are we talking British 'chips' as in french fries (more cooked, let's say) or potato chips like Old Dutch?

(Don't ever order papas fritas in Latin America...they try to conserve their cooking oil, so you always get these soggy, limp fries...)

Okay wait...are we talking British 'chips' as in french fries (more cooked, let's say) or potato chips like Old Dutch?

(Don't ever order papas fritas in Latin America...they try to conserve their cooking oil, so you always get these soggy, limp fries...)
British 'chips', yes.

Now I'm getting hungry.

British 'chips', yes.

Now I'm getting hungry.
Me too. So what kind of oil are 'chips' fried in compared to 'fries'?

MMMmmmm, the Food Of The (Fat, Happy, Very Happy) Gods is Poutine!

Gave me energy for the drive back to Toronto after many a debauched night @ Stereo in Montreal. (Another Quebec Wonder of the World)

It must be made with crappy gravy, for some reason the good stuff (like Hunters Sauce for instance) just doesn't pack enough twisted artery clogging flavour. At Burning Man in 2001 I introduced the transvestite Texans and North Carolinans in the camp next to us to this wonder. They loved, and well they should.

Me too. So what kind of oil are 'chips' fried in compared to 'fries'?
It's a very heavy oil, making them more caloric than what we (well, me at least) are used to. There's a place at West Edmonton Mall that makes them, and I've had them at the Elephant and Castle.

I have no idea how they might compare to chips in the UK.

not availble round here, but krinkle-kut fries alfredo isn't too bad.

Yes, made with crappy gravy. Don't bother with actual animal by-product, just get the stuff called 'Gra*Vee'.

Best with Oka cheese curds, not Cheddar. Oka is a variety of soft cheese from the Oka region of Quebec. No Oka? Cheddar curds will suffice. Mozarella is not an option. Nor is Cheez Whiz.

Very good with added black pepper, coarsely ground.

The chips themselves are best cut thick, in wedges, as opposed to 'shoestring' or any other type of cut.

There's a place at West Edmonton Mall that makes them, .
WHERE!!??? (gets ready for a 2 hour drive just to satisfy her craving)

Oka is a variety of soft cheese from the Oka region of Quebec.


Wouldn't that be akin to supporting Native separatism?? :D

Wouldn't that be akin to supporting Native separatism?? :D

That's a whole other thread, dontcha know.

Wouldn't that be akin to supporting Native separatism?? :D
Nothing much wrong with that. Of course, I don't own any land, so I can get away with saying that.

it looks fucking sick....but im oddly interested in finding out what it tastes like...

WHERE!!??? (gets ready for a 2 hour drive just to satisfy her craving)
Ooh! I don't recall. I'll find out and get back to you.

it looks fucking sick....but im oddly interested in finding out what it tastes like...

It doesn't photograph well. Just like it was for poor Dick Nixon. Back in the day.

That's a whole other thread, dontcha know.
Where!??? :D

I've never heard it called that, but I'm in the US.

This is something I'd order at 3 or 4am in a diner after a long night of drinking settle the guts- French Fries with mozzeralla cheese melted over them and brown gravy.

We just called it cheese fries with gravy. that on the side of a bacon cheese burger. It soaked up the night's poison. With a Coke, of course.
I would actually be able to get up and go to work the next day.

Last time I had it was a little over a year ago. When I went back to my girlfriend's place in Canada, poutine was one of the things I was really looking forward to. Oh, man, it was awesome.

JE ME SOUVIENS! Yeah baby! Poutine is da shiznit! Montreal 4 Life! :D

Ah yes the artery clogging Canadian delicacy served at only the finest establishments aka. Ski hills. I find the best is from this place called Jacks. Go 20 minutes west of Edmonton to Spruce Grove and somewhere along the highway that passes through it (near a buffet) is this small restaurant colored dark lime green and pink with a big sign saying Jacks. The fries are better than most places, not just frozen ones dumped in a deep fryer but actual spuds chopped there and the gravy is amazing, a little thinner than most but still amazing. Combined with cheese it is poutine to die for. :fluffle:

Ah yes the artery clogging Canadian delicacy served at only the finest establishments aka. Ski hills. I find the best is from this place called Jacks. Go 20 minutes west of Edmonton to Spruce Grove and somewhere along the highway that passes through it (near a buffet) is this small restaurant colored dark lime green and pink with a big sign saying Jacks. The fries are better than most places, not just frozen ones dumped in a deep fryer but actual spuds chopped there and the gravy is amazing, a little thinner than most but still amazing. Combined with cheese it is poutine to die for. :fluffle:
Poutine is served everywhere in Quebec. The best being from our unofficial provincial fast-food place 'La Belle Province'.

Poutine is served everywhere in Quebec. The best being from our unofficial provincial fast-food place 'La Belle Province'.

Stop making me salivate, already. What with this unspeakable heat, I need to retain fluids... not dribble them down my chest.

But not the way you kubeckers make it:).

And how do you "Anglo" prepare it? :p

The origin of poutine (that Glorious Meal From The Heavens) is obscure. Some people say it originated in New Brunswick. Other persons pretend it was invented near Sorel, Quebec. Whatever the origin is... the Poutine Empire is slowly EXPENDING. BWAHAHAHAAAA.

It has reached the Rockies, after storming Ontario under a thick, delicious gravy rain. And it has made some incursions south of the border. The Poutine army uses cheese curd throwers to overfeed the enemy. Then, in a final assault, the dying infantry's arteries are butchered by using sharp, perfectly cooked fries.

The best poutine is done with a light gravy, whose color is light brown, almost orange. The dark brown gravy or hot-chicken sauce give an unpleasant taste. If you find this gravy, buy the whole stock and keep it preciously in a safe. No one knows when Holy Gravy supply hit the shelves, or what amount will be available. It's magic, baby.

About the fries: yes, thick cut is perfect. Sometimes you can use very thick fries with the skin still on.

The best cheese to use is cheese curds, which is close to fresh cheddar. Orange cheddar is disgusting in poutine, and so is strong/old cheddar and mozza. Use a fresh, young cheddar, the cheaper the better.


Interesting fact: in French, we write "Vladimir Poutine" (in English it would be "Putin" -- which means "whore" in French). So when the guy was elected, it was hilarious!!! I wonder if he has tastes his eponymous meal, though.

Stop making me salivate, already. What with this unspeakable heat, I need to retain fluids... not dribble them down my chest.
Speaking of the heat, my dance instructor turned off the AC and closed all the windows and made us take our dance test while sweating bullets. Stupid meanie! He said "Let's see how you perform under the pressure of the heat!". What an ass.

Yes, made with crappy gravy. Don't bother with actual animal by-product, just get the stuff called 'Gra*Vee'.

Best with Oka cheese curds, not Cheddar. Oka is a variety of soft cheese from the Oka region of Quebec. No Oka? Cheddar curds will suffice. Mozarella is not an option. Nor is Cheez Whiz.

Very good with added black pepper, coarsely ground.

The chips themselves are best cut thick, in wedges, as opposed to 'shoestring' or any other type of cut.
Ahhhh, a connaisseur... although i must say, i've tried it with bbq sauce, and it wasn't that bad... *hides behind chair, awaiting onslaught of plastic forks and Coke cans*

Most McDonald's in Quebec now offer poutine, but there small tiny fries are just not good for it. You need big soft one so they absorb more gravy.

I've heard is origin was from Victoriaville or Drummondville, an old tale say it started from a trucker who asked for fries, gravy and curd cheese wherever restaurant he went.

I remember back in university, sometimes people would go buy them self a poutine during the break. The smell in the class was destroying everyones concentration.


aaaaaah, hungry

I hope you all realize I'm actually heading out into that wretched heat and smog now in order to get some delicious poutine. Bastards! Couldn't stop discussing tantalyzing, tasty, so-bad-for-you-it-could-only-be-good poutine, could you?

Heh. Well, neither could I, and so I head off into the steaming citystreets in search of my beloved artery-clogging "food" item.

Damn this heat!

I've heard is origin was from Victoriaville or Drummondville, an old tale say it started from a trucker who asked for fries, gravy and curd cheese wherever restaurant he went.
The Legend of Poutine. Hmmm. Cool.

Oh, so Poutine might be from Victo a.k.a. Cattle Paradise. LOL
(Victo and Drummund are major agriculture centers, you can smell it on highway 20.)

Damn this heat!

Just imagine how much heat you will feel as your body try to digest this indigestible delicatessen. Huuuummm.

Oh, so Poutine might be from Victo a.k.a. Cattle Paradise. LOL

Well, it might also be "regional nationalism", I have no idea where it is coming from. Have you ever went to St-Hyacinthe, some days you have this chocolate factory giving a really bad smell to all the city.

Well, it might also be "regional nationalism", I have no idea where it is coming from. Have you ever went to St-Hyacinthe, some days you have this chocolate factory giving a really bad smell to all the city.
I have written a marketing report for Barry Callebault Chocolate in 2000. Yes there are all kinds of smells in this region!! LOL

I hope you all realize I'm actually heading out into that wretched heat and smog now in order to get some delicious poutine. Bastards! Couldn't stop discussing tantalyzing, tasty, so-bad-for-you-it-could-only-be-good poutine, could you?

Heh. Well, neither could I, and so I head off into the steaming citystreets in search of my beloved artery-clogging "food" item.

Damn this heat!
Take care. And give us a full review when you get back, so we can eat vicariously through you.

It was good. Damn good. But then I had to dash back home to watch the season finale of 'Doctor Who'. And that was even better.

SPOILER:Especially when Captain Jack kissed the Doctor.