Poutine anyone??

[litige]

So, big questions in my head.

Just answer it, and comment if you want, tell me what do you think of it, recommendation (best place to eat one, recipe...etc)
Will you ever try and if you come to Québec one day, for a competition or something, you must try it here.

[litige]

c'mon guys, vote plz
and if you got any question...i'm a poutine Gourmet !

[Arnold Strong]

I love poutine. I get it at my local diner. I don't like poutines from big name restaurants. The worst I've ever tasted was at McDonald's.

I used to like Burger King's, but I just don't like it anymore. New York Fries ain't that bad.

[Andoru]

What's poutine?

[Raiza]

Kudos for including the Rick Mercer reference, litige!

I haven't tried the fine conglomeration of fries, gravy and cheese curds at La Belle Province (I should, I know) or some awesome casse-croute but I know Reuben's has a fine dish. Smoked meat on top just completes it for me.

Excuse me while I go have a coronary.

[Hai_hai]

What's poutine?

It's french fried potatoes covered with brown gravy and then topped with cheese. It's kind of an appetizer/snack/entree thing. It is pronounced "poo - teen". All three main ingredients are high in cholesterol.

Raiza, have a happy coronary.

[litige]

It's french fried potatoes covered with brown gravy and then topped with cheese. It's kind of an appetizer/snack/entree thing. It is pronounced "poo - teen". All three main ingredients are high in cholesterol.

Raiza, have a happy coronary.

Yeah, but goood cholesterol

The cheese not any kind of cheese, it's called Fromage en Crotte (don't know the real name and not to be mistaken for Crotte de Fromage) maybe you have some in the US or somewhere else, maybe it's called Cheese in Shit. For the brown gravy...the "main" ingredient (it has to be perfect) it can go from brown unnamed sauce to good BBQ sauce : one of the best poutine i've ever tasted is a mix of super long waved french fries, big chuncks of molten Fromage en Crotte and deliciously spicy St-Hubert Style
BBQ sauce.... you get a big one (realllyyy big) for 10$ (can.) at Le Coq du Roi in Chambly.

Pronounciation Course :
Fromage en Crotte : Fro--Mahj han(the sex one) Krott --Slowly
Framajnkrot -- Rapidly

[litige]

I love poutine. I get it at my local diner. I don't like poutines from big name restaurants. The worst I've ever tasted was at McDonald's.

I used to like Burger King's, but I just don't like it anymore. New York Fries ain't that bad.

Where you from?
I used to eat a lot of McDonald's ones (maybe they are better here) because I like poutine so much, plus it was just 1$ more in a trio for the poutine change, now nearly all of the big name's have the poutine change option at low price.

[litige]

Kudos for including the Rick Mercer reference, litige!
.

Rick Mercer?

Sorry can take the kudos, wasn't intentional
Heck! I don't even know him!
who's he?

Thanks Ottawa for poutine hey!
Wonder if it's good.

[Arnold Strong]

Where you from?
I used to eat a lot of McDonald's ones (maybe they are better here) because I like poutine so much, plus it was just 1$ more in a trio for the poutine change, now nearly all of the big name's have the poutine change option at low priceI'm from the Toronto area. I don't have a problem with McDonald's fries, it's there gravy that sucks. Anyways, they don't make McDonald's poutine anymore, so I guess I'm not the only one that didn't like it.

[Raiza]

Rick Mercer? [snip]
who's he?


He's one of the most popular English Canadian comedians around today. He did a routine on CBC's "This Hour Has 22 Minutes" where he would go up to people in the US and ask them stuff that would totally demonstrate their ignorance of Canada. The people shown were the ones who'd try to BS their way out of the answer, and it was pretty funny. One of the questions posed was something like, "What do you think our Prime Minister, Jean Poutine?" George W. Bush fell for it as did several other US politicians (for the uninitiated, the Prime Minister at the time was Jean Chretien). Classic stuff.

[Hai_hai]

Yeah, but goood cholesterol...

Depends. If the fries are fried in vegetable oil, the gravy doesn't have any beef content, and the cheese is made from soy milk, then you have a somewhat heathly version of poutine.

For those who don't know, St. Hubert is a barbecue chicken restaurant in Canada. The gravy is particularly good.

[litige]

St. Hubert is a barbecue chicken restaurant in Canada. The gravy is particularly good.

Yes, it has that particular taste. They make chips out of this flavor.

Thanks Raiz. I heard of someone asking questions to people in the U.S. about there misconnaissance (SPL???) of Canada. Must be him!
Damn Bush hey!
Running for prez not knowing who's the boss up next to him....

[Migoto]

I've had it before. It's pretty damn good. But no way it's healthy for you.

[AlexM]

Poutine is absolutely dreadfull. Québec has made some culinary contributions to the world... poutine unfortunately sort of cancels out all the good stuff in one fell swoop.

Once you get down to those last fries that have been swimming in the BBQ sauce for the last half-hour you get the sense of how truly bad a poutine can be.

However, there are those times when only the greasiest fries, drowned in brown BBQ sauce with melted cheese curds on top can stop the hunger pangs. Particularly when pulling an all-nighter and needing that last burst of energy at around 1 am. Always order poutine from the local greasy spoon... only they can make it properly.

Man, I go for a vile poutine right now.

[Iviro]

Poutine is absolutely dreadfull. Québec has made some culinary contributions to the world... poutine unfortunately sort of cancels out all the good stuff in one fell swoop.


That's why you aren't a real Québecois!! :wink:

[aru-ma]

And I thought poutine was the Russian president :D

[kendokamax]

Poutine!!!!

Actually me and an other canadian in Budai made and sold poutine at the school festival here in budai. Of course it wasnt the "real thing", but the it was a big sucess!!

After eating a good poutine you should always feel like shit, if not, its not the real thing

[AlexM]

That's why you aren't a real Québecois!! :wink:

T'es mort p'tit cul.

[litige]

To what club is Iviro going?

[Neil Gendzwill]

Eh, poutine. I fart in it's general direction. If you want to clog your arteries, do it prairie style - a big plate of perogies, with lots of butter, onions, bacon and big dollops of sour cream. Have a side of kilbasa with that, it'll do you good.

[litige]

Eh, poutine. I fart in it's general direction. If you want to clog your arteries, do it prairie style - a big plate of perogies, with lots of butter, onions, bacon and big dollops of sour cream. Have a side of kilbasa with that, it'll do you good.

Woaw, what's that thing? It sounds good, spells death after a few...must...try...it!
What is perogies?

Is this all mixed up in the poutine????

[Neil Gendzwill]

Perogies are a Ukranian dish (probably Polish too) - it's a mix of potatoes and cheese (sometimes potatoes and onion), wrapped in dough. They look like half-moons or triangles, a couple of inches long. They're boiled, then either coated in melted butter or fried in butter, served with fried onions and bacon, topped with sour cream. You'll eat them at any small town wedding in the prairies, along with cabbage rolls.

They actually don't even come close to poutine in the bad-for-you-with-almost-no-redeeming-food-quality categorie, but they definitely will help you pack on the pounds.

[Raiza]

Eh, poutine. I fart in it's general direction.

With a meal consisting of perogies, cabbage rolls and kilbassa, that feat won't be too difficult.

Perogies can be great, but I still consider them to be the gastronomic equivalent of super glue. To get by in college with limited funds for food, I'd have perogies for breakfast and wouldn't be hungry until dinner. I lost 20 pounds in eight months that way, but I wouldn't recommend it for everyone!

Although there's a huge difference in the stroke-inducing potential of poutine versus perogies, they both qualify as hot and filling comfort food. Yummy.

I think it's the potato factor.

[litige]

...i ate so much while not doing sports....
I'm not proud of myself.....

[litige]

I want to revive this old thread.
But here's the new topic (you can still post about poutine)

Do you have a national un-healthy dish?
Something you only eat in your country, province, etc... but it's so bad for health you only want to eat it once a year, but so good you end up eating it at any occasion.

[Lloromannic]

Do you have a national un-healthy dish?
Something you only eat in your country, province, etc... but it's so bad for health you only want to eat it once a year, but so good you end up eating it at any occasion.


Yeah, stray dog meat cooked in medieval snitaryconditions by a greasy unwashed person.
We call them tacos de barbacoa.

[Hisham]

How about the Galvode or Galvaude? ,i don t know which of the two is the correct spelling,a monstruous version of the poutine with extra stuff added to it .
I liked the poutine made with italian sauce BelleProvince style n i agree that it wouldn t be healthy to eat it day in n day out.

[cBEx]

I want to revive this old thread.
But here's the new topic (you can still post about poutine)

Do you have a national un-healthy dish?
Something you only eat in your country, province, etc... but it's so bad for health you only want to eat it once a year, but so good you end up eating it at any occasion.
Litige, I do no know what could actually come close to poutine as the ultimate traditional meal that could kill you! I know, you deep fry a whole God damn trukey (american style) stuffed with poutine for Thanksgiving! Must be an instant killer!

[litige]

Litige, I do no know what could actually come close to poutine as the ultimate traditional meal that could kill you! I know, you deep fry a whole God damn trukey (american style) stuffed with poutine for Thanksgiving! Must be an instant killer!

haaaaa, must be soooooo good, I have to agree it would make a hell of a stuffing.