Poutine

Juntel made me tought of this in the anything post.

Who ever tasted the best Quebecer fast-food? I mean Poutine!

And what did you think of it?

Poutine is, in my opinion, the best thing you can eat. Anytime.

Oh, but there is poutine, and then there is poutine!

For example, McDonald's try for a poutine is a joke!

One shouldn't use any kind of cheese: you gotta have the right kind of cheddar, what we call here "cheddar en crottes", which I won't translate for fear of being banned!

And the sauce! Any good poutine has it's own secret sauce.

And the fries!...

I'm sorry, gotta leave... I have to get myself some poutine...

Where do you think they have the best poutine? I believe it's Ashton's and Stratos.

That reminds me... once I went to the Maine and There was "La Poutine Quebecoise" at a little resto. The cheese on it was cheese-wiz!!!! BEURK!!!

Hummmmm... forbidden poutine.... do'h!

Pou- what?

For our anglo and american friends, how to pronounce poutine:

"poo-teen" is ok; the slang way is "poo-tsin".

Don't ask me what it means: I have NO idea!
It isn't french; it's slang, but of an origin unknown to me. Maybe Shanamir knows...

BTW, the new prime minister of Russia is Vladimir(?) Putin... that's a big laugh here for a name!

I don't know for the origins but I'll do a search...

Ah! I remember my first poutine!
Since then, I can't go without!

After a poutine, I want another one...
and another one...
and another one...
I can't stop!

But then there was this other poutine once...
The sauce was of a strange hue, and didn't smell that good.
I could see things in it also... well I'll spare you the details.
I just couldn't get into it and eat it.
I left it there, maybe for somebody else to eat.

If you wont tell us what it means, then what is on it, other than a secret sauce and good chedder cheese?

What's a good poutine?

A good poutine is moist and warm, makes you salivate merely by looking at it. It invites you with its smell and its texture.
And once you dive into it, you just can't stop eating it!
Mmmmm!

Ah, poutine... Such wonderously healty food. So good for the cholesterol level... NOT!!

Basic poutine is French fries topped with cheese curds (cheddar cheese before it's pressed into brick form naturally forms large curds... The word juntel was referring to rhymes with curd but begins with a T, and they sort of look like that, too, but the real word is cheese curds!) and gravy. Very healthy stuff. Then there are the variations: Italian poutine (thin tomato sauce instead of gravy), poutine with hot dogs cut up in it or with smoked meat (pastrami)... There are infinite variations.

And no, I've never had it in the 18 years I've lived mainly in Quebec. I think it just looks too gross for words, live vomit actually (sorry). And no, it's not because I'm a health food nut, far from it!

OOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
I see.

Mmmm... Sounds delicious.

:lol: I thought this thread was going to be about the president of Russia and that Shanamir had spelled the name in-correctly!

Well, that's the joke here at the moment. The Russian president's name is pronounced just like the Quebec junk food.

Eruve, do you think eating a poutine is a guy thing mainly?

(I hope anduin is reading this...)

????

Don't elaborate please.

(The little Hobbit, reading the thread, smacks his lips and thinks that his little corner of the Shire could certainly use a good Poutine franchise... Not that he's ever had any, but doesn't it sound like a fine little pre-appetizer snack before supper?)

Juntel, I have no idea. My husband has eaten it, but he doesn't go out of his way to eat it, or get cravings for it. I think the last time he had it was over 10 years ago and we'd been out at a club and had the hungries at 3 AM. (Ah, life before kids!) I know women who like it. So I really don't know the answer.

It sounds good, and I'm brave, if I ever go up there I guess I'll try it. Oh, I thought this was about Putin too, I was quite confused when the first post was about food

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I never thought about Russia when posting this thread!

Me and my girlfriend love poutine... a good evening for me is: eating a poutine, going to a movie then... can't say there are kids here

Ok... here's the trick to do your own poutine at home...

cook french fries (!)
for the sauce, you can use hot chicken sauce or any brown sauce, (BBQ is VERY good).
While your fries are on the way and your sauce is warming, cut lots of little (1cm wide) cheddar cubes.
When your fries are ready, put them in a bowl put the cheddar (it most cover all surface, AT LEAST 1,5 cm thick) then pour your sauce on it. CAUTION sauce MUST be EXTREMELY hot so the cheese soften and start to "melt", but then let if cool down a couple of minute if you don't want ot burn your tongue!

That's about it. But keep in mind that what you'll eat, even if it's really good, will be VERY FAR from what they serve in restaurants.