Poutine

[Babyjustrun]

Do you like poutine?
I just had some for supper. It was good.
New York Fries makes really good poutines =)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Poutine.jpg

[HSMndLKfan92]

I've never even heard of them . . .

[Sparx]

what is it?

[PatriotsRule]

I've never heard of it either. Looks interesting though.

[Babyjustrun]

French fries.
Gravy.
And Cheese.

tis delicious.

[PrincessKally]

hmmm never heard of it, what is it made of?

[BandGeek911]

French fries.
Gravy.
And Cheese.

tis delicious.

I've had Fries and Cheese.
Loved it.

I've had Fries and Gravy.
Loved it.


But never together.
I'll try it sometime :D

[BabyPiglet]

I'm sorry but that just looks gross to me... :confused:

[PatriotsRule]

I'm sorry but that just looks gross to me... :confused:

Me too, but it's probably one of those things that surprises you and is really good when you expect it to be disgusting.

[Babyjustrun]

Oh yeah, it looks really nasty.
If you're going to try it though.. maybe if you can find it in a restaurant.
I looked it up, apparently poutine is a Canadian thing, like garlic fingers.

Poutine is nasty though if it's Acadian, they make it with pork, potatoes and gravy, rolled up in a ball. It's called poutine râppée.

[PrincessKally]

well if you about about it, french fries are potatoes, and i like gravy on mashed potatoes, and I LOVE cheesy mashed potates, how bad could it be?

[Babyjustrun]

It's good.
You've got to try it.
Tell all your friends xD

[PrincessKally]

hahah and in the US where can I find it??

[WORLDwarQUIFFLE]

Sounds really good.
Never had it before.

[Babyjustrun]

I don't know.
I'll try to find a restaurant if I can.

[C.J. Sparrow]

That looks really...

Odd. I like odd, though. Maybe I should try it sometime.

[Babyjustrun]

Canadian Café (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner. Pea bacon & eggs, Canadian style Rotisserie Chicken, Poutine Fries – covered w/ Gravy & melted Cheese Curds)
125 E. Colorado Blvd. (Take Myrtle north of the 210 Fry then right on Colorado)
Monrovia, CA

That's the only place I found that serves poutine in the states

[JediDan2773]

I've had fries with cheese, and fries with gravy, and they're both really good, and now I'd like to try them together. How do you pronounce that?

[Disney Daniel]

I like poutine from certain places, seems to depend on the restaurant that is making it. It is pronounced poo-teen, and while quite popular in some parts of Canada, I have not seen it anywhere else. It is quite common here and most fast food restaurants seem to have it on their menu such as KFC, McDonald's, Burger King, etc. I am sure I would get some strange looks if I went into a restaurant in the United States and asked for it, although I have read that it is becoming popular in some northern states. :)

[Babyjustrun]

I like poutine from certain places, seems to depend on the restaurant that is making it. It is pronounced poo-teen, and while quite popular in some parts of Canada, I have not seen it anywhere else. It is quite common here and most fast food restaurants seem to have it on their menu such as KFC, McDonald's, Burger King, etc. I am sure I would get some strange looks if I went into a restaurant in the United States and asked for it, although I have read that it is becoming popular in some northern states. :)

I've never seen Mc Donalds or Burger King serve it.
New York Fries makes the best one out of all of them. Just because of their fries =)

[SplshMtnLvr28]

Looks... healthy. :p

[Babyjustrun]

Looks... healthy. :p

I was just reading a thread on the CB about what Americans hate about Canadians.
Anyways, it's not healthy, it's known as 'heart attack on a plate' and you shouldn't eat it if you have cholesteral or heart problems.

[Disney Daniel]

I've never seen Mc Donalds or Burger King serve it.
New York Fries makes the best one out of all of them. Just because of their fries =)

Wow, I am surprised. Most fast food restaurants here (Cape Breton) seem to have it, even A&W serve it I believe.

[HSMndLKfan92]

I was just reading a thread on the CB about what Americans hate about Canadians.
Anyways, it's not healthy, it's known as 'heart attack on a plate' and you shouldn't eat it if you have cholesteral or heart problems.

*Steps away from poutine.*

[Todd&Copper]

The food section of my newspaper was about Canadian foods this week, and they have a recipe for Poutine:

From the Washington Post:


Poutine

4 side-dish servings
Poutine, a dish of french fries mixed with fresh cheese curds and topped with hot gravy, ranks high among Canada's best-loved foods. Its discovery is a matter of debate, but as one story goes, poutine was born in 1957 in rural Quebec. In one of those eureka moments, Fernand Lachance, "le pere de la poutine" ("the father of poutine"), threw the ingredients together at a friend's suggestion.

These days, poutine is on the menu at Burger King, and Saveur magazine recently named it one of its 100 favorite foods of the year.

Chef Anthony Walsh of Canoe Restaurant & Bar in Toronto, who offers the following recipe, has his own variations that always include the three basic elements of potatoes, curds and extraction of meat. One poutine features lobster and lobster bisque; another has a confit of lamb shoulder and long potato wedges; yet another features duck and bacon. He also does a breakfast poutine, including boiled eggs with big wads of cheddar and potatoes.

2 large Yukon Gold potatoes

2 medium cloves garlic, coarsely chopped

1 tablespoon finely chopped thyme

1/3 cup olive oil

Salt

Freshly ground black pepper

1/4 cup good-quality seasoned demi-glace (a rich sauce base; may substitute chicken gravy)

2 to 4 ounces crumbled sharp goat cheese, preferably Canadian

4 ounces warm duck confit, pulled apart (optional)

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Lightly grease a shallow roasting pan or rimmed baking sheet.

Scrub the potatoes well and cut into 1/4 -inch-thick batons. Toss them in a bowl with the garlic, thyme and oil; season with salt and pepper to taste. Roast for 15 to 20 minutes, stirring the potatoes once or twice to keep them from sticking, until they are crisp and nicely browned.

While the potatoes are roasting, bring the demi-glace to a boil over medium-high heat in a small saucepan, stirring constantly. Adjust seasonings to taste. Reduce the heat to low and keep warm.

Place the cheese and the duck confit, if using, in a large bowl. Add the roasted potatoes and toss to combine. Divide among individual plates and drizzle with the warm demi-glace. Serve warm.

Per serving, with 1 tablespoon demi-glace/gravy: 152 calories, 4 g protein, 9 g carbohydrates, 11 g fat, 11 mg cholesterol, 4 g saturated fat, 227 mg sodium, 1 g dietary fiber

[Babyjustrun]

The food section of my newspaper was about Canadian foods this week, and they have a recipe for Poutine:

From the Washington Post:


Poutine

4 side-dish servings
Poutine, a dish of french fries mixed with fresh cheese curds and topped with hot gravy, ranks high among Canada's best-loved foods. Its discovery is a matter of debate, but as one story goes, poutine was born in 1957 in rural Quebec. In one of those eureka moments, Fernand Lachance, "le pere de la poutine" ("the father of poutine"), threw the ingredients together at a friend's suggestion.

These days, poutine is on the menu at Burger King, and Saveur magazine recently named it one of its 100 favorite foods of the year.

Chef Anthony Walsh of Canoe Restaurant & Bar in Toronto, who offers the following recipe, has his own variations that always include the three basic elements of potatoes, curds and extraction of meat. One poutine features lobster and lobster bisque; another has a confit of lamb shoulder and long potato wedges; yet another features duck and bacon. He also does a breakfast poutine, including boiled eggs with big wads of cheddar and potatoes.

2 large Yukon Gold potatoes

2 medium cloves garlic, coarsely chopped

1 tablespoon finely chopped thyme

1/3 cup olive oil

Salt

Freshly ground black pepper

1/4 cup good-quality seasoned demi-glace (a rich sauce base; may substitute chicken gravy)

2 to 4 ounces crumbled sharp goat cheese, preferably Canadian

4 ounces warm duck confit, pulled apart (optional)

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Lightly grease a shallow roasting pan or rimmed baking sheet.

Scrub the potatoes well and cut into 1/4 -inch-thick batons. Toss them in a bowl with the garlic, thyme and oil; season with salt and pepper to taste. Roast for 15 to 20 minutes, stirring the potatoes once or twice to keep them from sticking, until they are crisp and nicely browned.

While the potatoes are roasting, bring the demi-glace to a boil over medium-high heat in a small saucepan, stirring constantly. Adjust seasonings to taste. Reduce the heat to low and keep warm.

Place the cheese and the duck confit, if using, in a large bowl. Add the roasted potatoes and toss to combine. Divide among individual plates and drizzle with the warm demi-glace. Serve warm.

Per serving, with 1 tablespoon demi-glace/gravy: 152 calories, 4 g protein, 9 g carbohydrates, 11 g fat, 11 mg cholesterol, 4 g saturated fat, 227 mg sodium, 1 g dietary fiber


while... that sounds delicious, normal poutine suits me fine =)

[AllyGirlie]

I've never had it, but my french teacher always talked about it.

I was going to get some when we went to Canada, but my parents thought I was crazy and I dropped the idea...

[imabrat]

mhm.poutine.

my friend goes back and forth to canada a couple of times a year because her mother lives there(longstory),but she made that one time and it was delicious!

[C.J. Sparrow]

I was just reading a thread on the CB about what Americans hate about Canadians.
Anyways, it's not healthy, it's known as 'heart attack on a plate' and you shouldn't eat it if you have cholesteral or heart problems.

Could it REALLY be any worse than the garbage that we get from McDonalds? :rotfl: A Big Mac is a heart attack in a box. But this looks like something I'm willing to eat though it is unhealthy.

[AngienLuLu]

I didn't even know what the cracker jacks a "po-tine" was...

~Angela popcorn:: (I perfer <)

[Sparkle_Cherry]

Could it REALLY be any worse than the garbage that we get from McDonalds? :rotfl: A Big Mac is a heart attack in a box. But this looks like something I'm willing to eat though it is unhealthy.

Poutine= Heaven on Earth :cloud9:

Of course I can't order mine from restaurants though because of the meat gravy, so if I wanted a vegetarian poutine I would have to make it at home with a veggie gravy. True, it looks like crap served over fries, but it's really delicious!

Now, the only difference between McDonalds' Big Mac and poutine, is that poutine is real food. When seperate, relatively healthy, but together the carbohydrates, fat, and calories can amount to quite a lot. I know others would beg to differ, but I just don't consider McDonalds real food. If I'm going to eat something that's bad for me than it might as well not be processed a zillion times before reaching my plate :laughing: .

~C.B.

[Babyjustrun]

I use this Arby's gravy at home, but it doesn't taste like gravy at all.. it's like this sauce.

[Sparkle_Cherry]

And this ''gravy''... it's vegetarian, you say?

~C.B.

[Babyjustrun]

I have no idea.
I'll go check later.

[Sparkle_Cherry]

Thanks, if it's vegetarian you just might become my favourite person :laughing:

Oh, and while your checking, just because it doesn't have ''beef broth'' or whatever in it doesn't mean that it's vegetarian. Rennet, lard, gelatin, tallow, and a few other things are also meat products. By the way, what is the name of this gravy? I might try and find it in the store :)

~C.B.

[Babyjustrun]

It's most def not veggie.
Actually, I stopped reading after I saw Chicken broth and chicken fat. I knew it'd get worse.
But for anyone who'd like to know it's Arby's.. like the kind they have at the restaurant... but fromt he grocery store.

[Sparkle_Cherry]

LoL, I knew it was too good to be true. Thanks anyways Hilary.

Some day I'll find my perfect veggie gravy! :rolleyes:

~C.B.

[Pocahontas_6]

I Love Poutine!! I think in canada at Epcot they should have that and TIM HORTONS!!!

[Babyjustrun]

I Love Poutine!! I think in canada at Epcot they should have that and TIM HORTONS!!!

HEAR HEAR!
That is agreed.
They put Roots there, the least they can do is Tims. Roots is tacky.

[JediDan2773]

I was bored, so I did a survey on myspace, and it was about what nationality you are. It asked if I know what poutine is (that's a yes!), and if I loved Tim Horton's.

[kjkcool]

Okay....
I'm definetly gonna ask my mom's friend Carm about all of this food with strange names!!!lol
She's a canadian!(and says eh!lol)(according to my mom,I never talked to her before....)

[Babyjustrun]

Okay....
I'm definetly gonna ask my mom's friend Carm about all of this food with strange names!!!lol
She's a canadian!(and says eh!lol)(according to my mom,I never talked to her before....)

Well, most people say 'eh'... it has different meanings and lots of people use it. Not just Canadians.
Our food doesn't always have weird names =) we aren't that different.