JAMBO Everybody...An August 2011 TR (Completed May 13)

[MEK]

Cute LeCellier pictures. All you ladies look lovely and its obvious you are having a wonderful time!

 

[Queenofallthings]

Okay, forgive me for this question.
What is poutine and how is it pronounced?? In my mind I am saying it "poo-teen," but I just need confirmation!

That's exactly how you say it!! It is french fries with cheese on top and then gravy.....in essense it's a heart attack on a plate, but oh so yummy!!!

Cute LeCellier pictures. All you ladies look lovely and its obvious you are having a wonderful time!

Aww thanks Mary Ellen, it was the best time!!

 

[MaryAz]

Love love all the updates!!! Queen, you are glowing with happiness in all those pics. Jeff and Jas are such a great looking couple. And they are genuinely nice appreciative people which makes them all that more attractive. What a great dinner at Le Cellier!!! I also loved the pics with the fairies-heck I got in one with Pooh!!!

We saw the Canada movie! loved it. What a beautiful country you live in. Cayley told my inlaws, "My Queen and Jasmine live there and someday I will go and visit them" I am ALL for a girls trip-big girls that is. I would totally have to keep it from the little girls......

What a great first couple of days!!!

 

[Hypermommy]

....and you have 3 living with you so you are a bit of an expert

Amen!!!!! What I want to know is what happened to the sweet little boys I raised? Oh, they're still sweet guys but now they talk and, more importantly, think like men --- which means very little thinking at all if you ask me sometimes!

That's exactly how you say it!! It is french fries with cheese on top and then gravy.....in essense it's a heart attack on a plate, but oh so yummy!!!

OMG, that sounds soooooooo good!!!!!!! But I do believe I'll take chili cheese fries over fries with gravy. But then again, I probably shouldn't say that until after I've tried it. Excuse me while I go google a non-$85-entry-fee spot that might have it down here.

 

[Fantasyland Mom]

That's exactly how you say it!! It is french fries with cheese on top and then gravy.....in essense it's a heart attack on a plate, but oh so yummy!!!

THAT SOUNDS AMAZING!! It sounds SO amazing that I can't believe it isn't one of our crazy southern dishes! Now I have to ask more questions (because this is important, as it might just make an appearance on my plate soon )...is it a cream gravy or a brown gravy? Thick or thin? Does the kind of cheese matter?? I love a heart attack on a plate. In fact, I think I'll cook up some buttermilk biscuits to sop up the extra gravy.

 

[beebeeryan]

That's exactly how you say it!! It is french fries with cheese on top and then gravy.....in essense it's a heart attack on a plate, but oh so yummy!!!

THAT SOUNDS AMAZING!! It sounds SO amazing that I can't believe it isn't one of our crazy southern dishes! Now I have to ask more questions (because this is important, as it might just make an appearance on my plate soon )...is it a cream gravy or a brown gravy? Thick or thin? Does the kind of cheese matter?? I love a heart attack on a plate. In fact, I think I'll cook up some buttermilk biscuits to sop up the extra gravy.

Heart attack on a plate is exactly what it is, but oh so yummy is right!

It's a thin brown gravy usually and the cheese is usually cheese curds.

From Wikipedia:
Poutine is a dish of French fries, fresh cheese curds, and sometimes additional ingredients, covered with brown gravy or sauce
Poutine is a diner staple that originated in Quebec and can now be found across Canada. It is sold by national and international fast food chains, in small "greasy spoon" type diners (commonly known as "cantines" or "casse-croûtes" in Quebec) and pubs, as well as by roadside chip wagons (commonly known as "cabanes à patates", literally meaning "potato shacks"). International chains like McDonald's, A&W, KFC and Burger King also sell mass-produced poutine in Canada. Atypically, the dish may include additional ingredients such as lobster meat, rabbit confit, caviar, and truffles.

In the basic recipe for poutine, French fries are topped with fresh cheese curds, and covered with brown gravy or sauce. The French fries are of medium thickness, and fried so that the inside stays soft, while the outside is crunchy. The gravy used is generally a light chicken, veal or turkey gravy, mildly spiced with a hint of pepper, or a sauce brune which is a combination of beef and chicken stock, originating in Quebec. Heavy beef or pork-based brown gravies are rarely used. Fresh cheese curds (not more than a day old) are used. To maintain the texture of the fries, the cheese curd and gravy is added immediately prior to serving the dish.


Man, I am seriously craving poutine now. Will have to put it on the "must get" list for next time I go up to Montreal.

 

[Practically_Perfect]

First - now I'm craving poutine. And it's getting close to lunchtime and there's a cabane à patates a block away from here....must resist urge!

Second - Queen, I've lurked on a couple of your other TRs and loved them. Seems like you're having a grand old time so far, so I can't wait to tag along!

 

[WDisneyMom]

what a great time at LeCellier you all had! I love that place!
I am so drooling over the poutine pictures!! Love poutine

 

[Rosiekins]

Subing!
I just finished your Spider tripy...EEEEEK btw! And I am so excited for this one. Your family is lovely and your daughter and I share a Birthday!

 

[Fantasyland Mom]

Oh, wow. Poutine=delicious! Must get some soon! Somehow I don't think Waffle House's hashbrowns with all the fixins compare!

 

[OhioDisneyLover]

Hi

We're back and I have a LOT of catching up to do! I can't wait to read what I missed.

We went to Kouzzina for breakfast and I was thinking about the last time we were there with you and Jas.......

 

[Hypermommy]

THAT SOUNDS AMAZING!! It sounds SO amazing that I can't believe it isn't one of our crazy southern dishes! Now I have to ask more questions (because this is important, as it might just make an appearance on my plate soon )...is it a cream gravy or a brown gravy? Thick or thin? Does the kind of cheese matter?? I love a heart attack on a plate. In fact, I think I'll cook up some buttermilk biscuits to sop up the extra gravy.

Lemme know when you make it 'cause I'm inviting myself over to your house. Yes, ma'am, my momma did teach me how rude that is, but rules are made to be broken, especially for something as tummygasmic sounding as this!!!

Exquisite food porn!!! OMG!!!! Just OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Queenofallthings]

Love love all the updates!!! Queen, you are glowing with happiness in all those pics. Jeff and Jas are such a great looking couple. And they are genuinely nice appreciative people which makes them all that more attractive. What a great dinner at Le Cellier!!! I also loved the pics with the fairies-heck I got in one with Pooh!!!

We saw the Canada movie! loved it. What a beautiful country you live in. Cayley told my inlaws, "My Queen and Jasmine live there and someday I will go and visit them" I am ALL for a girls trip-big girls that is. I would totally have to keep it from the little girls......

What a great first couple of days!!!

I'm so happy you're homeSounds like you guys had a great time too!!They are great kids aren't they? I'm very proud of them!

Awww....when Jasmine read out your post she said "I can just picture that little angel saying that" She can come and visit us anytime she like I had a feeling you would be in for the girls only trip...can't wait for it!!!

Amen!!!!! What I want to know is what happened to the sweet little boys I raised? Oh, they're still sweet guys but now they talk and, more importantly, think like men --- which means very little thinking at all if you ask me sometimes!

You crack me up... you are completely on your own sometimes in that house aren't you?

OMG, that sounds soooooooo good!!!!!!! But I do believe I'll take chili cheese fries over fries with gravy. But then again, I probably shouldn't say that until after I've tried it. Excuse me while I go google a non-$85-entry-fee spot that might have it down here.

Soooooo yummy....and I think you would love it!!!

THAT SOUNDS AMAZING!! It sounds SO amazing that I can't believe it isn't one of our crazy southern dishes! Now I have to ask more questions (because this is important, as it might just make an appearance on my plate soon )...is it a cream gravy or a brown gravy? Thick or thin? Does the kind of cheese matter?? I love a heart attack on a plate. In fact, I think I'll cook up some buttermilk biscuits to sop up the extra gravy.

See...if we lived closer, I could make you poutine and you could make me biscuits and gravy (I love biscuits and gravy and you can't find it here) doesn't that sound like a great plan

 

[Queenofallthings]

Heart attack on a plate is exactly what it is, but oh so yummy is right!

It's a thin brown gravy usually and the cheese is usually cheese curds.

From Wikipedia:
Poutine is a dish of French fries, fresh cheese curds, and sometimes additional ingredients, covered with brown gravy or sauce
Poutine is a diner staple that originated in Quebec and can now be found across Canada. It is sold by national and international fast food chains, in small "greasy spoon" type diners (commonly known as "cantines" or "casse-croûtes" in Quebec) and pubs, as well as by roadside chip wagons (commonly known as "cabanes à patates", literally meaning "potato shacks"). International chains like McDonald's, A&W, KFC and Burger King also sell mass-produced poutine in Canada. Atypically, the dish may include additional ingredients such as lobster meat, rabbit confit, caviar, and truffles.

In the basic recipe for poutine, French fries are topped with fresh cheese curds, and covered with brown gravy or sauce. The French fries are of medium thickness, and fried so that the inside stays soft, while the outside is crunchy. The gravy used is generally a light chicken, veal or turkey gravy, mildly spiced with a hint of pepper, or a sauce brune which is a combination of beef and chicken stock, originating in Quebec. Heavy beef or pork-based brown gravies are rarely used. Fresh cheese curds (not more than a day old) are used. To maintain the texture of the fries, the cheese curd and gravy is added immediately prior to serving the dish.


Man, I am seriously craving poutine now. Will have to put it on the "must get" list for next time I go up to Montreal.

We have a large french community in our city so a short 20 minute drive gets us some amazing poutine....which is good and bad Good for being yummy soooo bad for the waistline and arteries

First - now I'm craving poutine. And it's getting close to lunchtime and there's a cabane à patates a block away from here....must resist urge!

Second - Queen, I've lurked on a couple of your other TRs and loved them. Seems like you're having a grand old time so far, so I can't wait to tag along!

So...did you resist the urge I would have caved!

I am so happy that you have enjoyed past ones and that you're here for this one

what a great time at LeCellier you all had! I love that place!
I am so drooling over the poutine pictures!! Love poutine

That picutre is the best picture of poutine I have ever seen!

Subing!
I just finished your Spider tripy...EEEEEK btw! And I am so excited for this one. Your family is lovely and your daughter and I share a Birthday!

Welcome!!! Eeeek is right...I looked for those little buggers this trip too but fortunately there were none to be found

How cool that you and Jasmine have the same birthday! We'll be celebrating that in a few short weeks!! Every year it seems to come around faster and faster

Oh, wow. Poutine=delicious! Must get some soon! Somehow I don't think Waffle House's hashbrowns with all the fixins compare!

We don't have Waffle House's here either When we do go down to Fargo for the weekend we always go to IHOP, especially in the fall for the pumpkin pie pancakes....

Hi

We're back and I have a LOT of catching up to do! I can't wait to read what I missed.

We went to Kouzzina for breakfast and I was thinking about the last time we were there with you and Jas.......

Welcome home!!

The day you were at Kouzzina I was thinking of you guys too....I was so happy that you were putting posts up on FB ... made me feel like we were right there with you!

Lemme know when you make it 'cause I'm inviting myself over to your house. Yes, ma'am, my momma did teach me how rude that is, but rules are made to be broken, especially for something as tummygasmic sounding as this!!!
I have a rule with my friends....don't knock, come right in....help yourself, I'm not here to look after you.....yup, that's about it for the rules in my house!


Exquisite food porn!!! OMG!!!! Just OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!

Everytime I look at that picture my arteries constrict

 

[Queenofallthings]

Time for another update! It was a crazy week but it's over and I can't tell you how happy I am about that! Before I forget, I want to wish all of our fellow Canadians a Happy and safe Thanksgiving weekend!

This post brings us to Tuesday August 23. This was the day that SW picked to celebrate her birthday in the world. You see, SW's birthday is in June and MM's birthday was in August, when we were in the World. Peg felt it only fair to let both girls celebrate so that's what we did!

For her birthday celebration, she picked DHS! She does love RnRC, ToT and ST's...not to mention TSM! We got up at our usual time and had breakfast in the room before heading down to catch the bus!

Jasmine and Jeff waiting for the bus and as you can see another humid filled morning!

Once again, it was an absolutely beautiful morning, hot, but who could complain when the sky looked this lovely! The crowds were very low too which is always a bonus!

At this point someone needed to use the washroom so I decided I would snap a couple of pictures!

You can see how low the crowds were, it was so nice not to have that rush first thing in the morning that we've all come to know as the TSM dash!

I love how the store look first thing in the morning before anything is disturbed!

Our plan this morning was different than our plans usually are for this park. We were heading to ST's...Geodoc and SW were so excited to try it out that we decided we would grab FP's and ride standby so we could get two rides under our belts before heading anywhere else in the park!

Of course not before we stopped for the obligatory pose in front of the hat! Jeff was particularly excited about this park .... he was going to have his first thrill ride after all!

I was in no hurry to get to Star Tours...the old version made me nauseous and I wasn't holding out much hope for the new one, but I was going to be a good sport and at least try!

The excitement was building for all of them by this point so I thought I would grab a couple of pictures of them heading towards the ride

Mini Montana was so excited to be riding the new version...she told me she would sit with me just in case I didn't feel well....guess she didn't quite get the "I could vomit on you but ok" look! She sure loves her auntie!

We would be having our lunch here a little later on...around noon to be exact!
SW and MM had never eaten here before so they were pretty excited about it!

We arrived and were pleasantly surprised to see a wait time of only 5 minutes.
I asked Jeff what they were laughing about in this picture after I took it and he said it was at that moment they had already decided they would be riding right away again as soon as we got off.....boys!!!!

Who doesn't love R2D2?

Random picture as we were making our way thru the line. Jas kept telling me to stop taking pictures because there was people behind me....girls!!!!

As you can see MM was all ready to board...she was so excited! SW was busy talking to her dad about going back on again as soon as we were done! I was just hoping and praying to make it off in one piece!!

Jeff was trying to be cool....Jasmine couldn't stop laughing!

Ok...I made it off...but not without constantly talking to myself the entire ride that I wasn't going to throw up, that I was going to be just fine, close my eyes...open them, nope, better keep them closed......Needless to say, I rode once...as did MM and Jasmine so we decided to have a much more calm ride outside! How cute are my girls!

We headed to Writer's Stop to pass the time while the others went for another ride! What a great little place...a hidden gem IMO! We grabbed a table, a couple of books and flipped thru them and talked about what we would do next! MM could talk about only one thing.....riding RnRC for the first time with her auntie! I love that when she rides things for the first time she picks me! I always do a great job of holding on to her so she trusts me

Before we knew it they had finished their second ride and it was time to head to the other side of the park......as you can see, my two were very excited!

I didn't realize until I uploaded this that Jeff and Jasmine's eyes are closed....probably fear, but notice MM is wide eyed and ready to go!!!

Before we got in line, I asked her one last time if she was sure she was ready to ride for the first time and yup, she sure was....thumbs up!!! When I rode with SW for her first time in 2009 she was very nervous and a little weepy but not MM, she was good to go!!! She did awesome and couldn't wait to get right back on!!!

Coming up.....lunch at Sci Fi Dine In!!!

 

[disneydreamingdebby]

What a great idea for each girl to pick a day to lead and celebrate!

I thought of you on our trip and wanted to share since I didn't include all pics in my TR...

I wasn't sure where your name came from, but apparently, you're well known in England...

 

[IheartDDuck]

Yay, you made it on Star Tours! I'm sorry that you have trouble with getting motion sickness on those kinds of rides. Simulators are generally known for that.

I'm glad that MM loved RnRC! She looked so excited in the pictures, but you're right, that wide eyed look could be complete fear.

 

[KatMark]

Great update, Queen. My Andy could not ride Star Tours when we were there the week before last...like you, he gets a little sick on those types of rides. But you are a good Auntie to do it once.

So glad that MM was excited for Rock & Roll Roller Coaster (she is braver than me); I think Jas and Jeff's eyes were probably squinting because of the sun...we had that issue a lot on the trip.

 

[MaryAz]

great update. We also did Star Tours this trip. I was also a little queasy. Hurray for MM doing Rock N Rollercoaster. Avery says it is her favorite. Cayley is still to short to ride. Looks like another fun day.

 

[OhioDisneyLover]

Great update! Glad to hear that you tried SW. I was not looking forward to it but I gave it a whirl anyway. I always close my eyes when they do the light speed thing.