Poutine

[SplshMtnLvr28]

Looks... healthy.

 

[Babyjustrun]

Looks... healthy.

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? 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 (I perfer <)

 

[Sparkle_Cherry]

Could it REALLY be any worse than the garbage that we get from McDonalds? 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

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 .

~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

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!

~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.