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#391784 - 04/08/13 08:18 PM
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![]() shareholder in the making ![]() Registered: 04/02/03 Posts: 16437 Loc: Ben Lomond, California |
http://www.buzzfeed.com/henrygoldman/why-cant-americans-get-poutine-right
I concur. Nothing I've had in the States compares to the poutine that Tom, J.P., Scott, and I had in Toronto a few years back. (Was it really a few years ago, already?)
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#391790 - 04/08/13 10:36 PM
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![]() axiomite ![]() Registered: 12/06/07 Posts: 7786 Loc: Canada |
That was a fun read. I know what I'm having for dinner tomorrow. There's re new(ish) poutinery in town that has an upscale Ottawa pedigree. My daughter raves about their poutine.
Damn, now I'm hungry.
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#391818 - 04/09/13 09:43 AM
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![]() connoisseur ![]() Registered: 06/23/07 Posts: 4299 Loc: Sitting down somewhere |
I make - what I've called for many years - poutine supreme. I thoroughly cover my potato slices with Cajun seasoning, then add veggies like peppers and onions before topping everything off with cheese and gravy. Yummy!
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#391819 - 04/09/13 10:02 AM
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![]() shareholder in the making ![]() Registered: 04/02/03 Posts: 16437 Loc: Ben Lomond, California |
I believe the article's author would say NO to that.
But it sounds good. ![]()
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#391823 - 04/09/13 11:00 AM
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![]() shareholder in the making ![]() Registered: 05/03/03 Posts: 18044 Loc: NoVA |
Eh, he's Canadian, he's earned it. That's the author's premise.
Now I'm hungry, and honestly, poutine has always sounded like something I don't want to eat.
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#391825 - 04/09/13 11:59 AM
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![]() axiomite ![]() Registered: 02/05/06 Posts: 6469 Loc: Fredericksburg, Virginia |
Ken, you arrived to Churchkey too late to enjoy the "disco fries" that Tom and I shared last month. American poutine, and therefore bad, if you believe this author.
I thought that they were not bad, but the ones Peter referenced above were definitely better.
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#391827 - 04/09/13 01:00 PM
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![]() axiomite Registered: 06/20/03 Posts: 8488 Loc: Tacoma |
The Disco Fries were a pale imitation.
Fred, I love "poutinery". That's classic. Ever since Toronto, I've been saying that Poutine should be served everywhere. When done right, it's up there with beer-candied-bacon on the list of Nature's Perfect Foods. I'm reposting that article everywhere later today.
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#391829 - 04/09/13 01:19 PM
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![]() axiomite ![]() Registered: 02/05/06 Posts: 6469 Loc: Fredericksburg, Virginia |
Tom,
I remembered you talking about seeking your true calling. I have a suggestion: poutinier = specialty poutine chef. You could open a poutinerie after you have completed a lengthy training process, typically an apprenticeship, and passed a written examination and certification. Fred will train you, right, Fred?
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#391831 - 04/09/13 01:53 PM
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![]() axiomite Registered: 09/16/04 Posts: 5319 Loc: Marion, IA |
Americans can't get it right because we can't pronounce that darned stuff.
"Routine" but with a 'P'? "Po-ew-teen"? I could go on, but that would just add to the confusion.
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#391832 - 04/09/13 02:19 PM
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![]() shareholder in the making ![]() Registered: 05/03/03 Posts: 18044 Loc: NoVA |
It's not the first?
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