poutine thread. did you ever have proper poutine ? picrel from Alfa poutine - Longueuil, Québec
way too much cheese, how is a normal person supposed to eat this?
>>21597785pooteen is okay, but it needs some sort of meat to be a viable meal.
>>21597785Yes, from a roadside place in Ont. up around Timiskaming.
Cantines make the best poutines. Otherwise as far as chain restaurants go I like La Belle Province's and Valentine's.>>21597787>how is a normal person supposed to eat this?Stab it with your fork and put it in your mouth
as an australian, i have never seen this. i know what it is, but i've never seen it at a resteraunt. is it something you would consider canadian food, and only available at canadian style resteraunts?
Love me some poutine, although I've never been to Canada. I'm in NYC and there's a place a few blocks from me called Pommes Frites that does a halfway decent version. I know there's better elsewhere in the city but this is closest and it's still pretty good.
>>21598070It's one of the only things that Canadians have that isn't also in America.
>>21597785that's just disco fries, op.
>>21598081They have a couple of bougie poutines too but I think almost nobody ever gets them.
>>21598098yeah that's not what poutine is about. keep it simple
>>21598070Even in Canada it's not really a cultural thing outside of the dairy producing regions in the east. Fresh curds don't travel very far since they're kept unrefrigerated to preserve texture.
>>21597785Yes, at the number one rated poutine place in Vancouver. It was meh.
>>21598603you went to a tourist trap, try a smaller place in Quebec
>>21597785spot close by called chez ma tante that I go to when I want my slop fix, Burger et Apéro up north is good too if you're in the area. They make fucking amazing burgers too
>>21597785Id rather make this myself at home
>>21597785Only ever made it at home, so I can't say it's the authentic experience, but I also live in the US so it's not likely I'll get much better.
I live in Québec (in the town it was invented in), and I eat once every other week. Just a small size, it's fucking rich and I'm not a big eater. Italian poutine, with meat spaghetti sauce instead of the brown sauce, is really good too. The best poutines are usually sold in small diners and snack bars, not in fine cuisine or american fast food restaurants. Lots of commercial cheese curd producers also have their own snack bars, they're usually pretty good too. The best one was in a snack bar in a convenience store, Poutine Heriot. I dunno what they put in their sauce, but it was great. It closed shortly after I graduated and the building was demolished. It's now a retirement home. The google street view has not been updated in a while though.
kill yourself.
>>21597785I haven't had this delicious comfort food in years. You Canadians managed at least one thing right. I lived in Wisconsin a few years, so my love for cheese curds only increased.>>21597787You aren't White.>>21599256This is pretty damning for OP.
>>21597785Had this last week when visiting Ontario. Dunno what classifies a proper poutine since it is everywhere and just 3 foods combined, but it was pretty good
>>21597785Nice. Better than anything America has ever made.
>>21599679>forgot pic
>>21598755Vancouver and Quebec are quite a long distance from each other.
>>21597788No, it doesn't. Cheese curds have plenty of (complete) protein.
>>21598081I can never get my gravy to look this dark and rich even after adding dark soy and/or better than bouillon.Does anyone have a legit decent Poutine gravy recipe preferably with a slurry at the end instead of copious amounts of retard roux. Please halp!
>>21599773Then don't bother. Poutine is as relevant to Vancouver as a Philly cheesesteak
>>21597785No I think it looks disgusting
>>21597785if little miss muffet ate that all day I bet her Ass must be THICC
>>21597785Why make fries crispy only to make them soggy?
>>21598603La belle on davie is pretty good desu
>>21600238they're fried in peanut oil, it's traditional in quebec and gives it a sweetish taste, not meant to be super crispy.
>>21597785The problem is that Quebec's cheese curds are only ok. They have the texture, but not the taste. The ideal poutine would be made with Quebecois fries (for reason >>21600425 stated) and Wisconsin curds. Also, Quebec should be nuked.
I had foie gras poutine at Au Pied de Cochon in Montreal
>>21598070it's nothing crazy but somehow no one else seems to be able to procure cheese curds and make it right
>>21600260Belgian Fries on Commercial won some award from CBC Montreal a while back. Don't think they've changed much since (other than the price).
>>21598603western Canadians don't know how to make, let alone pronounce poutine. It's "poo-TSIN"(rhymes with "tin")."poo-TIN" is also an acceptable pronunciation if you don't speak any French.It's not fucking "POO-teen."
>>21601327Every francophone I know pronounces it POO-teen.
I live in australia so no-one knows what the fuck a cheese curd is.We do have chips and gravy though, and the more modern snack pack (which is kebab meat + chips + garlic sauce).I could probably do a poutine using haloumi cheese though.
>>21601327post a pic of the last time you made it anon
>>21601427there's no way brougham.every casse-croûte/chip truck i've been to sll over QC and Northern Ontario, anglos and frogs say poo-TSIN, and have been saying it that way forever
>>21601451halloutine sounds pretty nice mangetting some kebab meat in there wouldn't hurt either
>>21601476i don't have any pics of my homemade poutine because it's just one of those foods i'd rather grab when i'm out drinking. When I make it, it's just russets that i blanche and double-fry, squeaky cheese curds, and beef gravy (or Bethelet poutine gravy powder when I can't be fucked to make my own). >braindead simpleAnd that's exactly what a lot of chain restaurants and international spots miss. It's supposed to be easy, cozy, working class comfort food slung out a white rusty chip truck off the main road, served by a friendly, weathered, lady who's been there forever.i'll post a pic of my own some time but, for now, here's one i had a while back in Notre-Dame-du-Nord (QC).It was so good; like a warm blanket for the stomach.
Better than American fries
>>21598603I guarantee it gets mogged by Belgian Fries (circa 2005)
