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15 years 4 months ago #12299 by Jackiecan2
I'm not sure if you Uk'ers have Poutine over there but I'm thinking with all the UK'ers coming to Canada lately, you soon will!

POUTINE


\"YOUR BASIC POUTINE RECIPE CONSISTS OF FRENCH FRIES TOPPED WITH CHEESE CURDS AND DRENCHED IN BROWN GRAVY\"

Quebec's contribution to world cuisine...poutine.




Philly serves hot pretzels with mustard. Boston bakes a mean bean. And there's nothing quite like a slice of New York pizza.

So what's the local flavor to savor if you're headed north of the border to Montréal?

Une poutine, sil vous plait.

The basic poutine recipe consists of French fries topped with cheese curds and drenched in brown gravy. OK, so it's not exactly haute cuisine, but it is comfort food at its best - Quebec style.

Restaurateur Ferdinand Lachance invented poutine over 4 decades ago. His idea for poutine was part customer request, part cooking experiment, and now pure folklore.

In 1953, Lachance bought his first restaurant, Café Ideal, in Warwick, Quebec, an hour's drive northeast of Montreal. Inside, patrons could play a game of pool, buy some penny candy for the kids, and even get a haircut.

\"It was practically the rule,\" Lachance says, who's since hung up his apron and now enjoys retirement. \"If you had a barbershop, you had a restaurant, too. It brought in customers.\"

Great Places for Poutine

The poutine legend goes that one day a young patron placed an order for French fries topped with some cheese. Lachance was dumbfounded.

\"But it will be a maudite poutine,\" Lachance replied, which politely translated into \"a damn mishmash.\" But Lachance complied. He served the young man a cupful of hot French fries and soft curd cheese. The addition of brown gravy was still a few years away. So there it was, the messy, melting, maudite humble beginnings of poutine.

Eventually, Lachance renovated his restaurant and renamed it Le Lutin Qui Rit, which translates into \"the laughing elf.\" With the grand reopening of the restaurant in 1957, Lachance wanted to offer a dish unique to the establishment. Since the odd concoction of French fries and cheese curds proved to be not so odd after all, his wife suggested a way to improve the dish by adding some gravy. But not just any gravy. She created a mélange of brown gravy, tangy barbecue sauce (quite new at the time), and a hint of ketchup to pour over the French fries and cheese.

The rest, as they say, is histoire. Poutine was born.

Today, poutine remains popular not only throughout the province, but has spilled over the border as well. Many North Country restaurants serve the dish and Quebecois snowbirds have even introduced poutine to the tropics of Florida. Lachance says his culinary concoction has made it as far as Korea. But while the French fry, curd cheese, and brown sauce recipe has reached the four corners of the globe, there is still no place like Quebec when it comes to poutine authenticity. As inventor of poutine, Lachine has forever taken his place in Quebec culture.


BON APPETITE!



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15 years 4 months ago #12326 by
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Jackie hun ....and what do you do with it ???? Surely not eat it xxxxx LOL xxxxxx;) :whistle: :whistle:

We have something close,in the dark North of England..called Rochdale Chips...but Im sure its an Urban Myth xxxx;) :whistle: :whistle:

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15 years 4 months ago #12328 by Jackiecan2
I know I know....but once you do your hooked....then you need to figure out how to burn off all those calories!:unsure:

I'll have to google Rochdale chips;)
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15 years 4 months ago #12331 by
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I used to be addicted to self-harm ( LOL...joking) but Ive got over it now xxxxx;) :whistle: :whistle:
Mind you..one question..How can a region,influenced by one of the best cooking-nations on the planet ( with fantastic French delights)come up with such a dish ??? xxxxLOL ;)

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15 years 4 months ago #12333 by Jackiecan2
Cause its GOOOOOOOOODDDDDDDD! When in doubt, Tonypark....you know what to do!!!!!;)
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15 years 4 months ago #12336 by
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LOL ......I will stick to standing on hot coals and smacking my head against the door xxxx;) :whistle:
As a matter of interest..whats the nutritional value ???? :unsure:

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