Posted on 10/09/2014 11:06:18 AM PDT by Scoutmaster
Canada may be known for producing the very best poutine on earth (and for arguing vehemently against anyone who says otherwise!), but it would appear as though we're no match for our neighbours to the south when it comes to eating the stuff.
This was proven amidst a cacophony of curds, gravy and fresh-cut fries on Saturday afternoon during the fifth annual World Poutine Eating Championship in Toronto.
Considered to be the largest eating competition in Canada, the annual Smoke's Poutinerie-sponsored gorge-a-thon drew approximately 1,000 spectators to Toronto's Yonge-Dundas square this weekend — many of them eager to join in on the fun (and eat some free poutine!)
As the . . . results from Major League Eating (the world body that oversees all professional eating contest.) show, it was California native Matt “Megatoad” Stonie who took home the grand cash prize after taking down a whopping 14.75 lbs of poutine in just 10 minutes.
The 22-year-old San Jose college student, currently ranked the #2 competitive eater in the world according to his Twitter profile, replaces reigning champion Joey “Jaws” Chestnut [SM Note: also an American] as the world's top poutine eater.
"All hail Stonie," wrote MLE in a post about the competition. "A new dawn. A new day. A new vision of what the future may look like. Chestnut will wear this one hard. He will learn. His heart will harden. His vision will narrow. In his sights: A slim-hipped prodigy who dares to steal this sunshine."
I just won the biggest trophy ever. Ever," wrote Stonie on Instagram of his new hardware, soliciting hundreds of likes and many congratulatory comments from his fans.
I say we kick them while they’re down and declare war! :)
‘Canadian Bacon’ Movie:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzHAvw1WGkU
Actually that isn’t true at all, not even close to being true, work it into a conversation loudly at your next cocktail party, and then after you watch everyone’s reactions, then tell them you meant to say poutine, and look at their puzzlement at what that word means.
I don’t know what that symbol you used means.
I’ll never forgive you for taking the Grey Cup in 1995, especially since it was against my Calgary Stampeders. Doug Flutie’s last game as a Stamp.
Okay, I forgive you. Stamps choked anyway...
Cheers,
Jim
I’m willing to forgive Canadians for poutine, since tourtiere (pork pie)is really, really good and cancels out the sin of poutine.
Something tells me that the Ted Nugent hit song isn’t titled “poutine”.
It’s close!
No thread about us whipping Canada at something can go without this musical tribute to our northern brothers and sisters:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RHVoFpncgA
Ah..you’ve never had a French fry po-boy with roast beef debris gravy, tomato and mayo! This is the French Canadian version of cheese fries-without the chili.
j'ai faim de loup
OK, Céline, next verse....
Perhaps some entrepreneur can develop a way to put poutine on a stick and deep fry it so it can be relished at state fairs all across the US.
What would make poutine better - putting it on a stick or deep frying it?
No matter how you say it, it still sucks.
It has nothing to do with how the French spell his name, or why.
LOL
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