Posted on 03/02/2022 10:00:01 AM PST by xp38
A Quebec restaurant has removed the word “poutine” from their menu to denounce Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
Instead, diners at Le Roy Jucep in Drummondville will have to settle with ordering “la frite fromage sauce” or “fries cheese gravy” when they’re craving the Canadian comfort dish.
“Dear clients and friends,” the Quebec eatery wrote in a Facebook post on Friday. “This evening, the Jucep team has chosen to temporarily remove the word ‘p**tine’ from its trademark in order to express, in its own way, its deep dismay at the situation in Ukraine.”
Le Roy Jucep, which prides itself as the inventor of poutine, subsequently deleted the post due to threatening phone calls, MTL Blog reported.
Despite the hateful messages, the restaurant said they’re happy their tiny gesture has made its way to Ukraine. The restaurant added that the move was not a marketing ploy.
In a Facebook post on Saturday, Le Roy Jucep shared a clip from Radio-Canada television of a Ukrainian thanking them for the gesture. “If we could make someone smile there, that’s already a win! We are with you from the bottom of our hearts,” the restaurant said in the post.
While the Canadian greasy spoon staple has no connection to Putin or Russia, French speakers have chosen to mispronounce the name of the Russian leader because pronouncing his name as it is written in English would sound very close to “putain,” or “whore” in English, according to a 2005 New York Times column.
This is getting to be a bigger nightmare than the COVID cold mass hysteria.
Yeah, that’ll make a difference. The idiocy in Quebec runs deep.
Yeah, that’ll make a difference. The idiocy in Quebec runs deep.
What’s funny is I jokingly said that Canada would ban Poutine because it sounded too much like Putin.
Well, here we are.
Putin just ordered an unconditional surrender.
I guess poontang is off the list too?
MFO
They would call them “Freedom Fries” but they still hate George Bush there.
You could work for the Bee!
I’m the one who added “notthebee” to the keyword list.
The word is “Freedom Fries”!
Is this like the “Freedom Fries” nonsense?
Everyone woke is all in for Ukraine.... right down to Sean Penn. Did they all suddenly become patriots?
Like World War I. When hamburger had to become Salisbury steak.
Cool, an alternative to Babylon Bee!
You don’t take away poutine.
No.
Please. Please - just stop being so STUPID! PLEASE!
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