Never understood basic cottage cheese on fries with beef gravy, is such a culinary delicacy.
Posted on 10/18/2023 7:47:10 PM PDT by DallasBiff
Political tensions are never far from the surface in this Canadian province, even when it comes to this beloved snack of French fries, cheese curds and gravy.
"It is the unofficial official dish of Canada. In fact, if they could make it look good on a flag, the maple leaf's days might be numbered," Jamie Oliver quipped in an article about making the perfect poutine. As harmless as Oliver's comment appears, it's the perfect example of how a dish that stirs real feelings of heritage and culture in the Canadian province of Quebec may slowly be losing its regional identity.
Whether it's from a busy late-night diner or a quiet countryside cafe, poutine's combination of French fries topped with fresh salty cheese curds and a rich meaty gravy remains a simple, timeless comfort food.
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Never understood basic cottage cheese on fries with beef gravy, is such a culinary delicacy.
Fries with gravy? It’s not exactly the atomic bomb. Some form of it goes back centuries.
I think I was in Quebec City in the joint that claims to have created this supposed trendy dish -—yep, it was boring crap just like is sounds.
In Oklahoma, we have the Hot Hamburger, which is a hamburger patty on a slice of white bread, topped with French fries, covered with beef gravy. Springfield IL has the Pony or Horseshoe, which is the same as a hot hamburger, except with cheese sauce instead of gravy. None of the above, nor poutine, sounds good to me.
I mean, I laughed before I tried it on a trip to Canada, but they’ve got something with this.
Who claims “Kroff Dinner”?
Yup... It’s almost as good as poutang.
Poutine is a nice dish. I don’t like French fries, too plain. But Poutine makes it good.
I have found that marinating French fries with Ranch salad dressing before putting in the oven is pretty good.
Agreed
If you add the cheese curds it apparently explodes into a gooey mess of mush... Better eat it quick though, otherwise it will just congeal into a complete mess.
Only the Frogs can claim poutine, because they’re cheese-eating surrender monkeys.
Poutine? Seriously? I do that with regularity so I ain’t eating it.
I prefer gravy on my fries, but they can keep the cheese.
It is so available across Montreal.
I was there a few times and it just did not appeal to me. I could not see wasting a perfectly good meal eating that.
However, I will say I had more than a few bad meals in that area. An American hotel and McDonalds were two stellar standouts. You see, the hotel housed a lot of US visitors and the McDonalds were using copious amounts of real butter on their breakfast sandwiches, when McDonalds in the US were only using margarine.
The local restaurants seldom had tasty food. One buffet I tried had nothing worth eating, with overcooked boiled potatoes and broccoli and barely any edible meats.
The best local food was in the downtown area, near the river.
I rarely get to go to Red Robin, but when I do, I like my fries with their parmesan cheese topping (I make it at home with melted butter, minced garlic and a little parsley). A side of Red Robin's ranch dressing to dip them in, only adds to the flavor.
Mmmm
because even the English would not claim it
I never heard of it until I traveled to the small town of Picton, Ontario in 1991, to search for some family history. A fast-food restaurant there had it on their menu. It was on a later trip when I connected with cousins I never knew I had, that I discovered I was a 2nd or 3rd cousin of Tim Horton's.
They have their spotted dick.
There are some good things about Canada and Quebec but to me this has never been one of them. I’ve tried it a couple of times and never again.
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