Mercer helps make poutine a hit in U.S.
Sun, 2007-04-15 17:03
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Mercer helps make poutine a hit in U.S.
Sun, 2007-04-15 17:03
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Canadian legend traces poutine to Quebec restaurateur Fernand Lachance. In 1957, a trucker asked Lachance to mix French fries with some cheese curds he spotted on a nearby counter. Lachance warned the mix would make a mess, or "poutine" in French slang, but he took the order anyway. The trucker liked the dish, so Lachance put it on the menu. Within a few months, poutine had become a regional hit. Lachance added gravy to the recipe in 1964 to help melt the curds.Oddly enough, poutine did not spread much beyond Quebec until a few years ago. Fans tie its emergence as a Canadian national dish to President George Bush’s first run for the White House in 2000. On the campaign trail, comedian Rick Mercer, posing as a journalist, convinced Bush that Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien’s name was acutally Jean Poutine, and that he was endorsing Bush’s candidacy.
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Sun, 2007-04-15 17:43
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The word "poutine" just SOUNDS dirty.
Cialis - because we all could use a little more poutine!
Sun, 2007-04-15 17:50
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Boom Boom
I've never liked poutine. The only fast food I care for is thin crust pizza with mostly veggie toppings, and hambugers with lots of lettuce, tomato, onion, and pickle.
Sun, 2007-04-15 19:18
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Makwa
I lurve me some pootine! (tee hee)
Sun, 2007-04-15 19:21
#6
French fries, gravy, and cheese curds are individually bad for you and artery-clogging.
Do the math.
Sun, 2007-04-15 20:08
#7
Hmmmm. Seen in that light, Mercer's role in turning Americans on to poutine seems altogether more sinister.
Rick Mercer: Soviet Canuckistani bio-terrorist?
Sun, 2007-04-15 20:25
#8
Why do you think so many Russians are [url=http://www.rabble.ca/babble/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic&f=13&t=002803]d... in the streets against Poutin??[/url]
Mon, 2007-04-16 18:16
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Originally posted by unionist:
[b]Why do you think so many Russians are [url=http://www.rabble.ca/babble/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic&f=13&t=002803]d... in the streets against Poutin??[/url][/b]
How do we know they're not [url=http://www.twf.org/News/Y1998/IraqLott.html]CIA food critics disguised as demonstrators ?[/url]
For the imperialist invasion and occupation of Iraq, I think Ottawa should have imposed a grain embargo, or something.
[ 16 April 2007: Message edited by: Fidel ]
Tue, 2007-04-17 16:38
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Originally posted by unionist:
[b]French fries, gravy, and cheese curds are individually bad for you and artery-clogging.Do the math.[/b]
Yes, it's missing bacon. [img]biggrin.gif" border="0[/img]
Tue, 2007-04-17 17:24
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How about [url=http://www.chez-ashton.com/prod.php?prod=1&subprod=6]pieces of hot dog weiners mixed with ground beef?[/url]
Mmm mmm good.
eta: Also with [url=http://www.chez-ashton.com/prod.php?prod=1&subprod=8]green peas[/url] [img]eek.gif" border="0[/img]
And I've also seen 'Italian poutine', which is french fries covered with cheese curds and spaghetti sauce.
[ 17 April 2007: Message edited by: Stephen Gordon ]
Tue, 2007-04-17 17:30
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Boom Boom
Speaking of 'hot dog weiners', one of our folks out here opened a pizza shop many years ago, and one of her specialities was a pizza with... chopped up hot dog weiners. Ugh. Horrible. [img]tongue.gif" border="0[/img]
Tue, 2007-04-17 17:40
#13
Boom Boom
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Originally posted by Stephen Gordon:
eta: Also with [url=http://www.chez-ashton.com/prod.php?prod=1&subprod=8]green peas[/url] [img]eek.gif" border="0[/img]
I'm told that thirty years ago, when Greenpeace first came out here to protest sealing, their ship was announced on the radio here as "Green Peas" and everyone was so excited, because it had been a hard winter with no fresh veggies since the cargo ship was in drydock for the winter months. No one here had ever heard of Greenpeace before. [img]biggrin.gif" border="0[/img]
Tue, 2007-04-17 17:42
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Boom Boom
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Originally posted by Stephen Gordon:
And I've also seen 'Italian poutine', which is french fries covered with cheese curds and spaghetti sauce.
Quite common in Quebec, actually. We even have this disgusting mess here. [img]frown.gif" border="0[/img]
Tue, 2007-04-17 17:52
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Boom Boom
quote:
Originally posted by Stephen Gordon:
How about [url=http://www.chez-ashton.com/prod.php?prod=1&subprod=6]pieces of hot dog weiners mixed with ground beef?[/url]
Holy crap! That looks like a-heart-attack-on-a-plate. [img]eek.gif" border="0[/img] [img]biggrin.gif" border="0[/img]
Wed, 2007-04-18 12:49
#16
Poutine is ok but if it is done right, it is superb.
I got my best poutine ever in the blue heron in james bay.
I couldnt believe it was so good!
Tue, 2007-04-24 12:46
#17
Is anybody else old enough to remember those old Kraft commercials with Bruce Marsh giving out insipid recipes involving weiners, velveeta cheese, caramels, marshmallows, etc?
Not all at the same time, I hasten to add.
[ 24 April 2007: Message edited by: Blondin ]
Tue, 2007-04-24 12:50
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Totally! I used to see them while watching WKRP In Cincinnati on CBC back in the day. I thought they were weirdly amusing back then. In retrospect, they were hilarious!
Mon, 2007-04-30 11:07
#19
One of the more amusing things that I learned upon moving to Quebec was that media here spells Vladimir Putin as Vladimir Poutine, only because Poutine "Mess" is a slightly more polite alternative than the french word Putin... "whore."